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Oh Witness Dey!
by Shani MootooTwo-timer I am, infatuated With the country in which I love Yearning in corners, around bends For the one I grew up in Shani Mootoo' s great-great-grandparents were brought to Trinidad as indentured labourers by the British. There is no record of where they were from in India or whether it was kidnapping, trickery, or false promises of wealth that took them to the Caribbean. In Oh Witness Dey! Mootoo expands the question of origins, from ancestry percentages and journey narratives, through memory, story, and lyric fragments. These vibrant poems transcend the tropes of colonial violence through saints and spices, rebellion and joy, to reimagine tensions and solidarities among various diasporas. They circumvent traditional conventions of style to find new routes toward understanding. They invite the reader to witness history, displacements and the legacies of our inheritance.
Ohio Thunder
by Denise Dowling Mortensen Kate KieslerZAP! One hundred million volts. Cloud to ground advancing bolts. Lyrical verse and stunning illustrations vividly bring to life the speed and drama of a summer storm on a midwestern farm. Gorgeous paintings depict blackened skies above vast stretches of farmland, long tracts of tall corn, and brightly colored barns, but also add subtext to the story, showing two farm boys and their father reacting to the sudden shift in the weather. This remarkable pairing of word and pictures conveys a sense of wonder about the natural world and makes for a picture book any child who has ever been frightened by a storm will respond to.
Oi Cat! (Oi Frog and Friends #3)
by Kes GrayThe laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends!This absurdly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book is guaranteed to get children giggling!From the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog. *Over 1 million copies sold*According to Frog ...Cats sit on gnats,Dogs sit on logs,Alpacas sit on cream crackers,Armadillos sit on pillows andChicks sit on bricks.But wait! Cat doesn't like sitting on gnats, they keep biting his bottom! Will Frog and Dog help him change the rules?'This animal rhyming silliness goes from strength to strength.' The Guardian'Will have children in fits of giggles.' Parents in TouchCan't get enough? Look out for: Oi Frog, Oi Dog, Oi Duck-billed Platypus, Oi PuppiesOi Frog and Friends is a top ten bestselling series. Loved by children and parents, the books have won numerous awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award, and been shortlisted for many more!
Oi Dinosaurs! (Oi Frog and Friends #100)
by Kes GrayAccording to Frog, in dinosaur times sitting down hadn't been invented. So . . . Pterosaurs didn't sit on bendy straws?Velociraptors didn't sit on plug adaptors?Triceratops didn't sit on lollipops?Join Frog, Cat and Dog for oodles of prehistoric rhyming fun in this roaring, stomping, dino-packed new title in the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends series. With over 1 million copies sold, this hilarious rhyming story is guaranteed to get children giggling.Oi Frog and Friends is a top ten bestselling series. Loved by children and parents, the books have won numerous awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award! The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends. Can't get enough? Look out for: Oi Dog, Oi Cat, Oi Duck-billed Platypus, Oi Aardvark! and Oi Puppies!'An absolute treat.' Daily Mail'Hilarious.' Guardian'The most outstanding children's book.' Jo Wiley, BBC Radio 2
Oi Dog! (Oi Frog and Friends #2)
by Kes Gray Claire GrayThe laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends!The absurdly funny sequel to the bestselling Oi Frog, this hilarious rhyming story will have children rolling around with laughter!*Winner of the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award* *Shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Book Award*Cat is a stickler for rules: cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs and, however irritating, dogs must sit on frogs.That's until Frog decides to change the status quo ...But will Cat want to sit on gnats instead of cushy mats? Will spiders like sitting on gliders? Will whales like sitting on nails? And, most importantly, where is FROG going to sit?"This is a gigglingly delightful book, a perfect match of words and pictures to entertain again and again." Daily MailCan't get enough? Look out for: Oi Frog, Oi Cat, Oi Duck-billed Platypus, Oi PuppiesOi Frog and Friends is a top ten bestselling series. Loved by children and parents, the books have won numerous awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award, and been shortlisted for many more!
