The Divine Comedy is a complete scale of the depths and heights of human emotion," wrote T.S. Eliot.??"The last canto of the Paradiso is to my thinking the highest point that poetry has ever reached o
Fleeing her native Sweden in 1905 to escape a life of poverty, Hanna Renstrom is widowed twice before becoming the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, where she is isolated by racism while
Sam Hamill is that rare figure whose life is continually in dialogue with the rich and diverse tradition of poetry, whether that dialogue takes the form of translating the work of a poet long dead, wr
For readers of Jill Lepore, Joseph J. Ellis, and Tony Horwitz comes a lively, thought-provoking intellectual history of the golden age of American utopianism—and the bold, revolutionary, and eccentric
A delightful coloring book that celebrates the magnificent beauty of the edible plant kingdom.This beautiful, artfully illustrated coloring book is an enchanting journey of discovering the seasonal de
The next best thing to actually living on an island paradise is being able to bring a bit of paradise home. Bob and Melinda Blanchard shared their own “paradise found” in their book A Trip to the Beac
Quaint cottage meets tropical paradise in this delightful consideration of the homes, gardens, and interiors of "The Grove." Coconut Grove is a seaside hideaway filled with modest homes and charming
With Jennifer Trainer Thompson's CARIBBEAN COCKTAILS, escape to an island paradise is just an ice cube's throw away. You'll find yourself in libation nirvana with this thirst-quenching collection of o
When we last saw Albert Schmidt Esq. (“Schmidtie” to all near and dear), he had been expelled from paradise: his love Carrie, the Puerto Rican waitress forty years his junior, had taken up with a blon
