Nicholas Albery

Karen McCosker

Once upon a time, men and women of sense and sensibility knew by heart dozens of poems--Shakespeare's sonnets, stirring patriotic verse, odes to churchyards, and elegies for the departed. Poems are meant to be voiced, and A Poem a Day includes 366 poems old and new--one for each day of the year--worth learning by heart.

A Poem a Day

Contains 366 poems, one for each day of the year (including leap years). Chosen for their narrative, resonance and rhythm, this title includes poems to learn by heart or treasure and enjoy. It features poets ranging from Yeats, Shakespeare, Housman and Kipling, to contemporary poets such as Wendy Cope, Carol Ann Duffy, Maya Angelou, and Thom Gunn.

366 Poems, Old and New, Worth Learning by Heart

Poem for the Day

A Global Ideas Bank Compendium

Cornucopia of Ideas

'It is better to give than to receive - especially advice.' MARK TWAIN. This book offers 366 tips - some in their own words, some favourite quotations; some maxims of every day life; some pithy, some profound, some philosophical. From poets to philosophers, from psychologists to Members of Parliament, from businessmen to novelists, the range of contributors cuts a wide swathe across all age-groups, professions, political affilitations and social backgrounds. Their chosen tips will make us laugh or shudder, will have resonance or private meaning, and will widen our realms of experience as they tap into favourite dreams, obsessions, aspirations or jokes. Anita Roddick, of the Body Shop, writes in her introduction: "I believe that most of us will find here at least one or two of what the poet William Blake called 'minute particulars', the small and useful details that can make a difference to a person's quality of life."

366 Tips for Living

Seize The Day

Contains over five hundred best ideas (schemes, plans, proposals, etc.) from around the world - the visions of leading practitioners, world experts and inspired amateurs - new and imaginative (non-technological) for tackling social problems and improving the quality of life collected by the London Institute of Social Inventions. The Institute, a charity of research and education set up in 1985, is backed by many prominent people in all fields of life whose common goal is to promote social innovations: new social services or new and imaginative solutions to social problems, ideally before they becomes crises.

An Encyclopaedia of Social Innovations

The Book of Visions

Poem for the Day Two is a repeat of the formula which made Poem for the Day such a well-loved favourite. There are 366 poems (one for each day of the year, and one for leap years), to delight, inspire and excite. Chosen for their magic and memorability, the poems in this anthology are an exultant mix of old and new from across the world, poems to learn by heart and take to heart.

Poem For The Day Two

A wide variety of country walks published for the first time, all within easy reach of London. A wide selection of country walks through glorious countryside. A different walk is clearly detailed with maps for every week of the year and all are situated close to London. All walks are through woods and along streams, avoiding tarmac roads and both starting and finishing at a railway station."

Time Out Book of Country Walks

Stephanie Wienrich

Today, an increasing number of people want to organise at least part of a funeral for themselves, without depending on funeral directors. The New Natural Death Handbook shows you how to do everything from ordering a coffin to hiring a horse-drawn hearse to finding a woodland burial ground (where a tree is planted for each grave instead of having a headstone). It also explains how to arrange a burial on private land and how to set up a woodland burial ground as a business or charity.

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