Oi Puppies! (Oi Frog and Friends)
by Kes GrayThe laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends!Another brilliantly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book, jam-packed with cute puppies and silliness. From the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog! Dog is looking after some puppies. Quite a few puppies, actually, and none of them will sit! Not even on guppies, like they're supposed to! They're getting a little out of hand. But luckily Frog's got a cunning plan . . .Praise for Oi Frog!: 'An absolute treat.' - Daily Mail'Everyone will love it.' - GuardianOi Frog and Friends is a top ten bestselling series which has sold 1.4 million copies to date. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Awards (among others), and Oi Goat! was the number one bestselling 2018 World Book Day Book. Oi Frog! won a Silver Award at the Nielsen Bookscan Awards 2019, and Oi Duck-billed Platypus! was shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2019.
Oídos que no ven: Contra la idea de música intelectual
by Mariano Peyrou TubertUna mirada divertida y reveladora sobre la música que invita a la escucha libre, desprejuiciada y mucho más placentera de cualquier género musical. Este libro derriba con gracia y brillantez una idea que a menudo nos impide disfrutar abiertamente de ciertos géneros y obras: la idea de «música intelectual», que tan a menudo se interpone entre el oyente y el placer de la escucha. Además, ofrece algunas claves para que cualquiera pueda adentrarse en ciertas músicas supuestamente más impenetrables. Con un tono cercano, por medio de anécdotas divertidas y reveladoras y empleando un enfoque completamente alejado de lo académico, Peyrou plantea una serie de argumentos en contra de la noción de que ciertos estilos exigen una escucha intelectualizada. El libro, no obstante, desborda ese objetivo y se convierte en una lección sobre cómo funciona la música: cómo piensan los compositores y qué deseos los guían, en qué consiste la innovación y por qué encuentra tanta resistencia entre el público, qué tienen en común los diversos géneros y qué los diferencia, qué actitud es la más adecuada por parte de los oyentes. Relacionando músicas muy variadas (clásica y contemporánea, popular y folclórica, jazz, rock) pero también ideas procedentes del arte, la literatura, la filosofía y la antropología, el autor traza conexiones sorprendentes y propone una manera diferente de escuchar. La crítica ha dicho: «Libro a libro, ha renovado los modos del lenguaje y los enfoques de la mirada de una obra poética y narrativa tan personal como extrañamente prodigiosa».ANTONIO ORTEGA, Babelia «Esas raras veces en que el ingenio se acompaña de sustancia, el resultado puede ser fascinante. En ese momento es cuando yo dejo de llamarlo "ingenio" y lo llamo "talento"».SARA MESA, Estado Crítico «Su sentido del humor y su controlado gusto por la broma lingüística adquieren un feliz tono propio».NADAL SUAU, El Cultural «Innovador, ácido, lúdico, lúcido».ÁNGELES LÓPEZ, La Razón «Uno de nuestros grandes poetas del lenguaje».VICENTE LUIS MORA, Diario de Lecturas «Mariano Peyrou me parece un excelente escritor».JOSÉ MARÍA GUELBENZU «Una de las escrituras más personales y sorprendentes del panorama actual».LUIS BAGUÉ QUÍLEZ, Babelia «Uno de los narradores españoles más inteligentes en el juego con el lenguaje».EUGENIO FUENTES, La Nueva España «Dan ganas de anunciarle al lector que esto no es una novela. ¿Y esto es bueno o malo? En el caso del autor madrileño, es bueno. Muy bueno. Endiabladamente inteligente».J. ERNESTO AYALA-DIP, Babelia, sobre Los nombres de las cosas «Son muchas las cuestiones existenciales y artísticas que plantea Delos otros. Impulsada por un estilo introspectivo, con derivas en el flujo de la conciencia y diálogos con frases inconclusas. Peyrou sobrecoge al lector».FRANCISCO SOLANO, Babelia «Peyrou da rienda suelta a su aventura lingüística sin que la vanguardia desemboque jamás en gratuidad».JUAN ANDRÉS GARCÍA ROMÁN, Babab «No es una novela de humor, y sin embargo es divertida como pocas que haya leído en los últimos años».JUAN MARQUÉS, La Esfera de Papel, sobre Los nombres de las cosas
Ojo de agua: Antología
by Veronica ZondekPrimera antología que presenta lo esencial de los 35 años de trabajo poético de la chilena Verónica Zondek Esta antología busca abrir la circulación de una obra en cierto modo secreta y exponer esa «respiración de raíces », esa «estructura rigurosa y ósea» y esa «condición meditativa» que celebró tempranamente Humberto Díaz-Casanueva en la escritura de Verónica Zondek, donde, tal como se lee en uno de sus poemas, «algo hay de sin salida en su dar vueltas / en su sube y baja / y deambular». Ojo de agua reúne parte importante de la poesía que desde los años ochenta ha publicado Zondek. El libro incluye poemas largos y breves, antiguos y recientes, referidos a Santiago y Valdivia, a los partos, la respiración,la muerte, el poder, la usura y la escritura misma, quedando en primer plano la música de las palabras, su fuerza evocativa, su irreductible capacidad de imaginar, con el extrañamiento como horizonte primero y el encantamiento como deriva final.
