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    , said the shotgun to the head.
    list: $11.95 - our price: $8.96
    Paperback (01 September, 2003)
    (9 reviews) 4.44 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Saul Williams is a name to remember: I had no idea who Saul Williams was until I saw him with the Plea for Peace tour reccently.
    100 Best-Loved Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
    list: $1.50 - our price: $3.49
    by Dover Pubns
    Paperback (01 May, 1995)
    (8 reviews) 4.38 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: disappointing: The poetry in this book covers a period from the middle ages to modern times and is arranged in order of date.You will find well known names such as Tennyson,

    100 Selected Poems by E. E. Cummings
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    by Grove Press
    Paperback (01 June, 1959)
    (22 reviews) 4.91 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Excellent..: A few months ago a friend of mine sent me the poem "may i feel said he" (the thirty-eighth poem in this book) in an email and I found it extremely witty and funny.I
    101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
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    by Dover Publications
    Paperback (09 March, 1998)
    (4 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Excllent Read: This book is quite wonderful. It includes some of my all time favorite American Poets. I recommend it to anyone who likes poetry.A

    2005 Poets Market (Poet's Market)
    list: $24.99 - our price: $16.49
    by Writers Digest Books
    Paperback (07 July, 2004)
    (19 reviews) 4.47 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Perfect for Poets of All Experience Levels: Make the most out of your poetry venture. Find a publishing avenue for your poems. Improve your writing with a poetry workshop.
    A Child's Christmas In Wales CD : And Five Poems
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    by HarperAudio
    Audio CD (12 November, 2002)
    (16 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Part of a Christmas tradition.: Every Christmas Eve, I set aside a few minutes to listen to my CD of Dylan reading "A Child's Christmas" in Wales,

    A Child's Garden Of Verses
    list: $18.95 - our price: $12.89
    by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
    Hardcover (01 February, 1999)
    (10 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: wonderful poems that will stay with you: Like many others, I first read these poems as a very young child. I didn't realise until rereading them just recently how many of them had stayed with me.
    A Cup of Christmas Tea
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    by Waldman House Press
    Hardcover (01 October, 1989)
    (12 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Beautifully illustrated by Warren Hanson: Elegantly composed by Tom Hegg and beautifully illustrated by Warren Hanson, A Cup Of Christmas Tea is the heartwarming story of how a man's reluctant visit with his elderly aunt in quiet comfort of her home creates within him an unexpected joy and a renewal of the holiday spirit.

    A Hacker Manifesto
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    by Harvard University Press
    Hardcover (04 October, 2004)
    A Message to Garcia
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    by Peter Pauper Press
    Hardcover (01 February, 1982)
    (21 reviews) 4.24 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Brilliant Essay!: I found this to be a brilliant essay, and is simply a must for any business owner or executive. If you haven't read 'A Message to Garcia' then you really are short-changing yourself.

    A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We
    list: $27.95 - our price: $17.61
    by Hyperion
    Hardcover (07 May, 2003)
    (20 reviews) 4.05 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: I Feel Patriotic Just Owning This Book: I first heard about this book after Caroline Kennedy was interviewed. Being that it was the week before the 4th of July made me think that it would be a nice book to have around for the holiday weekend.
    A Poetry Handbook
    list: $13.00 - our price: $9.75
    by Harcourt
    Paperback (01 January, 1995)
    (13 reviews) 4.54 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: This slender guide by Mary Oliver deserves a place on the shelves of any budding poet. In clear, accessible prose, Oliver (winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for poetry) arms the reader with an understanding of the technical aspects of poetry writing.

