James, Clive:Charles Charming's challenges on the pathway to the Throne : a royal poem in rhyming couplets
- hardcover 1981, ISBN: 9780224019545
Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good. 0.51 x 11.54 x 9.36 inches. Hardcover. 1988. 42 pages. dj lightly faded.<br>Evokes the land and animals of the Mohave Desert in poetic text and illust… More...
Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good. 0.51 x 11.54 x 9.36 inches. Hardcover. 1988. 42 pages. dj lightly faded.<br>Evokes the land and animals of the Mohave Desert in poetic text and illustrations. Editorial Revie ws From Publishers Weekly I am the desert./ I am free./ Come wal k the sweeping face of me, announces the narrator of this boldly painted book about the Mojave desert. Both artist and author deta il the varied landscape of the grand Mohave and the creatures tha t live there. Mustangs, prickly cactus, ghost towns and Joshua tr ees are pictured within the context of changing seasons that rear range the desert's timeworn face with new designs/ Of colors, sha dows, shapes, and lines. The paintings combine panoramic vistas w ith detailed closeups: a violet sky at dusk contrasts with a vast field of golden wildflowers, where a single butterfly is cupped within the petal of an orange blossom. Although the author someti mes strains to maintain the couplet form and the desert's direct narration to the reader, the solemn tone of the poem evokes the m ajesty of the landscape. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. ., Thomas Y. Crowell, 1988, 2.75, Welcome Rain Publishers. Very Good. 4.91 x 0.69 x 6.71 inches. Hardcover. 2010. 144 pages. <br>A Pulitzer Poetry Nominee to Define the Decade. A garland of forty-ninelife-changing sonnets, from classic to avant e garde, eachwith a companion page of insight that illumines the secret emotionallives of illicit lovers.Hidden meanings and insig hts are unveiled bybestselling writer, poet andpsychologistJohn W areham, who also distills and dissects sonnets from the infamous Charles and Camilla cell phone conversation, lines from Princess Diana, thetext messages that trapped Tiger Woods, andtranscripts from the John and Elizabeth Edwards media meltdown. To absorb thi s literary gem isto know why the New YorkTimes observed, John War eham has the cool, cleareyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth. Ed itorial Reviews Review This tiny tome filled with passion, desi re andcarnal lust packs quite a punch.Famous and contemporary lov e triangles are seen from all sides, andafter each sonnet, Wareha m gives a profound and piercing summary. Theperfect gift for that special person in your life. Or buy it for yourself and enjoy ea ch deliciously tempting page.-Ambush Magazine Just in time for V alentine's Day, John Warehamfound poetry in the lines and lies of world-class cheaters, like Tiger Woods, former sen. John Edwards and Prince Charles,and in laments of spurned spouses like Elizab eth Edwards, Princess Diana, and Jenny Sanford, the wife of South Carolina's dignity-challenged Gov Mark Sanford. -- NY Daily News Happily destined, like Milton's Paradise Lost, to find its read ers. - Don Foster, Professor of Literature, Vassar College A pas sionate lure to the sonnet's delights. - David Stanford Burr, Pro fessor of Poetry NYU, Barnes & Noble anthologist From the Author To my surprise, five sonnets by the Other Woman in my novel Chan cey On Top received lavishpraise, so I decided to incorporate the m into in an anthology of illicit love sonnets. And,drawing upon my professional life, to include a page of insight and advice on the facing page of each poem. When the Tiger Woods'textings to hi s mistress appearedon the internet theyseemed so heartfelt that I decided to try to tinker them into sonnets and include them, too . This worked well so I did the same with public domain material from other pop-culture icons, including John and Elizabeth Edward s, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, and Camilla Shand.I love the P rincess Diana sonnet. Bear in mind that these are herexact words; I merelytinkered them into sonnet form.Here's theopening quatrai n: Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be; I never wan ted gifts or fancy wages, just to be Queen of Hearts and then dec ree love for the unloved to last for ages. Myfavorite in the col lection isElan Haverford's Longing, in which she reveals the pain of being an Other Woman. She tells does this by describing a sur real village called Thinkingofyou: The village I dwell in, Think ingofyou, Is a maddeningly melancholy town Where the clocks are l ocked in a strange snafu And the forget-me-nots are hand-me-downs . Throughout theanthology we see the world through the prism of poets trapped in love triangles.I use each sonnet as a springboar d to a page of insight into the heart, mind, and voyage of the po et. It is easy to pontificate, but it is difficult to be wise; ea sy to funny but difficult to be witty: I wanted to those finished pages to both enlighten and entertain. The reader will be the ju dge of whether I succeeded - thoughtotruly understand the reality of the prison of illicit love, one must first pass through it as an inmate. (If you like that analogy, you'll likely also enjoy m y How to Break Out of Prison, which distills my lifetime experien ce counseling corporate executives at one end of the spectrum, an d prison inmates at the other.) Existentialists say that we are alone in the world and that this life is the only one wehave. If so, it might be wise to scrap the notion that attraction to one p erson cannot coexist with a serious affection for another. So, if you meet a person in whose presence you no longer feel unloved a nd lonely, then to fail to succumb to the temptation to fully exp erience that person might perhaps be a form of disloyalty. From the Inside Flap COME RIDE THE HEART'S SECRET HIGHWAY Sonnets disclose journeys of illicit love perfectly. A forbidden drama u nfolds in just twelve lines, then a two-line heroic couplet deliv ers a startling message, a veritable epiphany. To absorb this st artling compilation is to share the delights and despairs of a st unning phalanx of sinners, including ardent Mary Wroth, mordant M ichael Drayton, shameless Alfred Douglas, mystical W. B. Yeats, r ebellious Edna St. Vincent Millay, unrepentant Edna Worthley Unde rwood, and puckish Chandler Haste. About the Author John Wareham , author, poet, and lecturer, is an eminent coach and counselor t o upward strivers-from prison inmates to corporate chiefs. His wo rks include the life-changer, How to Break Out of Prison, the cri tically acclaimed novel Chancey On Top, and the bestselling psych o-political thriller, The President's Therapist (and the secret i ntervention to treat the alcoholism of George W. Bush). ., Welcome Rain Publishers, 2010, 3, Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Second Edition. Hardcover. Greeny-Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Good, ex library-usual stamps marks, some underlining in pencil. Internally good overall but sold as a 'working' copy. Covers The Alexander Lecures: - Pope, Poetic Diction, the Heroic Couplet; Jonson; Thomson, Burns. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall ., University of Toronto Press, 1960, 2.5, London Cape 1981. 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 103pp. b/w illus. very good, liquid paper mark on fep. / very good d/w. ., London Cape 1981, 1981, 0<
