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  My Mother and I

  Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

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  Elizabeth Stern was two and a half years old, when her family emigrated from Poland to Pittsburgh. My Mother and I is the story of Stern's Americanization and how it ultimately alienated her from her parents. Stern's father had been a small village rabbi. Strict and traditional in his views, he sends Elizabeth to learn Hebrew at age four, so she can fulfill her destiny "as the wife of a rabbi or scholar," but he opposes letting her attend high school. Stern's mother tries fitfully to pry open doors for her daughter. When Stern's father finds Elizabeth reading a secular book, and, in a fit of rage, flings the offending novel onto the top of a tall bookcase, her mother climbs on a chair and retrieves it for her. But Stern's mother never learns English even as it becomes her daughter’s primary language--and she is burdened by endless pregnancies (she ultimately bears 11 children, only the first 4 of whom survive). Stern's relationship with her mother is loving, but when Elizabeth goes to college, they draw apart. Her mother becomes a "shadowy figure," standing with "questioning, puzzled eyes", eyes in which there is love, "but no understanding, and always an infinite loneliness." - Summary by Sue Anderson

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  Born in the USA - The New...

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,...

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  1 - Born in the USA - The New England Poets - An Introduction 
  2 - June by Horatio Alger Jr 
  3 - On the Discoveries of Captain Lewis, January 14th 1807 by Joel Barlow 
  4 - America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates 
  5 - If You Could Come by Katharine Lee Bates 
  6 - Above the Battle by Katherine Lee Bates 
  7 - Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves by William Stanley Braithwaite 
  8 - A Hymn of the Sea by William Cullen Bryant 
  9 - Summer Wind by William Cullen Bryant 
  10 - November by William Cullen Bryant 
  11 - I Would Not Paint a Picture by Emily Dickinson 
  12 - I Have a Bird in Spring by Emily Dickinson 
  13 - The Name of it is Autumn by Emily Dickinson 
  14 - Some Too Fragile for Winter Winds by Emily Dickinson 
  15 - I Went to Heaven by Emily Dickinson 
  16 - Credo by W E B Du Bois 
  17 - Teach Me I Am Forgotten by the Dead by Ralph Waldo Emerson 
  18 - Waves by Ralph Waldo Emerson 
  19 - Culture by Ralph Waldo Emerson 
  20 - Berrying by Ralph Waldo Emerson 
  21 - Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson 
  22 - Tenebris by Angelina Weld Grimké 
  23 - The Black Finger by Angelina Weld Grimke 
  24 - The Eyes of My Regret by Angelina Weld Grimké 
  25 - In the Reading Room of the British Museum by Louise Imogen Guiney 
  26 - Address to the Moon by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
  27 - The Ocean by Nathamiel Hawthorne 
  28 - Go to the Grave by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
  29 - The Old Man of the Sea by Oliver Wendell Holmes 
  30 - Prologue by Oliver Wendell Holmes 
  31 - Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes 
  32 - A Calender of Sonnets - December by Helen Hunt Jackson 
  33 - A Calender of Sonnets - January by Helen Hunt Jackson 
  34 - A Calendar of Sonnets - September by Helen Hunt Jackson 
  35 - Octobers Bright Blue Weather by Helen Hunt Jackson 
  36 - In London Town by Walter Learned 
  37 - The Slave's Singing at Midnight by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  38 - Song of Haiwatha (Extract) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  39 - An April Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  40 - Loss and Gain by Henry Wadswoth Longfellow 
  41 - A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  42 - Despair by H P Lovecraft 
  43 - Sunset by H P Lovecraft 
  44 - Ode for July 4th 1917 by H P Lovecraft 
  45 - Pacifist War Song - 1917 by H P Lovecraft 
  46 - Providence by H P Lovecraft 
  47 - In a Garden by Amy Lowell 
  48 - Dog Days by Amy Lowell 
  49 - Monadnock in Early Spring by Amy Lowell 
  50 - The Crescent Moon by Amy Lowell 
  51 - March Evening by Amy Lowell 
  52 - The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell 
  53 - Above and Below by James Russell Lowell 
  54 - Of the Dawn of Freedom by James Russell Lowell 
  55 - To H W L on His Birthday 27th February 1867 by James Russell Lowell 
  56 - Slaves by James Russell Lowell 
  57 - The Red Cross Nurses by Thomas L Masson 
  58 - A December Day by Robert Fuller Murray 
  59 - Warren's Address by John Pierpoint 
  60 - The Economy of Slavery by John Pierpoint 
  61 - Hymn for the First of August by John Pierpoint 
  62 - Prayer for the Slave by John Pierpoint 
  63 - The Natives of America by Ann Plato 
  64 - Reflections, Written on Visiting the Grave of a Venerated Friend by Ann Plato 
  65 - A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe 
  66 - Dreamland by Edgar Allan Poe 
  67 - The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe 
  68 - Sonnet - Silence by Edgar Allan Poe 
  69 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe 
  70 - Luke Havergal by Edwin Arlington Robinson 
  71 - Mr Flood's Party by Edwin Arlington Robinson 
  72 - The Children of the Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson 
  73 - The Flying Dutchman by Edwin Arlington Robinson 
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  The Odd Couple

  Neil Simon

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  Poker buddies Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison suddenly find themselves bachelors again and innocently decide to share an apartment. In this classic comedy by America’s most prolific and successful playwright, these two legendarily mismatched roommates bring down the house when they try to live together in one eight-room New York City apartment.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Dan Castellaneta, Stanley DeSantis, Steven Hack, Jamie Hanes, Nathan Lane, David Paymer, Linda Purl and Yeardley Smith.

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  Venus Trines at Midnight - Love...

  Linda Goodman

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  Linda Goodman is the world's best-known astrologer. Her three books, Sun Signs, Love Signs, and Star Signs have sold over 40 million copies in many languagaes. Known to her friends as both a poet and a romantic, Linda Goodman's view of the world was influencd by the astrology she understood so well. That unique combination of talents produced this charming and profound book.These poems about love and loss, death and reincarnation, beauty and romance, all seen through the prism of an astrological landscape, teach us how this fascinating science helps weave the fabric of our lives. But even more than that--like most great poetry, they make the heart sing and the spirit soar, and give us the wisdom to appreciate that the dance is eternal.

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  Kisses from the Apocalypse (And...

  Dan Corjescu

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  Love, sex, death, God, and nature are just some of the hot, fervent kisses that you'll find in this collection of contemporary, perplexed poetry. It draws its inspiration from the works of Bukowski, Poe, Baudelaire, Ungaretti, Neruda, and the Bible, among others. It reflects the unease, anger, doubts, and rage of our present situation while lyrically transporting us towards possible solutions. For all those concerned about our future this is beautiful intriguing poetry from the Threshold of The End of Days but, hopefully, not the End of Love.

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  The Paradise Tree - Personal...

  John Davey

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  The Paradise Tree is a beautiful devotional companion about the experience of God and giving expression to our inner spirituality.
  
   
  A creative mixture of poetry, prose and scripture, this book will challenge preconceptions about the nature of God, heaven, hell, intercessory prayer, and the relevance of human existence within the vastness of an unfathomable universe.
  
   
  This book is about personal discipleship and giving witness to the presence of God to the world around us. It is about finding within our inner being the meaning of life itself and about our future destiny. To do this we need to reflect upon the life and witness of a man who lived two thousand years ago and who, by his life of personal sacrifice to the needs of others in the name of love, gave visible expression to the reality and being of God, in the everyday life of humankind.

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