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Take a look into the mind of the undead bohemian Jack Townson, an artist who found himself trapped in a world of nightmares, a life without sunlight, never to feel the warmth of day or the permanence of true love. Jack dives inward to put pen to paper, filling each minute with forbidden secrets—from the loves he's lost, to the friends he's made, to the villains who have plagued him, and the dreams of tomorrow. Step into the shoes of a child of dusk trying to find his way back into the dawn.

A new audiobook edition of Stephen Vincent Benet's epic poem of the American Civil War, spanning the years of the slave trade, John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry, Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, and the assassination of Lincoln. Part history, part thrilling historical fiction, part haunting ghost story, all set to musical rhyme and meter. Includes a new introduction by the narrator.

Part two of a new audiobook edition of Stephen Vincent Benét's epic poem of the American Civil War, spanning the years of the slave trade, John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry, Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, and the assassination of Lincoln. Part history, part thrilling historical fiction, part haunting ghost story, all set to musical rhyme and meter. Includes a new introduction by the narrator.

Jack London was an outstanding American writer, publicist and public figure, the author of numerous adventure stories and tales. Jack London is famous for his short stories and novels, but he also enthusiastically studied poetry and even made an attempt to establish a reputation for himself as a poet.

Collected here in one volume are more than 60 poems from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jack Ketchum. These are read by the author.

Beloved and bestselling poet Jack Prelutsky and New York Times Best Illustrated artist Carin Berger team up to create a new collection of silly, strange, and sensational animal poems! Told through couplets and visually arresting shadow boxes, dioramas, and cut-paper collage, Stardines Swim High...

So put on your pith helmet and prepare to explore a wilderness of puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers have been mysteriously scrambled together to create creatures you've never seen before -- and are unlikely to meet again! Your guides -- Jack Prelutsky, poet laureate of...

1476 couplets contrast the outsiders of the state with the insiders of particular societies of American commerce. Keynesian outsiders think they know better than the competitive insiders of commercial operations. Professors, in the outer towers of academe, contrive unhealthy constraints for the inner places of enterprise.

Kimberly Beyer-Nelson, who holds a master's degree in comparative religion, is a nationally published poet and author. She takes the listener on a very different kind of Biblical journey, one based in the language of poetry, intuition, and unity. Pulling from Sufi, Sikh, Buddhist, and Vedantic philosophy, her poetry illuminates the universal and human elements that makes all great scripture timeless.

Listeners who have experienced the thrill and passion of the discovery of first love, the fulfillment of true love, or the heart-wrenching pain of lost love, you will experience a shock of recognition on listening to these sensitive, finely-wrought poems contained in this book. In this, his first collection of verses, Kirkwood Ferguson captures all of love's moments and presents them to us, here, for all of us to share, understand, and contemplate.