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  Herman Melville - Chapter &...

  Herman Melville

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  Literature is a world of words and wonder, able to take us on almost unimaginable journeys from the wild and fantastic to the grind and minutiae of life. 
   
  An author’s ideas are his building blocks, his architecture of the mind, building a structure on which all else will rest; the narrative, the characters, the words - those few words that begin the adventure. 
   
  In this series we look at some of our leading classic authors across two genres: the short story and the poem.  In this modern world there is an insatiable need to categorise and pigeon-hole everyone and everything.  But ideas, these grains and saplings of the brain, need to roam, to explore and find their perfect literary use vehicle.  Our authors are masters of many literary forms, perhaps known for one but themselves favouring another. 
   
  Story. Poems. Story.  Within these boundaries come all manner of invention and cast of characters.  And, of course, each author has their own way of revealing their own chapter and verse.    
   
  1 - Chapter & Verse - Herman Melville - An Introduction 
  2 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 1 by Herman Melville 
  3 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 2 by Herman Melville 
  4 - Billy in the Darbies by Herman Melville 
  5 - The Eagle of the Blue by Herman Melville 
  6 - John Marr and Other Sailors by Herman Melville 
  7 - A Dirge for McPherson by Herman Melville 
  8 - Gettysburg by Herman Melville 
  9 - The March into Virginia by Herman Melville 
  10 - The Released Rebel Prisoner by Herman Melville 
  11 - The Martyr by Herman Melville 
  12 - Monody by Herman Melville 
  13 - Immolated by Herman Melville 
  14 - The Fiddler by Herman Melville

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  Sleeping Beauty (NHB Modern Plays)

  Rufus Norris

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  The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty's curse – as seen through the eyes of the fairy who curses her. Written by acclaimed director Rufus Norris for the Young Vic Theatre, London.
  Once upon a time there was a beautiful Princess who was loved by everyone. Well... almost everyone. Cursed by a wicked fairy, she pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep.
  One hundred years later, a Prince wakes her with a kiss. But the Prince isn't as brave as he should be – and his mother's a bit of an ogress...
  Based on Perrault's 17th-century classic, Rufus Norris's Sleeping Beauty goes beyond the kiss into a perilous world of beastly shadows, nasty smells and a forest full of enchanted trouble.
  It was first performed at the Young Vic Theatre, London, in December 2002.
  'Outstanding... mixes the mythic and the macabre... What makes the show so dazzling is Norris' ability to appeal to children and adults alike. Kids around me seemed entranced, as I was, by the unfolding narrative' -  Guardian
  'Weird and wonderful... Rufus Norris' darkly and drolly imaginative version... Both direct and sophisticated, primal and glintingly allusive, this Sleeping Beauty continues the Young Vic's proud tradition of mounting the best Yuletide show in London' -  Independent

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  Immortal Memories

  John Cairney

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  The Immortal Memory remains the centrepiece of the traditional Burns Supper and although that rite might be seen by some to have had its day, the "Immortal Memory" itself still retains its importance and prestige to Burns lovers all over the world. It is an honour to be invited to present this toast and it is to honour this status and to further respect its subject that Dr Cairney's third book on Burns is devoted to his "Immortal Memory". The extraordinary thing is that the contributors, while dealing with the same man, all appear to see him so differently, but what they all still have in common is a love and admiration for the man and his work. This is the factor that makes Burns unique, that he has the same appeal for so many different kinds of people.

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  A Durable Fire - Poems

  May Sarton

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  Poetic meditations on solitude by acclaimed author May SartonThis collection borrows its title from Sir Walter Raleigh, who wrote, “Love is a durable fire / In the mind ever burning.” It is a fitting sentiment for a collection on solitude, wherein the author finds herself full of emotion even in seclusion. The first poem, “Gestalt at Sixty,” finds the author reflecting on the joy and loneliness of being solitary. A Durable Fire is a transformative work by a masterful poet.

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  Made to Praise - Inspirational...

  Julie C. Gilbert

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  Made to Praise  
  As I walked around on this gorgeous day, 
  I reflected on my life and then prayed, 
  “Father God, thank you for being You. 
  Thank you too for the many blessings … 
  I would try to count them, 
  But they are countless. 
  Thank you for being holy … 
  All good things in life reflect You …” 
    
  At that moment I realized … 
  You and I, we were made 
  To praise His name. 
  You and I, we were made 
  To love and be loved. 
  You and I, we were made 
  To live, learn, grow, and pray. 
  You and I, we were made 
  To lift our hands, bow our hearts, 
  And open our eyes to the truth. 
  We were made to praise the Lord! 
  We were made to praise Him!  
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  This combination book contains all three collections of Christian inspirational poetry: Thin Black Road, Just Like You, and My Champion.