Ojos de sol
by Miguel GaneOjos de sol es la mirada de una generación, un homenaje al amor y a la gente común que puebla nuestras vidas. Es un poemario en el que, de alguna forma, te vas a encontrar. Las margaritas son las flores más comunes de la naturaleza y su belleza reside en su aparente sencillez. Simbolizan la pureza, la luz, la inocencia, la honestidad y la libertad. Pero, aunque puedan parecer iguales, cada una es singular. Lo mismo ocurre con las personas. Buscando el calor y la luz, crecemos hasta resultar lo que somos: buscadores de motivos que nos hagan abrir los párpados cada mañana. Ojos de sol es un homenaje a la gente común pero a la vez única que inunda nuestras vidas y nos hace crecer, porque quien bien te quiere, te ayudará a florecer. Es el espejo en el que, tarde o temprano, te vas a encontrar, la flor que, antes o después, germinará en ti.
Old and New Poems: Donald Hall
by Donald HallThis collection drawn from more than forty years of the poet’s work is “a superb introduction to newcomers and a sumptuous offering to familiars” (Publishers Weekly).Former US Poet Laureate Donald Hall has been celebrated with numerous awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Medal of the Arts.This volume collects some of Hall’s finest short poetry written between 1947 and 1990. Here are poems of landscape and love, of dedication and prophecy.“Our delight is in following an exceptional poet's growth and depth as he emerges with a richly playful but consummately serious voice.” —Publishers Weekly
Old Angel Midnight: Scattered Poems, The Scripture Of The Golden Eternity, And Old Angel Midnight (City Lights/grey Fox Ser.)
by Jack KerouacA sensory narrative poem capturing the rhythms of the universe and secrets of the subconscious with stunning linguistic dexterity from the author of On the Road A spontaneous writing project in the form of an extended prose poem, this sonorous and spiritually playful book is one of Jack Kerouac&’s most boldly experimental works. Collected from five notebooks dating from 1956 to 1959—a time in which Kerouac was immersed in Buddhist theory—Old Angel Midnight is comprised of sixty-seven short sections unified by an unwavering dedication to sounds, the subconscious, and verbal ingenuity.Friday Afternoon in the Universe, in all directions in & out you got your men women dogs children horses pones tics perts parts pans pools palls pails parturiences and petty Thieveries that turn into heavenly Buddha. Thus begins Kerouac&’s Joycean language dance. From birdsong to dharmic verse, street jargon to French slang, the resonances of the universe come blaring in though the windows, unfurling their meaning as the mind lets go and listens.
Old Black Fly
by Jim AylesworthNothing drives a family crazy faster than an old black fly on a hot summer day, especially when the family's a little crazy already. And this fly is as bad as they come. He knows every low-down trick in the book--and won't rest until he's gone through them all. He ate on the crust of the Apple pie. He bothered the Baby and made her cry. Shoo fly! Shoo fly! Shooo.
