Inspirational Religious category: 3818 books

This unique collection of O. Henry's complete poetry has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's works are known for their wit, wordplay, warm...

Having masterfully translated a wide range of ancient Chinese poets and philosophers, David Hinton is uniquely qualified to offer the definitive contemporary English version of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. Like all of his translations, Hinton's translation of the Tao Te Ching is mind-opening, presenting...

Awesome Nightfall: The Life, Times, and Poetry of Saigyo captures the power of Saigyo's poetry and this previously overlooked poet's keen insight into the social and political world of medieval Japan. It also offers a fascinating look into the world of Japanese Buddhism prior to the wholesale influence of Zen.

Grace loved Jesus and shared her faith through her poetry. She enjoyed turning every day events, holidays, and the world around her into poems. In Seasons' Medley, she takes the reader on a journey through the four seasons. Her words create images of magic and inspiration with every season....

Jay Griffiths is a tour guide for anyone who has ever wished to commune with the side of our human psyche that remains in touch with the wild. Equally at home among the “sea gypsy” Bajo people who live off the coast of Thailand and forage their food from the ocean floor, drinking the psychedelic...

In Sussurri dall'Eternità, Paramhansa Yogananda, il grande maestro indiano autore di Autobiografia di uno yogi, condivide poeticamente con noi i suoi meravigliosi pensieri colmi di anelito al Divino. Nel libro trovano ampio spazio sacre richieste all’Infinito, canti e poesie, invocazioni...

"The Book of Thel" is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably composed in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen-syllable line. It was preceded by...

Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (first published in 1794), an expansion of Blake's first illuminated book Songs of Innocence. The poems and artwork were reproduced by copperplate engraving and colored with washes by hand. Blake republished Songs of Innocence and Experience several...

Abe Lincoln had several breaks. Isaac Newton did too. Tolstoy and Beethoven were cracked at times. Churchill, Van Gogh, and Hemingway...cracked as well. Being sucked into the abyss and spat out the other side is other worldly unpleasant. There are gems that await, though.

The internationally bestselling collection of poetry so powerful that it has moved readers to tears. “Anthony and Ben Holden remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a postgraduate in creative writing to be moved by verse” (The Wall Street Journal). One hundred women—distinguished...

Resonating with passion, pureness and simplicity, in Cherish The Moment, Rosalind leads us on a journey into the hearts, souls and lives of others. By transporting us to that majestic place of the raw beauty of the heart and genuine connections between others, Rosalind unplugs us from the bustle of...

"Les Murray has earned his reputation not only as one of Australia's finest writers but as one of the most engaging poets writing in English today." *-*Kate Kellaway, The Observer (London) Taller When Prone is Les Murray's first volume of new poems since The Biplane Houses, published...

"Of all, clockmakers and morticians should bear the keenest sense of priority-their lives daily spent in observance of the unflagging procession of time... and the end thereof." -DAVID PARKIN'S DIARY. JANUARY 3, 1901 So begins Timepiece, the unforgettable story of hope and the source...

“Let us offer simple words from the heart ...” I am here is a poetic journey through time and memory. It tells an emotional story of a childhood filled with pain, physical restriction and a “tangle of feelings” through the voices of a child, a youth and an adult. Shining throughout is a belief...