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  The Essential Haiku

  Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa

  American readers have been fascinated, since their exposure to Japanese culture late in the nineteenth century, with the brief Japanese poem called the hokku or haiku . The seventeen-syllable form is rooted in a Japanese tradition of close observation of nature, of making poetry from subtle suggestion. Infused by its great practitioners with the spirit of Zen Buddhism, the haiku has served as an example of the... (more)
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  The Spring of My Life: And Selected Haiku

  by Sam Hamill, Kobayashi Issa

  Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), along with Basho and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan, known for his attention to poignant detail and his playful sense of humor. Issa's most-loved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in the tradition of Basho's famous Narrow Road to the Interior. In addition to The Spring of My Life, the translator... (more)
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  Cool Melons - Turn To Frogs!: The Life And Poems Of Issa

  by Matthew Gollub

  Born in 1763 on a farm in central Japan, Issa began writing haiku as a young child. Matthew Gollub has integrated the story of Issa's life and selections of his best-known work with Kazuko Stone's visual interpretations in the form of whimsical watercolors. Full color.
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  Dragon Eye 2

  by Kairi Fujiyama

  A HERO IS BORN Leila is training to be a great warrior. Her teacher, Issa, is a courageous champion with a rebellious streak. But Leila wants more from Issa than his expertise. He’s the guardian of a powerful magic weapon, the Dragon Eye. With the Eye, Leila can become the world’s greatest soldier–and finally avenge her parents’ death!
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  One hundred famous haiku,

  Text: English, Japanese
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  Classic Haiku

  The Greatest Japanese Poetry from Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, and Their Followers

  by Kobayashi Issa, Yosa Buson, Tom Lowenstein

  Poetry aficionados will appreciate this beautifully designed and illustrated collection of 200 haiku by the four most celebrated Japanese poets of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries: Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki, who modernized the form and coined the very term haiku . Enhancing their work are four seasonally-themed groups of verse, many written by Basho’s students and associates. The translation is thoroughly... (more)
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  Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Book 1

  Daughter of Smoke and Bone

  by Laini Taylor

  Once upon a time, an angel and devil fell in love. It did not end well.Around the world black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who crept through a slit in the sky.In a dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly... (more)
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  Charlotte Ansari Thriller: Book 1

  The Shekinah Legacy

  by Gary R. Lindberg

  International cable TV journalist Charlotte Ansari and her Asperger’s son are caught literally in the crossfire of history when terrorists, the CIA, Mossad (Israeli intelligence) and the Vatican all converge in a pulse-pounding search for two relics that could eviscerate Christianity and forever change the balance of power in the world. The Shekinah Legacy is a thriller in the tradition of Dan Brown, Steve Berry... (more)
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  Signposts

  Signposts Vol 1

  by Todd Garlington

  Signposts Vol 1: poems that don’t mess around. Three lines, three stanzas. Snapshots of time and place. Bookmarks that become pages.Inspired by haiku and tanka, Signposts takes a different direction, shifting the emphasis from nature to urban existence. The results are sometimes dark. An appreciation of irony, however, triumphs over nihilism. A brief synopsis might read: work, loneliness,... (more)
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  The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ

  by Nicolas Notovitch

  Where was Jesus and what was he doing from ages 12-30? Why does the Bible leave out this important information? Is there any truth to the myths and legends that proclaim that Jesus visited many other countries? This book contains amazing accounts of Jesus' missing years based on an old manuscript that was found by the author in a Tibetan lamasery in the 1890's. You will read about the author's dangerous... (more)