The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi by William Chittick

Although Rumi has become one of America’s favorite poets, very little is known about the underlying metaphysical foundation which illuminates his language. With beautiful illustrations from the world of Persian Sufism, this introduction opens the door to Rumi’s spiritual universe and it highlights Rumi as a of light whose teaching dispels the shadows which prevent modern man from seeing even his own image in its true form and knowing who he really is.

American Fiction Between The Wars

America in the 1920s and '30s saw the emergence of some of the best-known writers of the modern generation: John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.

When Love Speaks

When Love Speaks is a beautiful, classic gift of love inspired by the sonnets of William Shakespeare. A lovely 44-page book features all of the texts, with lovely original artwork and includes a single CD featuring William Shakespeare's love sonnets read by some of the finest actors in the world. Artists Rufus Wainright, Barbara Bonney, Des'ree, Bryan Ferry, Keb Mo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Annie Lennox, and John Potter perform eight new, original songs. Much of the music was written and conducted by top film composer Michael Kamen.

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William Wordsworth

Wordsworth, born in his beloved Lake District, was the son of an attorney. His school years were later to be described vividly in "The Prelude". Wordsworth wrote many of his greatest poems after his returning from France (1795-1799), where he twice fell in love: once with a young french woman Annette Vallon, and the, once more, with the French Revolution.

Emory University professor Sally Wolff has carried on a fifty-year tradition of leading students on expeditions to "Faulkner country" in and around Oxford, Mississippi. Not long ago, she decided to invite alumni on one of these field trips. One response to the invitation surprised her: "I can't go on the trip. But I knew William Faulkner."