The Old Current: Poems
by Brad LeithauserMacArthur Fellowship–winning poet Brad Leithauser returns with his first new collection in more than a decade, a collection that recalls the delicacy and intimacy of his early, award-winning volumes, and embraces the wisdom of age.As snappy as a dinner jacket&’s red silk lining, as appealing as a piano interlude in jazz, Brad Leithauser&’s robust felicity is a balm in grim times. It&’s also the perfect vehicle for nostalgia, regret, and surprise, forces that animate his first collection in more than a decade. By turns laugh-out-loud funny and deeply thoughtful, this collection balances wisdom and practicality, as with deft care Leithauser easily, often unexpectedly, juggles off-rhymes and old forms and new. The book unfolds like a five-act play, moving from chattier poems to dramatic denouements. In the collection&’s two &“Darker&” sections, we meet folks learning to say goodbye, from a three-year-old&’s cry &“I love you so loud&” (&“A Young Farewell&”) to a reckoning with words formed &“Forty-Five Years On.&” Time presses in continually. In &“Abroad&” and &“At Home,&” the author shows us himself, in younger form: sixty-six, then twenty-seven, catapulted back in memory to Tokyo by a single bite of food (&“The Old Current&”). Then, eight, and awed to remember the beauty of a lone jet overhead. With Updikean wordplay he recalls: &“Porch steps, sunset; a warm, gathering gloom. / Behind me, five lives: two parents plus the three / Brothers with whom I share my room&” (&“A Single Flight&”). As Leithauser takes the measure of a world expanding behind him, he manages to become weightless, freer, wild again. He also refuses to give up second chances. In the &“Lighter&” interlude, we chance upon &“Icarus and His Kid Brother.&” We&’re treated to dactyls and lively quatrains, a sloppy kiss that&’s not quite bliss, musings on sobriety, and what comes to pass when &“life turns lickerish and liquory&” (&“Double Dactyls,&” &“Six Quatrains,&” &“The Muses,&” and &“Kisses After Novocaine&”). The energies yoked within Leithauser&’s formalism overflow formality. Often elegiac and yet packed with humor, contemplative, consoling, and informed by the soul of a storyteller, Brad Leithauser&’s latest book of poetry is a warming, enrapturing read that returns us to the ebbs and flows of life&’s shores. &“I&’m sixty-six,&” the author writes, &“and could anything / Reliably be more heartening / Than stray hints that life&’s brightest events. / Are, however far-flung, strung / Along a long old current?&”
Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems
by Kristine O'Connell GeorgeThis tree across the stream is a trickier bridge than it might seem... The author of The Great From Race and Other Poems has created a collection of short poems that celebrate trees and the amazing variety of ways they touch our lives. Deceptively simple verses reveal what trees think about and what they say to one another, as well as how they look and all the things they do for us. Humor and an unerring ear for the sounds of language make these poems an irresistible read-aloud; the luminous oil paintings evoke a country setting and the children who enjoy it through the year.
Old English and Middle English Poetry (Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World #39)
by Derek PearsallOriginally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the functions that it was assigned are historically integral to an informed understanding of the nature of poetry. The book aims to relate poems to the intellectual and formal traditions by which they are shaped and given their being. This book will be of interest to students and academics studying or working in the fields of literature and history alike.
The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical Edition (McMaster Old English Studies and Texts)
by Maureen HalsallThis critical edition provides unique access to a work which has challenged scholars and students alike. The book is the first to deal fully with the poem as literature and to supply the runic background necessary for an understanding of the raw materials with which the poet was working. The introduction offers a thorough discussion of the origin, development, and uses of runes before proceeding to the close examination of text, language, literary sources, style, and themes of the poem. Following the text and translation of the poem proper, detailed explanatory notes pay particular attention to the background of each individual rune and rune name, and the appendixes provide analogous material to assist in setting the poet's achievement into the runic context. Since many of the sources necessary for an accurate assessement of the Old English Rune Poem are written in foreign or dead languages, modern English translations have been provided throughout to ensure that the poem will be accessible to students as well as to professional medievalists. (McMaster Old English Studies and Texts 2)
The Old French Johannes Translation of the Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle: A Critical Edition
by Ronald N. WalpoleThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.
