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The Inferno

The Inferno more books like this

by John Ciardi (Translator), Archibald T MacAllister (Introduction by), Dante Alighieri

"The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ...

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The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, the Paradiso

The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, the Paradiso more books like this

by Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (Translator)

For the first time, John Ciardi's translations of Dante's three soaring canticles have been gathered together in a single volume.

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You Read to Me, I'll Read to You

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You more books like this

by John Ciardi, Edward Gorey (Illustrator)

"Thirty-five imaginative and humorous poems for an adult and a child to read aloud together. . . . The entertaining verses are varied as to length, rhythm, and subject and are illustrated with harmoniously amusing drawings".--Booklist.

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How does a poem mean?. more books like this

by John Ciardi

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British Society Since 1945: Fourth Edition

British Society Since 1945: Fourth Edition more books like this

by Arthur Marwick, John Ciardi (Translator)

High and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in Britain from 1945 to 2002 are thoroughly explored in this new edition of a classic text. 'Something of a tour de force...Without serious distortion or omission he moves ...

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Good Words to You: An All-New Dictionary and Native's Guide to the Unknown American Language more books like this

by John Ciardi

A completely new companion volume to John Ciardi's bestselling Browser's Dictionaries, which have sold over 75,000 copies in hardcover alone. This contains hundreds of stories, legends, facts and fallacies about words and phrases, their origins and their mysteries.

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A Browser's Dictionary, and Native's Guide to the Unknown American Language more books like this

by John Ciardi

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A Grossery of Limericks: A Second Volume of 288 Unspeakable (In Polite Society) Poems by The... more books like this

by Isaac Asimov, John Ciardi

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The man who sang the sillies; [poems] more books like this

by John Ciardi, Edward Gorey

A collection of twenty-five humorous and nonsense poems.

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For Instance

For Instance more books like this

by John Ciardi

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Bathtub Voyages: Tales of Adventure

by Ezra Jack; Cherr Keats, Pat; Say, Allen; Brown, Laurie Krasny; Brown, Marc; Gibbons, Gail; Gedatus, Gus; Ciardi, John;...

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You Know Who

You Know Who more books like this

by John Ciardi, Edward Gorey (Photographer)

Kids who slam doors, climb trees, and skin their knees will recognize themselves in these zany and good-humored poems.

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The Reason for the Pelican

The Reason for the Pelican more books like this

by John Ciardi

An illustrated collection of poems, including "The Bugle-Billed Bazoo", "Prattle", "Lucifer Leverett Lightningbug", and "The Saginsack".

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The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: The Purgatorio

The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: The Purgatorio more books like this

by Dante Alighieri, Alighieri Dante, John Ciardi (Translator)

"The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ...

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Fast and Slow: Poems for Advanced Children and Beginning Parents more books like this

by John Ciardi

This collection of nonsense poetry includes "A Fine Fat Fireman" and "A Frog Full of Apes". Illustrated with line drawings.

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Limericks

Limericks more books like this

by Isaac Asimov, John Ciardi

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The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: The Paradiso

The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: The Paradiso more books like this

by Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (Translator), John Freccero (Adapted by)

Dante's masterpiece of medieval literature contains many levels of meaning, including the literal (Dante's trip through hell, purgatory, and paradise); the allegorical (the progression of the soul toward goodness); and the moral (what it takes to lead a good life). Dante's great love, Beatrice, is seen in the poem as the personification of love ...

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Echoes: Poems Left (C) more books like this

by John Ciardi

These 45 poems by the late John Ciardi were unpublished and unknown until his papers were sorted following his death in 1986. As with all his poems, these are alive with Ciardi's precise observations, heightened command of language, and sure mastery of form.

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The Monster Den, Or, Look What Happened at My House and to It: Or Look What Happened at My House-And to It more books like this

by John Ciardi, Edward Gorey (Photographer)

This delightful collection of humorous verse celebrates the little monster that lurks in every good child. From the silliest of sillies to the gleefully bizarre, here are imaginative and funny poems from one of America's most beloved poets.

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A Second Browser's Dictionary, and Native's Guide to the Unknown American Language more books like this

by John Ciardi

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Person to person; [poems]. more books like this

by John Ciardi

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Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks more books like this

by John Ciardi

A collection of 41 humorous limericks. Illustrated with b&w drawings.

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As If: Poems New & Selected more books like this

by John Ciardi

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Doodle Soup more books like this

by John Ciardi, Merle Nacht (Illustrator)

Thirty-eight poems, mostly humorous, by the well-known poet.

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Saipan: War Diary (P) more books like this

by John Ciardi

Ciardi records his days and nights as a gunner on a B-29 in the South Pacific during four of the last terrible months of World War II.

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