Best Poets Of All Time List - April 2024

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)

“A wake-up call for the entire planet . . . [A New Earth] helps us to stop creating our own suffering and obsessing over the past and what the future might be, and to put ourselves in the now.” —Oprah Winfrey With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived “in the now.” In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughou... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0452289963
• ASIN: 0452289963
• ISBN: 9780452289963
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Penguin

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

A specially produced paperback edition--with flaps--of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, that has sold more than six million copies in hardcover Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret. Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five peop... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1401308589
• ASIN: 1401308589
• ISBN: 9781401308582
• Brand: Hyperion
• Manufacturer: Hachette Books

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience—for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven. Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.Then, Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human—shut down completely. For seve... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451695195
• ASIN: 1451695195
• ISBN: 1451695195
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)

Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison’s virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307278441
• ASIN: 0307278441
• ISBN: 0307278441
• Brand: Vintage Books USA
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Orphan Train

The #1 New York Times BestsellerNow featuring a sneak peek at Christina's forthcoming novel A Piece of the World, coming February 2017.Christina Baker Kline’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel—the captivating story of a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers to long-buried questions…now with an extended scene that addresses the number one question readers ask, and an excerpt from Kline’s upcoming novel A Piece of the World.“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happen... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061950726
• ASIN: 0061950726
• ISBN: 0061950726
• Brand: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. It was during those endless hours of unspeakable terror that Im... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1401944329
• ASIN: 1401944329
• ISBN: 1401944329
• Brand: Hay House
• Manufacturer: Hay House Inc.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series)

• ASIN: 0786881852
• ASIN: 0786881852
• ISBN: 0786881852
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Hachette Books

Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club)

"A love story of astonishing power." - Newsweek The International Bestseller and modern literary classic by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia MarquezIn their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first de... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307389731
• ASIN: 0307389731
• ISBN: 9780307389732
• Brand: Vintage Books USA
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

The #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy.“Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah MagazineWhen Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it.In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter he... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425261018
• ASIN: 0425261018
• ISBN: 0425261018
• Brand: Lawson, Jenny
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Gilead: A Novel

The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novelA New York Times Top-Ten Book of 2004Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionA PBS Great American Read selectionNearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations, from the Civil War to the 20th century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. In the words of Kirkus, it is a novel "as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering." Gilead tells the story of America and will break your heart.

• ASIN: 031242440X
• ASIN: 031242440X
• ISBN: 031242440X
• Brand: Picador USA
• Manufacturer: Picador

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• ASIN: 1627794247
• ASIN: 1627794247
• ISBN: 9781627794244
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump (Canons)

What if there's a hidden dimension to Donald Trump; a sensitive, poetic side? Driven by this question, Rob Sears began combing Trump's words for signs of poetry.What he found was a revelation. By simply taking the 45th President of the United States' tweets and transcripts, cutting them up and reordering them, Sears unearthed a trove of beautiful verse that was just waiting to be discovered.This groundbreaking collection will give readers a glimpse of Trump's innermost thoughts and feelings on everything from the nature of truth, to what he hates about Lord Sugar. And it will reveal a hitherto... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1786892278
• ASIN: 1786892278
• ISBN: 9781786892270
• Manufacturer: Canongate Books

What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know (Revised and updated): Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (The Core Knowledge Series)

Help your child exceed the Common Core standards with the revised and updated What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know   Designed for use by parents and teachers, this groundbreaking first volume in the Core Knowledge Series provides kindergartners with the fundamentals they need to prepare them for a lifetime of learning. It sets out the elements a parent or educator should look for in a good kindergarten program and introduces activities that help a child take the first steps in learning to read and write. Featuring a new Introduction and filled with age-appropriate questions and suggestions... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345543734
• ASIN: 0345543734
• ISBN: 0345543734
• Brand: Bantam
• Manufacturer: Bantam

Origin: A Novel (Robert Langdon)

The #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2017) from the author of The Da Vinci Code.  Bilbao, Spain   Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement—the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science forever.” The evening’s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon’s first students at Harvard two decade... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385514239
• ASIN: 0385514239
• ISBN: 0385514239
• Brand: DOUBLEDAY
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost EverythingAuthor Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life.Readers of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about her own faith through decades of trial and error. And in her new book, Help, Thanks, Wow, she has coalesced everything she knows about prayer to these fundamentals.It is these three prayers – asking for assistance from a higher power, appreciating what... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1594631298
• ASIN: 1594631298
• ISBN: 9781594631290
• Brand: Riverhead Books
• Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

Object Lessons : The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time

Books : Object Lessons (Paperback)

• UPC: 133895369
• Rating: 4.0

The Great Modern Poets: An Anthology of the Best Poets and Poetry Since 1900

Books : The Great Modern Poets: An anthology of the best poets and poetry since 1900

• UPC: 50550949
• Rating: 5.0

Best New Poets 2012 : 50 Poems from Emerging Writers

Entering its seventh year, Best New Poets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poets and a valuable resource for poetry lovers. The only publication of its kind, this annual anthology is made

• UPC: 21185731
• Rating: 4.0

The Girl on the Best Seller List

A satire of Peyton Place originally published in 1960 from the author of Spring Fire and The Damnation of Adam

• UPC: 50845755

Best poems from Best Poets - 1 - eBook

A Red, Red Roseby Robert BurnsO my Luve's like a red, red roseThat’s newly sprung in June;O my Luve's like the melodieThat’s sweetly play'd in tune.As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,So deep in luve

• UPC: 814442656

The Time Travelling Poet - eBook

The poems in this volume describe her Melanies 10-year journey through life, its ups and down and highlights along the way. An English girl who became an Australian Woman. A journey of discovery across the

• UPC: 168764940

Best New Poets 2017 : 50 Poems from Emerging Writers

Entering its twelfth year, Best New Poets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poets and a valuable resource for poetry lovers. The only publication of its kind, this annual anthology is made

• UPC: 56089214

Best New Poets : 50 Poems from Emerging Writers

Collects fifty poems from different writers who have not published a full-length book, including nominees from literary magazines and writing programs, as well as poems directly submitted to an online

• UPC: 38411318

Best New Poets 2016 : 50 Poems from Emerging Writers

9780997562309

• UPC: 54133713

The Best New British and Irish Poets 2017

Poetry. Modeled on the famous United States competition, the second annual Best New British and Irish Poets competition was open to any poet of British or Irish citizenship and/or UK or Irish residency who has

• UPC: 56018881