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What if Shakespeare understood you better than you understand yourself? In Shakespeare’s Heartbeat, actor Sofia Barclay examines 40 of Shakespeare’s most powerful sonnets as emotional guideposts for modern life. Blending personal insight with timeless poetry, she transforms these works into everyday tools for navigating love, heartbreak, desire and uncertainty.

Von den Fesseln der Form befreit lässt Walt Whitman seinen Gedanken freien Lauf. Seltsamer und interessanter Weise trifft er dabei öfters ins Schwarze als man es womöglich für möglich halten könnte. Sein leidenschaftliches prosaisches Lyrik-Monument ist von feinstem Geist durchdrungen und ein Plädoyer für Gleichberechtigung, Menschlichkeit und Demokratie! Der legendären Grashalme erster Teil.

In modern-day Persia, the 14th-century poet Hafiz remains the most treasured voice of his homeland—a place where his work outsells Rumi, and even the Koran. Yet only recently have Westerners come to know this wild Sufi mystic's astonishing verses on love and spiritual longing. Now, with Hafiz...

An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language everyone can understand James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming patterns, which he likens to the very best pop...

One of the most celebrated poets in the English language, William Blake crafted visions of Heaven, Hell, God, and Apocalypse. Effortlessly leaping from philosophy, to nursery rhymes, to mystic visions, Blake left a body of work that still puzzles scholars, and thrills listeners. So sit beside William Blake, and let him tell you of the Tyger, the Lamb, and the Everlasting Gospel.

Ein Gedicht über Liebe, Leidenschaft und Trennungsschmerz! Im Sommer 1821 reiste Goethe für eine Kur in das Marienbad, wo er sich hoffnungslos in die siebzehnjährige Ulrike von Levetzow verliebte. Zwei Jahre später hielt er bei ihrer Mutter um Ulrikes Hand an. Ulrike, die sich noch zu jung fühlte, um eine Ehefrau zu werden, lehnte den Antrag jedoch dankend ab. Stefan Zweig erzählt von dieser unerfüllten Liebe in seiner Miniatursammlung "Sternstunde der Menschheit".

The greatest of all the medieval romances about the Holy Grail, Parzival was written in the early 13th century. The narrative describes the quest of the Arthurian knight Parzival for the Holy Grail. His journey is filled with incident, from tournaments and sieges to chivalrous deeds and displays of true love.

The author's original music compositions accompany each poem—a feature exclusive to the audio edition. Instant National Bestseller From TikTok star and author of I Hope You Remember—which John Stamos called a “gift to the world”—Josie Balka comes this evocative collection of over...

From Madonna to Deepak Chopra, celebrities have been recording and embracing Rumi's poetry for the past two decades, creating a resurgence of interest in this 13th century Sufi mystic. This beautiful collection of 196 of his poems, previously unavailable in English and now translated by native Persian speakers Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin, will appeal to Rumi lovers everywhere who want a guidebook for their inner journey.

Im Mai 1940 floh Nelly Sachs mit einem der letzten Passagierflugzeuge von Berlin nach Stockholm. Hinter ihr lag mehr als die Hälfte eines Lebens, das nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten in Bedrohung geraten war; vor ihr lagen dreißig Jahre Exil, in denen ein lyrisches Werk entstand, das 1966 mit dem Nobelpreis für Literatur ausgezeichnet wurde. Im Mittelpunkt dieses akustischen Portraits von Nelly Sachs steht ihr von Flucht und Verwandlung geprägtes Werk.

Fogwill fue uno de los escritores más irreverentes de la literatura argentina de los últimos cuarenta años. Con una enorme ductilidad para navegar en una multiplicidad de géneros sin perder nada en el camino, su prosa densa y diáfana se las arregló siempre para inmiscuirse no solo en la vida cotidiana y política, sino también en cada uno de los intersticios donde el poder acecha.

More than 100 years after his birth, Pablo Neruda's poetry is as vital and beloved as ever. This collection presents 50 of the most essential poems by one of history's greatest poets in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration among a team of poets, translators, and the world's leading Neruda scholars.

Der achte Titel aus der beliebten Hausschatzreihe des Audiobuch Verlags ist ein liebevoll zusammengestelltes Kompendium klassischer Weihnachtsgedichte und -geschichten. Dreizehn ausgezeichnete Sprecher, darunter Otto Sander, Anna Thalbach und Stefan Kaminski, lesen mal Besinnliches, mal Heiter-Ironisches von großen Autoren wie Joseph von Eichendorff, Rainer Maria Rilke, Anna Ritter, Theodor Storm, Arthur Schnitzler u. v. a.

Hafiz's Little Book of Life is a lush collection of more than 250 selections from his lifework (his divan). Alongside a Quran, a copy of his divan can be found in average homes in Iran—where stars can be heard singing his poetry on the radio, and lines from his poems are quoted on the street. His poetry is sure to strike a chord in the hearts of readers everywhere. This vital collection of mystical poetry focuses on the issues we encounter in everyday life. Each brief poem may be savored as an oasis of clarity in the hurried literacy of our time, or the entire book enjoyed in one sitting. 

READ BY THE AUTHOR A collection of recordings written and read by one of the greatest literary and cultural figures of the twentieth century. The collection is accompanied by a special 64-page booklet containing the poems. Upon the release of his first published work, Howl and Other Poems (1956)...

Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son; however, his journey is plagued by misfortune as the gods feud over his fate, leaving the Ithacans to believe that he has died. In the myths and legends that are retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.

«Илиада» Гомера–сокровище античной литературы, фундаментальная книга, с которой следует познакомиться абсолютно всем. Слушая эту поэму, вы окунётесь в историю о легендарной троянской войне, почувствуете атмосферу тех времён, полную храбрых героев, ожесточённых сражений и древних богов, которые влияли на судьбы людей и определяли ход событий.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘novel in verse’ is an epic poem that voices with enchanting beauty and literary courage the perspective of Victorian women. Aurora Leigh forges her own path to become a poet, successfully proving her worth, defying the ideals of her era, and rescuing her spirit from the suppression of a routine domestic life. Infusing the work with her own experience and passion, Browning produced a true masterpiece.

Shakespeare's Sonnets, one of the most remarkable collections of poetry, was first published in 1609, 400 years ago by Mr Thomas Thorpe. Naxos AudioBooks marks the occasion with a selection of 80 of the finest, read by leading actors. The selection includes famous ones such as 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day' as well as lesser well-known sonnets though of equally fine stature.

The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna wrote his celebrated poem Letter to a Friend as a gift of advice to a South Indian king, and it has since become a monument in the Indian shastra tradition. Despite its short length (only 123 verses), it covers the entire Mahayana path, combining a practical approach to daily conduct with a theoretical exposition of the different stages leading to enlightenment. It has thus been an ideal source for many of Tibet’s greatest scholars seeking a scriptural authority to enhance their own descriptions of the Buddhist path.