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GALLERY OF BOOKS
Here is the tale of one soul’s journey, the terrible story of a man who would presume so much and place himself so high, to fall for many, many lives and find himself, Vampire Lord and Slave of Satan. In a cycle of damned existence that spanned the world and many hundreds of years, Fate played her fickle hand and one lowly destiny was set on a stage, far off in time and space.
Does the story have a setting? Well, the barren waste of a vampire’s heart is the place most travelled, the anguish of the soul of one so accursed. This tale has journeyed the Trade Winds, seeking peace and finding naught but pain in the world, each step along the way an awful lesson in the fate of the soul of man; a path to understanding and awakening, out of the Dark.
I am Julian… This is my Tale.
I have scribed these words
in knowing the creature that I am
and knowing the paths I choose to tread.
On my search for eternal light,
I accept my Fate.
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Born in a small town in Cumbria on February 22nd 1916, Hannah’s life spanned the 20th Century. While Hannah lived a relatively quiet life in the north west of England, she had a spirit of creativity that she expressed through poetry and prose.
Collected here is an anthology of her work, passed down to and kept by her family and presented as snap shots of Hannah’s view of times and tides in her memories of times gone by.
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A second feel good book of poems and sayings that will brighten your day.
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A collection of autobiographical poems by Richard Greene.
Richard Greene has been writing poetry intensively since he retired from a 38-year career in international development in the mid-1990s. A lawyer by training, he fell into his development career by accident when, after law school, though planning not to practice law but interested in international affairs, he accepted an unsolicited job offer from the U.S. Agency for International Development. After a few years in Washington (or Foggy Bottom, as the location of the U.S. foreign policy establishment is known), he was assigned as legal advisor to the USAID mission in Laos and there discovered that the development business suited his interests and inclinations very well.
Greene wrote poetry beginning in the 8th grade and continued through college where he studied with a Professor, Henry Rago, who later became editor of Poetry magazine, the leading U.S. poetry journal. However, he wrote few poems after law school as he became absorbed in international development, but turned back to poetry as he neared retirement.
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A feel good book of poems and sayings that will brighten your day.
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Hannah Entwistle was born in Cumbria just south of the Scottish border in England. She moved to Lancashire when young and worked in a textile mill in the time after the First World War. Hannah captured her unique view of the world in a series of poems she penned throughout her life.
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Twenty incredibly easy microwave fudge recipes to make at home featuring favourites like Instant Coffee Fudge, Dark Ginger Fudge and Baileys Fudge plus many more!
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Richard Greene has been writing poetry intensively since he retired from a 38-year career in international development in the mid-1990s. A lawyer by training, he fell into his development career by accident when, after law school, though planning not to practice law but interested in international affairs, he accepted an unsolicited job offer from the U.S. Agency for International Development. After a few years in Washington (or Foggy Bottom, as the location of the U.S. foreign policy establishment is known), he was assigned as legal advisor to the USAID mission in Laos and there discovered that the development business suited his interests and inclinations very well. Greene wrote poetry beginning in the 8th grade and continued through college where he studied with a Professor, Henry Rago, who later became editor of Poetry magazine, the leading U.S. poetry journal. However, he wrote few poems after law school as he became absorbed in international development, but turned back to poetry as he neared retirement.
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Richard Greene has been writing poetry intensively since he retired from a 38-year career in international development in the mid-1990s. A lawyer by training, he fell into his development career by accident when, after law school, though planning not to practice law but interested in international affairs, he accepted an unsolicited job offer from the U.S. Agency for International Development. After a few years in Washington (or Foggy Bottom, as the location of the U.S. foreign policy establishment is known), he was assigned as legal advisor to the USAID mission in Laos and there discovered that the development business suited his interests and inclinations very well.
Greene wrote poetry beginning in the 8th grade and continued through college where he studied with a Professor, Henry Rago, who later became editor of Poetry magazine, the leading U.S. poetry journal. However, he wrote few poems after law school as he became absorbed in international development, but turned back to poetry as he neared retirement.
Twenty easy microwave homemade treats to make in time for the holiday season.
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A mondegreen is ‘a misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of the lyrics of a song’ (definition from Oxford Languages).
If you read old books, you have probably come across pieces of poetry that feel like mondegreens—they seem familiar and as if you should know them but somehow you can’t quite remember them. Mondegreen: Almost remembered poems is a small collection of such poems. All the poems are in the public domain and appeared on the blog, From Troubles of the World, between October 2011 and January 2012. To make searching for that elusive phrase easier, the print and PDF versions of the collection includes indices of first lines, titles and poets.
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A collection of poems describing the exterior world, such as:
Orinocos of the Imagination
I’ve never been to the Orinoco
and have seen few photos of it,
but I feel I know its sinuous lengths,
winding between thick jungle walls,
flashing silver in the sun,
delicate waterfalls
threading from cloud-shrouded cliffs,
dense foliage
adorned with birds of kindergarten colors
and jaguars that merge into shadow,
the insistent music
of bird cry and monkey chatter,
dugouts and caimans
scoring its sleek waters,
those who people its valley
gliding nearly naked
through twilight forests,
dappled by the distant sun.
I know these lush landscapes
from my dreams.
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Becoming Old by Richard Greene is a collection of poems on aging, such as:
I See Myself Becoming Old
My closet is full of suits I don’t wear anymore.
Nothing I need to wear them for.
There are days when I stay in my pajamas till noon.
I picture my heirs looking at my wardrobe one day
asking “Can you think of anyone who can use these
or should we give them to Goodwill?”
Or, “Would you like this tie as a remembrance of Dad?”
As I read the obits of the recently deceased,
which I took to doing a few years ago,
I compare their ages to mine.
Then there’s the arthritis in my hands and feet.
My left foot aches when I walk
and I suffered a rupture in a time-worn tendon not long ago.
I have more trouble lifting things and getting around.
Don’t jump over puddles anymore
for fear of the damage I might do coming down.
(No more kicking up heels for me.)
What will it be next,
the incipient cataracts?
My hearing isn’t what it used to be.
I don’t think I need a hearing aid yet,
though my daughter disagrees.
Or will it be something unforeseen
like that ill-fated tendon?
I see myself becoming old,
yet it’s as if I were watching it happen to somebody else.
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The Broken Guitar by Richard Greene is a collection of poems about war:
Memorial
Reading the name
of a young man who died in war
saddens us.
Yet more the names of thousands
engraved in granite, or marble,
their parents’ hopes and dreams
interred in stone.
All that remains are a few keepsakes,
and memories
of newborns, toddlers, vulnerable boys,
youths becoming men,
those now sad memories,
and names carved in cold stone.
Who wanted those wars?
Their leaders of course,
but all too often those same young men,
and all too often
those who mourn for them.
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Reader beware: This book contains material that disparages cherished beliefs, opinions and institutions including political and religious ones. While some readers may find that material refreshingly irreverent, others may find it offensive. The aphorism quoted on the cover, “Patriotism, piety and chastity are all much overrated virtues”, offers a relatively mild example. Some of the aphorisms offer potentially even more offensive material, so proceed with caution.
A few examples of Mr Greene’s aphorisms:
Sex wouldn’t be so nearly interesting if it weren’t so widely forbidden.
The truly strong are those who aren’t driven by the need to prove their strength.
Lawyers, actors and politicians must fool others. In the process they often fool themselves.
We tend to forget that not all mothers are saints, nor all soldiers heroes.
The most important measure of civilization is compassion, not technology, culture, sophisticated institutions, power or the gross national product.
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From Troubles of The World 