    Actual Air: Poems
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    by Open City Books
    Paperback (July, 1999)
    (28 reviews) 4.46 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: lost and found again: A copy of this book is bumping along the bottom of the Colorado River heading toward Lake Mead. But before it went overboard: One afternoon in camp,
    Adult Head
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.17
    by Zoo Press
    Paperback (01 March, 2004)
    (3 reviews) 3.33 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Map Is Not the Territory: Oh, dear. Why, oh why must these great musicians write terrible poetry? I will forgive Dave Alvin,

    Alias Grace : A Novel
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    by Anchor
    Paperback (13 October, 1997)
    (141 reviews) 4.36 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Tremendously done, carefully and beautifully written: In Canada in the early 1800s, a young woman named Grace Marks is convicted and sentenced to life in prison for her presumed role in the murders of her employer,
    Alice Walker: A Life
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    by W. W. Norton & Company
    Hardcover (30 September, 2004)

    American Smooth: Poems
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    by W. W. Norton & Company
    Hardcover (30 September, 2004)
    Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
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    by Scribner
    Paperback (25 May, 1999)
    (1623 reviews) 4.48 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An exceptionally heartrendering and poignant novel: The non-fiction read of Angela's Ashes captured our attention with an infinite barrage of pure human emotions and experiences.

    Archy and Mehitabel
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    by Anchor
    Paperback (29 September, 1987)
    (17 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Of all the literary genres, humor has the shortest shelf life--except for Archy and Mehitabel, that is. First published in 1916, it is a classic of American literature. Archy is a cockroach, inside whom resides the soul of a free-verse poet;
    Ariel: The Restored Edition : A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her
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    by HarperCollins
    Hardcover (09 November, 2004)

    Ariel
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    by Perennial
    Paperback (01 March, 1999)
    (28 reviews) 4.93 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: brilliant, human & beyond human: I knew about this book for a long time before I read it, because I knew it's a classic but I had no idea how truly amazingly brilliant unique &
    Beautiful Losers
    list: $13.00 - our price: $9.75
    by Vintage
    Paperback (02 November, 1993)
    (35 reviews) 4.34 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Magic is Afoot: Forget for a moment Cohen the poet, Cohen the prophet, Cohen the musician. The question remains: "Is Cohen a good novelist?"

    Bedside Prayers
    list: $18.00 - our price: $12.24
    by HarperSanFrancisco
    Hardcover (26 November, 1997)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Spiritual but NOT Religious: This anthology is filled with spiritually comforting & inspirational passages--BUT I appreciate that it does NOT have a Christian/Scripture bent.
    Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
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    by W.W. Norton & Company
    Paperback (February, 2001)
    (177 reviews) 4.37 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Beowulf: "a haunting presence of mind.": "In off the moors, down through the mist bands/ God-cursed Grendel came greedily loping" (p.

    Best Tales of the Yukon: Including the Classic "Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "the
    list: $12.95 - our price: $9.71
    by Running Press Book Publishers
    Paperback (01 January, 2003)
    (2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A deep and inqusitive piece of literature.: I loved this book and encourage others to read it. This book can chill your soul and at the same time make you feel warm inside.
    Birthday Letters : Poems
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    by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
    Paperback (30 March, 1999)
    (30 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Timeless and Telling: As a fan of Sylvia Plath, when I learned of this book's publication in 1998, I immediately purchased it and read it.

    Blinking with Fists
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    by Faber & Faber
    Hardcover (01 October, 2004)
    Blue Iris : Poems and Essays
    list: $22.00 - our price: $14.96
    by Beacon Press
    Hardcover (15 September, 2004)

    Breath : Poems
    list: $23.00 - our price: $15.64
    by Knopf
    Hardcover (07 September, 2004)
    California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present
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    by Heyday Books
    Paperback (01 November, 2003)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: California Poetry - an anthology: California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present was published last November as the latest entry in the California Legacy series of Heyday Books.

    Celebrate Through Heartsongs
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    by Hyperion
    Hardcover (27 August, 2002)
    (10 reviews) 3.9 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Stars are Shining in Your Heart Tonight: Mattie Stepanek's poetry leaves some people wondering how a child could express his thoughts and feelings with such style and grace,
    Christmas Carols : Complete Verses (Dover Thrift Editions)
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    by Dover Publications
    Paperback (09 June, 1992)
    (4 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Perfect for caroling: I bought 30 copies of this book several years ago and they are now a regular part of our Christmas holiday.

