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- The battle of Maldon : together with The homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son, and The tradition of versification in Old English / by Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973,author.; Grybauskas, Peter,editor.; container of (work):Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973.Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.; container of (work):Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973.Tradition of versification in Old English.; translation of:Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973.Maldon (Anglo-Saxon poem).English.(Tolkien);
Includes bibliographical references."First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts. In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack is widely considered one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, due to it being immortalised in the poem, The Battle of Maldon. Written shortly after the battle, the poem now survives only as a 325-line fragment, but its value to today is incalculable, not just as an heroic tale but in vividly expressing the lost language of our ancestors and celebrating ideals of loyalty and friendship. J.R.R. Tolkien considered The Battle of Maldon 'the last surviving fragment of ancient English heroic minstrelsy'. It would inspire him to compose, during the 1930s, his own dramatic verse-dialogue, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, which imagines the aftermath of the great battle when two of Beorhtnoth's retainers come to retrieve their duke's body. Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien's own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien's bravura lecture, 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English', a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been 'the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien's fiction', most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings."--- Subjects: English poetry;
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- Deep, deep down : the secret underwater poetry of the Mariana Trench / by Lukidis, Lydia.; Calle, Juan,1977-;
"Deep, deep down, at the very bottom of the ocean, lies a secret world. Through lyrical narration, this spare-text STEM picture book takes readers on a journey to a place very few humans have ever been-the Mariana Trench. The imagined voyage debunks scary myths about this mysterious place with surprising and beautiful truths about life at Earth's deepest point. Deep, Deep Down shows a vibrant world far below, and teaches readers how interconnected our lives are to every place on the planet."--- Subjects: Deep-sea ecology; Submarine trenches; Pelagic fishes; Biotic communities;
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- Two by two / by Reid, Barbara,1957-;
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- Subjects: Noah's ark; Bible stories, English;
- © c1992., Scholastic,
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- 'Twas the night before Christmas / by Moore, Clement Clarke,1779-1863.; Chapman, Jane.;
The classic Christmas poem with illustrations showcasing an all-animal cast.Ages 4 and up.- Subjects: Picture books.; Christmas poetry.; Stories in rhyme.; Animal fiction.; Santa Claus; Christmas; Children's poetry, American.;
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- My Affair with Cancer / by Field, Susan.; Goodman, Nancy.; Laurin, Lyndsey.; Taeger, Gerit.; Wood, Brenda J.;
"A collection of heartfelt writings by its survivors. While each woman tells her own story, their truth has a common vein. Tackle diagnosis, chemotherapy, and radiation with strength and humour. Find just the right words to start your day, whether you are a patient, a survivor or a family caregiver. Poetry, honest inspiring words and self-laughter fill the book and yet leave space for the reader’s personal journal notes. You will enjoy reading this book simply because it lifts your spirits."--from Amazon.- Subjects: Local author.; Local self-published author collection.; Poetry.; Cancer.;
- © c2020., Brenda J Wood,
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- The Beeman / by Krebs, Laurie; Iwai, Melissa;
In rhyming text, a child describes the work Grandpa does to take care of honeybees and harvest the honey they make.- Subjects: Beekeepers; Bee culture; Honeybee; Grandfathers; Narrative poetry;
- © c2002., National Geographic,
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- The Odyssey / by Homer,author.; Fagles, Robert.; Knox, Bernard,1914-2010.; Homer.Odyssey.English.1997.;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Poetry.; Epic poetry.; Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character); Classics; Literary;
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- The house in the meadow / by Crum, Shutta; Billin-Frye, Paige;
In the year following a couple's marriage surrounded by their ten best friends, different sized crews of construction workers build a house for them, from nine strong diggers to one inspector.- Subjects: House construction; Building; Construction workers; Narrative poetry; Counting;
- © 2003., A. Whitman,
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- The poet of Piney Woods / by Raczka, Bob.; Howdeshell, Kristen.; Howdeshell, Kevin.;
A pear-eating lupine poet seeks acceptance among the forest fauna.LSC- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Poetry; Authorship; Wolves; Forest animals;
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- The Berenstain bears save Christmas / by Berenstain, Stan,1923-; Berenstain, Jan,1923-; Berenstain, Michael;
Thinking that the spirit of Christmas has been lost, Santa Bear disappears, until the Berenstain Bears show him that it still exists.004-008.- Subjects: Berenstain Bears (Fictitious characters); Christmas stories; Bears; Narrative poetry;
- © c2003., HarperCollins,
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