This Clumsy Living
This Clumsy Living

Author: Bob Hicok

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2006-01-21

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 0822990644

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Winner of the 2008 Bobbit National Poetry Prize. “Few others in contemporary poetry are so brilliantly able to combine wit and weight, to charge the language so it virtually glows in the dark. Hicok's poems just plain rock. They rock because they are gorgeous. They rock because they are sad and turn on the radio. They dance our 'clumsy living' with our shadows and our isolations to a music that always, always remembers the original delight in which 'the feel of things, if [we] cherish, helps [us] live / more like a minute than a clock.'”--Beckian Fritz Goldberg

Crossing the Unknown Sea
Crossing the Unknown Sea

Author: David Whyte

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2002-04-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1573229148

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Crossing the Unknown Sea is about reuniting the imagination with our day to day lives. It shows how poetry and practicality, far from being mutually exclusive, reinforce each other to give every aspect of our lives meaning and direction. For anyone who wants to deepen their connection to their life’s work—or find out what their life’s work is—this book can help navigate the way. Whyte encourages readers to take risks at work that will enhance their personal growth, and shows how burnout can actually be beneficial and used to renew professional interest. He asserts that too many people blindly trudge through a mediocre work life because so many “busy” tasks prevent significant reflection and analysis of job satisfaction. People often turn to spiritual practice or religion to nurture their souls, but overlook how work can actually be our greatest opportunity for discovery and growth. Crossing the Unknown Sea combines poetry, gifted storytelling and Whyte’s personal experience to reveal work’s potential to fulfill us and bring us closer to ultimate freedom and happiness.

Words for Empty and Words for Full
Words for Empty and Words for Full

Author: Bob Hicok

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2010-03-28

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 0822990938

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"As always with a Bob Hicok book, fascinating and a book you sort of can’t help but pick up and suddenly, two hours later, find yourself having read straight through. I can think of just about no contemporary poets who publish such consistently great work."—Corduroy Books

Insomnia Diary
Insomnia Diary

Author: Bob Hicok

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2012-02-10

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 082299092X

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Bob Hicok's poems are often edgy, brazen, and funny. They’re just as likely to be soulful, reflective, and provocative. Usually at the same time. As Hicok builds toward the punchline of a poem set up with his characteristic wit, he zigs into seriousness. A thoughtful meditation that builds to a moment of epiphany zags into comedy. Hicok's fluid ability to shift moods, the richness of his visual palette, and his idiosyncratic use of language fill the pages of Insomnia Diary. The fourth collection of poetry from this former automotive die designer delivers more of the cunning brilliance that has become Hicok's hallmark.

The Art of Living Chinese Proverbs and Wisdom
The Art of Living Chinese Proverbs and Wisdom

Author: Hong Yingming

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2020-06-16

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1602201765

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This book offers a contemporary look at the popular, 400 year-old text Vegetable Roots Discourse. Ming Dynasty scholar and philosopher Hong Yingming wrote many books, but only Vegetable Roots Discourse has survived into the 21st century—remaining a widely studied text in China, Japan and Korea. In it, Yingming offers 360 observations and proverbs about life, human nature, heaven, earth and more. These witty and timeless sentiments derive from Yingming's own informal compilation of thoughts, as well as the understandings of Buddhism, Daoism (Taoism) and Confucianism. In The Art of Living Chinese Proverbs and Wisdom, Professor Wu Yansheng and Dr. Ding Liangyan have provided original commentaries for each of the 360 snippets of wisdom. These help readers to expand their understanding of the meaning behind the original text, whilst demonstrating its significance in a contemporary context.

The Clumsy Crocodile
The Clumsy Crocodile

Author: Felicity Everett

Publisher: Usborne Books

Published: 2006-02

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780746071045

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When Cassy the clumsy crocodile gets a job at Everglades Department Store, she certainly makes things happen but not in the way she hopes. Toys, food, chinashe leaves a trail of destruction behind her in every department she visits. But in the end, Cassy's clumsiness saves the day and turns her into a hero. Usborne Young Reading books combine exciting stories with easy reading text. Now the stories are brought to life with lively music, dramatic sound effects and superbly characterized readings.

Life at High Tide; Harper's Novelettes
Life at High Tide; Harper's Novelettes

Author: Various

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-09-19

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 3387065302

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.