Soutěžení a sport jsou motivy kulturního lidského konání a jeho projevem: Poul Polansky se těchto motivů přímo dotýká a dostupnými prostředky podává uměleckou zprávu o vzdoru vůči surovosti násilí... Zobraziť viac
In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story... Zobraziť viac
One of the most imaginative minds alive retells the greatest stories in history - the Greek Myths. The Greek myths are amongst the best stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, ... Zobraziť viac
A collection of more than 150 witty and edgy poems about love and relationships from the YouTube comedian and vlogger behind ‘The Gabbie Show’. Gabbie Hanna disarms the sacred and elevates the mundane in this exhilarating debut collection of ... Zobraziť viac
From the familial love that gives us the strength to protect and care for our families and the platonic love that drives us to do anything to help our friends, to the self-love that gets us through difficult times and... Zobraziť viac
In Louise Gluck's new collection, night takes on the dimensions of myth, becomes the setting for a sequence of journeys and explorations through time and memory, as the speaker of the poems moves backwards into childhood... Zobraziť viac
In this personal and characteristically brilliant new collection from John Fuller, an abundance of memories abound. From “those once endless years” of a childhood in wartime – tasting of Granny’s chicken soup, twizzers and cherry-go-rips... Zobraziť viac
An ingeniously constructed parody of detective fiction and learned commentary, Pale Fire offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures, at the center of which is a 999-line poem written by the literary genius John Shade just before his death... Zobraziť viac
The moving, expansive, and dazzling second collection from award-winning poet Kayo ChingonyiA Blood Condition tells a story of inheritance - the people, places, cultures and memories that form us... Zobraziť viac
In this moving, critical and fiercely intelligent collection of prose poems, Claudia Rankine examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, ... Zobraziť viac
"I've lost my mum!" It's not too much fun being lost in the jungle, and little monkey wants his mummy. Kindly butterfly is keen to help, but they don't seem to be having much luck as the well-meaning butterfly misunderstands monkey's... Zobraziť viac
Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. Published in partnership with the RSPB, the 50 poems in this striking little gift book celebrate birds of every feather – from the cuckoo in her nest to kingfishers by the river... Zobraziť viac
Shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018From the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a book like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour, beg Zobraziť viac
Born in 1907 Nakahara Chuya was one of the most gifted and colourful of Japan's early modern poets. A bohemian romantic... Zobraziť viac
Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman's glorious poetry collection, first published in 1855, which he revised and expanded throughout his lifetime. It was ground-breaking in its subject matter and in its direct, unembellished style... Part of the Macmillan Zobraziť viac
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. Filled with ideas about love, beauty, and mortality, the sonnets are written in the same beautiful and innovative language... Zobraziť viac
A neurotically funny collection that looks under the hood of adult life... Zobraziť viac
One of the English language's best-loved living poets, in Green: Natural World Carol Ann Duffy presents us with her favourites among her poems on the natural world... Zobraziť viac
Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose... Zobraziť viac
Imagine if your dog could talk to you. Better still, imagine if it could express its innermost feelings in poetic form... Zobraziť viac