An Old French Trilogy: Texts from the William of Orange Cycle
by Catherine M. Jones William W. Kibler Logan E. WhalenWhile most English-language readers are familiar with Old French epic poetry, or chansons de geste, through the Song of Roland and its tale of gallant martyrdom, this volume provides a broader and richer view of the tradition by introducing songs devoted to the exploits of a different sort of hero—the brave and blustery William of Orange. An Old French Trilogy provides an updated English translation of three central poems from the twelfth-century Guillaume d’Orange cycle. In The Coronation of Louis, the hero saves both king and pope from would-be usurpers and earns the nickname “Short-Nosed William” after a fierce, disfiguring battle with a Saracen giant. In A Convoy to Nîmes and The Conquest of Orange, William conquers two important cities and wins the love of the Saracen Queen Orable. Tremendously popular in the Middle Ages, these works stand the test of time, and the accessible translations capture the sense of the original Old French decasyllabic verse without attempting to preserve or imitate its formal properties. The introduction to the volume discusses literary devices and motifs; historical context; issues of religious conflict, otherness, and gender roles; and themes such as loyalty and courage.
Old Guy: Superhero: The Complete Collection
by William Trowbridge&“When has geezerhood been handled so appealingly? . . . A true American hero is born.&” —Albert Goldbarth, National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Saving Lives Meet Oldguy: your regular aging superhero whose powers have dwindled over the years, and whose very mechanics are seriously fizzling. In seriocomic misadventures, Oldguy valiantly attempts to continue his former heroism in a somewhat wry version of Faulknerian endurance, defeating his enemies time and again—if not through superhuman abilities, then at least by &“outliving the sons-a-bitches.&” With its comic book-style illustrations, Oldguy inhabits a space all to itself—not strictly a poetry collection, not quite a graphic novel, but a hybrid sure to delight. &“An exhilarating read that I didn&’t want to put down except to laugh and to shake my seventy-eight-year-old head in admiration.&” —Ron Koertge, author of Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Old Heart: Poems
by Stanley PlumlyStanley Plumly's masterful eighth collection--wherein he confronts and celebrates mortality--was a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry. In this collection, Stanley Plumly confronts and celebrates mortality--in the detailed natural world, in the immediacy of the loss of friends, and in personal encounters. Archetypal, sometimes even allegorical, the poems in Old Heart amount to a sustained meditation. The American Academy of Arts and Letters declared of Plumly that "he has in the last thirty years quietly, steadily, expanded the range of lyric poetry in English...[and] reinvigorated our poetry." His ethical rigor and literary modesty combine in Old Heart--his finest book of poetry.
Old House, New House
by Phillis GershatorIt's summer, and a little girl likes moving into an old country house with a cranberry bog, a bullfrog creek, and farm animals that live down the road. But when fall comes, it's time to pack up and move again--all the way across the country to a new house in a new place with new friends and new adventures.
Old King Cole (Iza Trapani's Extended Nursery Rhymes)
by Iza TrapaniBest-selling author-illustrator Iza Trapani is back with a fanciful retelling of the classic Old King Cole nursery rhyme for a new generation. Old King Cole has been working hard planning for his Annual Cole Ball, to which all the usual suspects are invited: Little Bo Peep, Baa Baa Black Sheep, The Girl with a Curl, Humpty Dumpty, and more. But he's so tired after all that work, he falls asleep as the ball begins and nobody can wake him, no matter what they try. Will he wake up in time to enjoy his own party?The lyrical rhyming text and playful illustrations provide another fun nursery rhyme update to add to the many retellings of favorite songs for which Iza Trapani is known. Backmatter includes music and lyrics to the full rhyme. Perfect for read-aloud.
An Old Lady’s Haiku with Cat
by Barbara LoreiAt this point in my life, I&’m committed to my work, driven by a deep desire to communicate and explore the many mysteries around us. In a time when it&’s more urgent than ever to care for nature and one another, I create not just to please, but to provoke – to gently pause others in their tracks, inviting them to experience the profound, the playful, and perhaps to leave a little bit changed.My art and haiku often draw on mythology, religion, nature, and personal memories. In this way, I see myself as a storyteller, hoping to intrigue anyone who takes a moment to stop and look.
The Old Life: New Poems
by Donald HallFor nearly forty years, Donald Hall has stood in the front rank of American poets. The title poem, an autobiographical sequence, takes Hall from his boyhood to his growing acquaintance with poets--seniors like Robert Frost and contemporaries like Robert Bly. It sees him growing into manhood, fatherhood, grandfatherhood, and a happy second marriage. When his life inevitably moves into vicissitude, even tragedy, he will tell the dreadful truth about himself and the challenges of his time on earth.