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  Fifty Shades of Mothers - 50 of...

  Christina Georgina Rossetti,...

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  There is one universal word which all babies instinctively sound in every language and that is ‘mama’.  It produces a bond the like of which there is no other. 
   
  Women are hard-wired by Nature to nurture and raise.  Along the human chain of generations we would wish that every infant has depended on this woman, found shelter within her arms, food within her breast and the confidence to experience life and all its wonders from her love. 
   
  Whether we understand it or recognise it, it is women who have shaped the course and journey of humanity. 
   
  It is true, that mothering, the maternal instinct, comes in all shapes and shades and sizes.  Some women find it difficult and others easy.  Society with its norms and ever-readiness to make all conform, places pressures and difficulties in the paths of many.  Families may not all be harbours of milk and honey but in this volume we take a different view.   
   
  Here we journey with our classic poets from Christina Georgina Rossetti and Thomas Hardy to Frances W Harper and Kipling, not only the ways, the wonders and the women who take on the responsibility to raise children no matter the problems or dangers to themselves, but also the difficulties and sometimes desperate tragedies that motherhood can involve.   
   
  We hope these poems inspire every generation to reach out and better themselves and those around.   This is our tribute to mothers everywhere. 
  1 - 50 Shades of Mothers - An Introduction 
  2 - The Bravest Battle by Joaquin Miller 
  3 - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle by William Ross Wallace 
  4 - Mama's Mama by Anonymous 
  5 - Sonnets Are Full of Love by Christina Rossetti 
  6 - Mother O' Mine by Rudyard Kipling 
  7 - My Mother by Ann Taylor 
  8 - My Mother Dear by Samuel Lover 
  9 - To My Mother by Christina Georgina Rossetti 
  10 - My Mother by Francis Ledwidge 
  11 - To My Mother by Lucretia Maria Davidson 
  12 - Shall We Not Love Thee Mother Dear by Henry Williams Baker 
  13 - Mother's Eyes by Mary D B Hull 
  14 - My Mother's Hands by Anonymous 
  15 - I Am Your Mother by Daniel Sheehan 
  16 - The Bedtime Kiss by Anonymous 
  17 - To A Little Invisible Being by Anna Laetitia Barbauld 
  18 - Infant Sorrow by William Blake 
  19 - Babies Don't Keep - Anonymous 
  20 - Songs From Prince Lucifer II. Mother Song by Alfred Austin 
  21 - Untitled by Alice Carey 
  22 - The Modern Mother by Alice Meynell 
  23 - Mother's Treasures by Frances Ellen Watkins 
  24 - Monologue Of A Mother by D H Lawrence 
  25 - Mother & Daughter (Extract) by Augusta Weber 
  26 - The Jigalo's Son by Jean Graham 
  27 - Somebody's Mother by Anonymous 
  28 - To My Mother by Edgar Allan Poe 
  29 - To Mother by Marina Ivanova Tsvetaeva 
  30 - The Mother Of God by William Butler Yeats 
  31 - San Lorenzo Giustiniani's Mother by Alice Meynell 
  32 - To a Young Lady Whose Mother Was Insane by Lucretia Maria Davidson 
  33 - Mothers of Men by Edwin J Ellis 
  34 - The Slave Girl's Address to Her Mother by Sarah Louisa Forten 
  35 - The Farewell of a Virginia Slave Mother by John Greenleaf Whittier 
  36 - The Slave Mother by Frances E W Harper 
  37 - The Mother's Son by Rudyard Kipling 
  38 - Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe 
  39 - The Mother by May Herschel-Clarke 
  40 - The Young Mother by Katharine Tynan 
  41 - Mother and Poet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 
  42 - Pensive on Her Dead Gazing by Walt Whitman 
  43 - On Receipt Of My Mother's Picture by William Cowper 
  44 - The Sailor's Mother by William Wordsworth 
  45 - The Old Arm Chair by Eliza Cook 
  46 - My Mother's Kiss by Frances E W Harper 
  47 - The Mother's Grave by Peter John Allen 
  48 - Where

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