This book is another from “The Ocean Poet of Romantic Thoughts” from our “Love for the Seas and Oceans of the World”. We dream of all the beautiful beaches, we cannot walk them all but in our dreams. One truth about these places of creation, The Edens that they rush to and enjoy a big of creation, listening to nature, and braving the storm there. Enjoy the sounds and see waves breaking, the shells shining on the sand, listen to the ocean, hear creation and the echoes of the earth from long ago.

Have you ever sat by the ocean and put a shell to your ear and listened to the oceanic sound that comes out. This is the story of how a small scallop shell called Wendy gets swept away from her home and damaged by a large storm. Wendy is damaged so badly that she loses her ability to sound out the ocean. Something she desperately wants to get back. Come and join Wendy on her journey as she is swept around the oceans. A journey in which she is rescued by a little girl called Sarah and again by a pretty Mermaid called Marla. Find out if Wendy will ever be able to whisper the ocean again.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti nasce nel 1919 a Yonkers, New York, da padre italiano e madre di origini franco-portoghesi. È poeta, romanziere, traduttore, editore, pittore, autore di teatro e drammi radiofonici. Anima della San Francisco Renaissance, che negli anni 50 stravolge le convenzioni letterarie e sociali del tempo, Ferlinghetti è da allora protagonista di una intensa attività creativa, mai disgiunta da una profonda attenzione a tematiche politiche, sociali ed ecologiche. Fondatore assieme a Pete D. Martin della famosa City Lights Bookstore, Ferlinghetti ha sempre compiuto scelte editoriali coraggiose, come la pubblicazione di “Urlo” di Allen Ginsberg, vero manifesto della beat generation, per la quale viene accusato di vendita e distribuzione di materiale osceno: il noto processo del 1956 termina con una storica vittoria legale contro la censura. Negli anni ha partecipato a numerosi festival e reading di poesia, tra i quali quelli storici alla Royal Albert Hall di Londra (1965), a Castelporziano (1978), ad Amsterdam (1981), dimostrandosi viaggiatore instancabile e artista sempre attento alla difesa degli ultimi e del pianeta. Ha esposto le proprie opere pittoriche in diversi musei e gallerie sia negli Stati Uniti che in Europa. Insignito nel 1998 del titolo di primo Poeta Laureato della città di San Francisco, Ferlinghetti ha ricevuto svariati riconoscimenti, tra cui recentemente quello di Commendatore al merito della Repubblica Italiana. Il suo “A Coney Island of the Mind” tradotto in decine di lingue, è tra i libri di poesia più letti al mondo con oltre un milione di copie stampate.

Drawn by an ancient family legend, Elara Thorne seeks the guidance of Madame Seraphina, the renowned fortune teller. The mysterious seer reveals a destiny entwined with the ethereal. The fortune teller foretells of a forgotten relic, hidden beneath the waves, holding the key to unlocking the mysteries of the afterlife. Intrigued and compelled by the prophecy, Elara sets sail with Captain Ambrose Blackthorn, a brooding sea captain with a dark past. Together, they embark on a perilous journey to unravel the secrets that lie beneath the surface of Eldritch Haven and the thin veil that separates the living from the dead. Unknown to them, the shadows of the past are awakened, and ancient forces begin to stir, watching their every move. Setting the stage for a tale of forbidden knowledge, spectral encounters, and a quest that transcends the boundaries of life and death.

The land of Condel is blessed, and Gaernod is not. Eofyn is king, and Spyre most certainly isn’t. When Spyre’s king threatens Eofyn’s kingdom and the source of its people’s power, Spyre sets out on a journey to save the Blessed Kingdom, not because he wants to, but because the other creatures of Curnen have threatened to kill him if he doesn't. It’s a long road ahead to save a kingdom he’s sure will hate him, and he’ll have to brave the many realms of Curnen to reach Condel and, regrettably, beyond to do it. The Fyre is going out, and the crystals are fading. The dragons are coming, and the king has fled. Only one thing is certain: Spyre did not sign up for this.

Land and Sea was first published in 1978. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Although Philip Freneau is best known as the poet of the American Revolution, half his poems had nothing to do with the war, Professor Vitzthum points out, and this, the first systematic, in-depth study of Freneau's lyric poetry, provides a fresh perspective on the poet's non-political work. Demonstrating that there is a heretofore unrecognized pattern of land-sea imagery and symbolism in Freneau's best work. Professor Vitzthum traces changes reflected in this imagery to developments in the poet's thought, which in turn related to major intellectual and literary trends in revolutionary and early republican America. An introductory chapter assesses twentieth century biographical and critical estimates of Freneau, outlines the key themes in his work, and links his thirty-year career as sailor and ship captain to his creation of a covert, symbolistic poetic method. The following five chapters chronologically discuss Freneau's non-political poems from 1772 through 1815. Professor Vitzthum concludes that Freneau was not the derivative and unsuccessful artist he is currently thought to have been but, rather, one of America's genuinely important poets.

In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads readers through the labyrinthine paths which link the writers and critics who have informed and inspired him for so many years.