    Collected Poems 1943-2004
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    by Harcourt
    Hardcover (06 December, 2004)
    Collected Poems of Robert Service
    list: $23.95
    by Putnam Publishing Group
    Hardcover (01 May, 1989)
    (8 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: For the People by The Man: This is possibly the finest poetry collection ever authored. This collection includes Service's best known poems from Songs of a Sourdough,

    Collected Poems Reissue
    list: $17.95 - our price: $12.21
    by Perennial
    Paperback (25 December, 1981)
    (29 reviews) 4.9 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Sylvia Plath died in 1963, and even now her outsize persona threatens to bury her poetry--the numerous biographies and studies often drawing the reader toward anecdote and away from the work. It's a relief to turn to the poems themselves and once more be jolted by their strange beauty,
    Collected Poems, 1909-1962
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    by Harcourt
    Hardcover (25 September, 1963)
    (19 reviews) 4.74 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Prometheus of modern poetry: I became familiar with Eliot's work chronologically, learning something new at each step. "Prufrock" introduced me to modern poetical structure,

    Collected Poems
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    by Knopf
    Hardcover (17 August, 2004)
    Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl
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    by South Asia Books
    Paperback (June, 1992)
    (4 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Macabre Humor !!: A most interesting collection of reading material by the Master of the twist-in-the-tale. Fifty-two entertaining stories full of black humor with unpredictable endings.

    Complete Poems and Plays,: 1909-1950
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    by Harcourt
    Hardcover (20 November, 1952)
    (10 reviews) 4.9 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Eliot's poetry ranges from the massively magisterial( The Waste Land), to the playfully pleasant (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). This volume of Eliot's poetry and plays offers the complete text of these and most all of Eliot's poetry,i
    Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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    by Doubleday
    Hardcover (15 August, 1984)
    (40 reviews) 4.95 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Best..: I've been a huge Edgar Allan Poe fan for a long time and believe he's one of the greatest authors ever. While not having this exact edition,

    Complete Tales & Poems
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    by Vintage
    Paperback (12 September, 1975)
    (29 reviews) 4.52 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Don't Cheat Yourself Out Of Poe's Best Work: Thinking of buying "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"? Don't. Edgar Allan Poe still ranks as one of America's premiere literary figures.
    Creepy Susie : And 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children
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    by Ballantine Books
    Hardcover (05 October, 1999)
    (48 reviews) 4.44 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Hilarious & Twisted cartoon book for the criminally insane: There wasn't a dry eye in the house when I passed this book around.

    Danger on Peaks
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    by Shoemaker & Hoard
    Hardcover (09 September, 2004)
    Dante's Inferno
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    by Chronicle Books
    Paperback (April, 2004)
    (7 reviews) 4.14 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Timely adaptation of Dante's Inferno: This translation is kind of cool in part because the original was written the vernacular of its day and so too is this edition.

    Delights and Shadows
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    by Copper Canyon Press
    Paperback (15 May, 2004)
    Divine Comedy : Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in one volume) (Everyman's Library
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    by Everyman's Library
    Hardcover (28 April, 1992)
    (32 reviews) 4.41 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Beautifully bound edition with a great set of notes: The Divine Comedy consists of three books: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory),

    Door In The Mountain: New And Collected Poems, 1965-2003 (Wesleyan Poetry)
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    by Wesleyan University Press
    Library Binding (01 November, 2004)
    E.E. Cummings: A Biography
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    by Sourcebooks
    Hardcover (01 October, 2004)

    E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962
    list: $66.88 - our price: $42.13
    by Liveright Publishing Corporation
    Hardcover (01 April, 1994)
    (13 reviews) 4.77 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Canonical Cummings Compendium: I have a few E.E. Cummings books of poetry, but quickly despaired of every finding them all. This collection is a terrific resource for someone who simply wishes to have all the poems collected in one volume.
    Eighteen Straight Whiskeys
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    by The Bowery Press
    Paperback (24 October, 1997)
    (23 reviews) 4.91 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Most Under-Rated Actor and Writer Of Our Time!: I am not a big fan of poetry, but this book is different. It is prolific in the way his poetry truly tells a story.

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