The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar

The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar
Title The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar PDF eBook
Author Helen Vendler
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 457
Release 2015-05-11
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 067442574X

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A Times Higher Education Book of the Week One of our foremost commentators on poetry examines the work of a broad range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century English, Irish, and American poets. The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar gathers two decades’ worth of Helen Vendler’s essays, book reviews, and occasional prose—including the 2004 Jefferson Lecture—in a single volume. “It’s one of [Vendler’s] finest books, an impressive summation of a long, distinguished career in which she revisits many of the poets she has venerated over a lifetime and written about previously. Reading it, one can feel her happiness in doing what she loves best. There is scarcely a page in the book where there isn’t a fresh insight about a poet or poetry.” —Charles Simic, New York Review of Books “Vendler has done perhaps more than any other living critic to shape—I might almost say ‘create’—our understanding of poetry in English.” —Joel Brouwer, New York Times Book Review “Poems are artifacts and [Vendler] shows us, often thrillingly, how those poems she considers the best specimens are made...A reader feels that she has thoroughly absorbed her subjects and conveys her understanding with candor, clarity, wit.” —John Greening, Times Literary Supplement

Bulletin

Bulletin
Title Bulletin PDF eBook
Author Saskatchewan. Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher
Pages 236
Release 1927
Genre
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The Hammer and the Blade

The Hammer and the Blade
Title The Hammer and the Blade PDF eBook
Author Paul S. Kemp
Publisher Del Rey
Pages 350
Release 2015-09-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101964952

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For readers of Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Scott Lynch comes the first book in a fantastic, hilarious new sword-and-sorcery series that puts a clever new twist on the golden age of epic fantasy. Robbing tombs for fun and profit might not be a stable career, but Egil and Nix aren’t in it for the long-term prospects. Egil is the hammer-wielding warrior-priest of a discredited god. Nix is a roguish thief with just enough knowledge of magic to conjure up trouble. Together, they seek riches and renown, yet often find themselves enlisted in lost causes—generally against their will. So why should their big score be any different? The trouble starts when Nix and Egil kill the demonic guardian of a long-lost crypt, nullifying an ancient pact made by the ancestors of an obscenely powerful wizard. Now the wizard will stop at nothing to keep that power from slipping away, even if it means freeing a rapacious beast from its centuries-old prison. And who better than Egil and Nix—the ones responsible for his current predicament—to perform this thankless task? Praise for The Hammer and the Blade and Paul S. Kemp “A gripping tale [with] the feeling of a classic Dungeons & Dragons campaign.”—Publishers Weekly “Most heroes work up to killing demons. Egil and Nix start there and pick up the pace.”—Elaine Cunningham, author of the Thorn Trilogy “Kemp delivers sword and sorcery at its rollicking best, after the fashion of Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.”—Library Journal

Bulletin

Bulletin
Title Bulletin PDF eBook
Author Saskatchewan. Department of Agriculture
Publisher
Pages 910
Release 1909
Genre Agriculture
ISBN

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The Bird Book

The Bird Book
Title The Bird Book PDF eBook
Author Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Publisher
Pages 360
Release 1908
Genre Birds
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The Bird of the River

The Bird of the River
Title The Bird of the River PDF eBook
Author Kage Baker
Publisher Macmillan + ORM
Pages 269
Release 2010-07-14
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1429943033

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In this new standalone story set in the world of The Anvil of the World and The House of the Stag, two teenagers join the crew of a huge river barge after their mother drowns. The girl and her half-breed younger brother try to make the barge their new home. As the great boat proceeds up the long river, we see a panorama of cities and cultures, and begin to perceive patterns in the pirate attacks that happen so frequently in the river cities. Eliss, the girl, becomes a sharp-eyed spotter of obstacles in the river for the barge, and more than that, one who perceives deeply. A young boy her age, Krelan, trained as a professional assassin, has come aboard, seeking the head of a dead nobleman, so that there might be a proper burial. But the head proves as elusive as the real explanation behind the looting of cities, so he needs Eliss's help. And then there is the massive Captain of the barge, who can perform supernatural tricks, but prefers to stay in his cabin and drink.

Aquilla

Aquilla
Title Aquilla PDF eBook
Author David Shauger
Publisher Lulu.com
Pages 136
Release 2015-08-12
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0991228367

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10,000 years of the purest evil striving insatiably for a single goal leads to this moment. Will the world fall under the sway of the demon-gods or will mankind prevail? Aquilla spans centuries of horror and madness brought through deceit and endless cruelty. Only by the love and faith of dozens of strong souls does humanity maintain any hope.