
AUDIOBOOKS \| NEW BOOKS OF NOTE \| BARGAIN BOOKS \| RARE & OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS

» advanced search

BOOKS by Peter Washington

Sometimes it pays off to expand your search to view all available copies of items matching your search terms.

Page 1 of 3

sort by

1	Madame Blavatsky's Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums, and Misfits Who Brought... more books like this by Peter Washington Just before the turn of the century, a renegade Russian aristocrat named Madame Blavatsky came to America claiming that man was descended not from the ape but from spiritual beings. Thus began Theosophy, the very first "new age" religion. This thought-provoking and often hilarious study delineates the course of Theosophy and other sects which have ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $33.97! \| first editions
2	Love Poems more books like this by Sheila Kohler, Peter Washington (Foreword by), Kevin Young (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| SVS
3	Love Letters more books like this by Peter Washington Here are 200 irresistible love letters from over the centuries, love letters both historic and fictional, love letters by poets and by princes, love letters enchanting, tragic, comic, superbly selected, beautifully printed, conveniently portable, to have with you wherever and whenever you're in the mood for love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.89! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Love songs & sonnets more books like this by Peter Washington In the same intimate format as Everyman's bestselling "Love Poems", this collection of songs, sonnets, and lyric poems that focus on love in the widest sense--and which encompass relationships of all kinds--includes a variety of delights by everyone from Petrarch to Keats, from Elinor Wylie to John Updike. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.15! \| SVS
5	Browning: Poems more books like this by Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Peter Washington (Editor) Augmented with a generous selection of the marvelous letters Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote to each other, this collection presents their work in the chronological context of their lives. Ribbon marker. see all copies from $3.06! new only from $7.73! \| SVS
6	With Love and Prayers: A Headmaster Speaks to the Next Generation more books like this by F Washington Jarvis, Peter J Gomes (Foreword by) HERE, AT LAST is a book of "uncommon common sense" for young people by someone who has worked with them for thirty-five years. F. Washington Jarvis is one of the nation's most eminent educators, now in his twenty-eight year as headmaster of Boston's Roxbury Latin School, the oldest school in continuous operation in North America. Jarvis's approach ... see all copies from $5.98! new only from $17.95! \| SVS
7	Friendship Poems more books like this by Everyman's Library, Carolyn B Mitchell, Peter Washington (Editor) A celebration of friendship in all its aspects--from the delight of making a new friend to the serene joys of longtime devotion. Poems about best friends, false friends, dear friends, lost friends, even animal friends. These poems have been selected from the work of great poets in all times and places, including Emily Dickinson, W.H. Auden, Henry ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| SVS
8	The Washington Manual(r) Cardiology Subspecialty Consult more books like this by Peter A Crawford (Editor), Washington University School of Medicine, Tammy L Lin Prepared by cardiology fellows and residents and reviewed by attending cardiologists, this quick-reference handbook is a pragmatic guide to the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular disease. The text is fully supported with illustrative tables and figures. Coverage includes symptoms and diseases, inpatient and outpatient ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $23.70!
9	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) more books like this by Washington Irving, Peter Norberg (Introduction by) "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings," by Washington Irving, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $5.81! \| SVS
10	Rumi by Jalalu'l-Din Rumi, Jalal, Peter Washington (Editor) This volume draws on a wide variety of translations--from the early 20th century to the present--of Rumi's deeply moving, sensually vibrant poetry. see all copies from $5.94! new only from $6.91! \| SVS
11 view cover	Coleridge: Poems more books like this by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was the master impresario of English Romanticism -- an enormously erudite and tireless critic, lecturer, and polemicist who almost single-handedly created the intellectual climate in which the Romantic movement was received and understood. He was also, in poems such as 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,' ... see all copies from $2.79! new only from $7.89! \| SVS
12 view cover	Prayers: Pocket Poets more books like this by Peter Washington see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.79! \| SVS
13 view cover	Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Poems about Food and Drink more books like this by Peter Washington (Editor) A collection of poems about some of life's greatest pleasures: eating, drinking, and celebrating with friends. Poets include Horace, Rumi, Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, and John Updike. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.89! \| SVS
14 view cover	Haiku more books like this by Peter Washington (Editor) Simple yet capable of great complexity, the haiku is a tightly structured verse form that has a remarkable power to distill the essence of a moment keenly perceived. For centuries confined to a small literary elite in Japan, the writing of haiku is now practiced all over the world by those who are fascinated by its combination of technical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	Comic Poems more books like this by Peter Washington (Editor) This treasury of humorous poems brings together a sparkling constellation of witty poets--from Lord Rochester to Lewis Carroll, from Edward Lear to Ogden Nash, from Dorothy Parker to W.H. Auden--and embraces a wide range of forms, including limericks, ballads, sonnets, and nonsense verse. Ribbon marker. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Roman Poets: Everyman's Library more books like this by Peter Washington The urban and pastoral poetry of the Roman republic, and of the empire that succeeded it, was both the culmination of the magnificent classical tradition of the Mediterranean and the seedbed for almost all the subsequent poetic traditions of Western and Central Europe. The stateliness of Virgil's Eclogues and the grandeur of his epic line, the ... see all copies from $6.24! new only from $6.95! \| SVS
17 view cover	Poems of Sleep and Dreams more books like this by Peter Washington Poets have always drawn inspiration from the wild fancies of dream-life. We spend a third of our lives asleep, and throughout history our nocturnal visions have engaged the interpretive talents of our greatest writers. This treasury of poets—Sidney, Donne, Blake, Keats, Wordsworth, Whitman, Rilke, Plath, Graves, Roethke, Bishop, Moore, ... see all copies from $5.98! new only from $7.73! \| SVS
18	Poems and letters by Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Peter Washington see all copies from $13.87! new only from $13.87!
19 view cover	Poems of mourning more books like this by Peter Washington A treasury of great and beautiful poems from around the world and through the ages that explore bereavement and grief and offer the consolations of art. The poets represented range from Catullus, Milton, Pope, Tennyson, Rossetti, and Rilke, to Anna Akhmatova, W. H. Auden, Czeslaw Milosz, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, and many more. see all copies from $2.70! new only from $6.99! \| SVS
20 view cover	Persian Poets more books like this by LuAnn Walther (Editor), Peter Washington (Editor) see all copies from $5.50! new only from $7.89! \| SVS
21	Brodie's notes on William Shakespeare's King Lear more books like this by Peter Washington see all copies from $11.20! new only from $29.76!
22	Erotic poems more books like this by Peter Washington see all copies from $12.64! new only from $18.25!
23 view cover	Herbert: Poems more books like this by George Herbert, Peter Washington (Editor) George Herbert (1593-1633) has come to be one of the most admired of the metaphysical poets. Though he is a profoundly religious poet, even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness, which are amply showcased in this selection. Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $7.73! \| SVS
24 view cover	Bach: Everyman's Library-EMI Classics Music Companions more books like this by Peter Washington Peter Washington's Bach calls on contemporary memoirs and the composer's few surviving letters to draw the portrait of a strong, warm, vigorous, and humorous character who yet remains a creative enigma equalled only by Shakespeare. Washington describes the political, religious, and social conditions of early-eighteenth-century Germany, and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $61.51! \| first editions
25	Brontë : poems more books like this by Emily Brontë, Peter Washington see all copies from $7.97! new only from $11.48!

Page 1 of 3: 1 2 3 Next>

Browse authors

Browse subjects

Our Money-Back Guarantee

We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.

		You'll find it at Alibris! Log in here. Over 60 million used, new, and out-of-print books!
		YOUR CART 0 items \| ACCOUNT \| WISHLIST \| HELP