First published in 1918, "The Madman" is the first work in English by celebrated Lebanese-American poet and artist Kahlil Gibran. Most famous for "The Prophet," published in 1923 and one of the best-selling books ever written, Gibran was also a talented visual artist who studied in Paris before writing several works in Arabic early in his literary career. "The Madman" is a collection of over 30 parables and poems that showcase the innovative and varied...

Poetry has always been in the Kazakh blood, and Galym Mutanov is one of the newly independent nation's leading poets, a shining light in the Kazakh literary world. In the range of his poetry, Mutanov truly captures the essence of the Kazakh spirit — from the tough and ageless traditions of the wild steppe to moments of tender intimacy. The measured Islamic wisdom and deep sense of morality so intrinsic to Kazakh life of old shines through in verse...

Jean Marie wrote this book during some very difficult trials. She always relied on God for her healing. Her book is about God first, then family, friends, and her two cats. She loves all these with her whole heart and soul. Jean Marie Patty was raised in Anniston, Alabama. She has also lived in California, Florida, New Hampshire, and Atlanta. She studied at Florida State University and loved writing and art courses. She also loves photography....

The extraordinarily inventive Ukrainian poet and literary critic Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-1937), the son of a Catholic priest, died prematurely at the early age of 28 of pneumonia. Originally from the mountainous Lemko region in Poland, where a variant of Ukrainian is spoken, he was home-schooled for the first eleven years of his life because of frequent illness. He began to write poetry in Ukrainian after he moved to the Western Ukrainian city...

Deeper Reflections of Life: Words To Inspire The Heart and Uplift The Soul is a compilation of Christian inspired poems written by Stacey Ann Berry. This book took 20-years to write and is, a tribute to Stacey's late mother, Winnifred Berry whose life and legacy inspired everyone, who knew her. Stacey shares how her mother and older sister were both instrumental in her academic journey and overall success. Each poem takes readers on a journey of spiritual...

This book is full of poems, love songs, gospel songs, short stories, and a little bit of everything. It was designed to encourage the go-getters to move out and master success, to be the best. The sky is the limit of what you can have if you apply yourself. It warns how tricky the enemy can be, in the form of poetry. One must read with an open mind, knowing that it is an authors point of view but so true. It was designed to change to attitudes of...

I started writing this collection of poems about a year ago. Today is the twenty-second of December 2012. First I was interested in narrating the Gospel in fiction. Somehow the truth is tied to every word from God. So it came to the point of losing reasoning. Shakespeare was a poet, and so was Mozart. The craft is the author's tools. God allows him to inherit his fruits. Very often composure is gifted. Trees seldom grow twisted. Read with reasoning...

The ecopoetry in Five White Swans moves toward healing a broken humanity, restoring the more-than-human family of creatures, and protecting the geology of our earthly home by touching the core of the human heart. This fresh and exuberant ecotheology and ecospirituality reveals that nature holds the gentle power to lead us into wellness and flourishing. In the biology of these insightful lines, readers may discover that their own ultimate happiness...

Inspirational Cues is a collection of poems which has been inspired by, and which captures the conversations, banter, and discussions between the author and New Yorkers, including children in their strollers. The decision to publish results from the response of readers on Blogit.com, the internet site on which nearly all of them were first introduced. It is hoped that you are as impressed as the readers are on that site. This collection attempts...

Talk to Him is a book which talks about the journey which one needs to take in learning how to talk God, how to establish a relationship with your creator. The book does not put prayer aside as there is a chapter in the book which talks about the importance and simplicity yet powerful force that prayer has.