Poésie

Les mots dansent sur les pages en rythmes puissants, distillant les vérités les plus profondes et les émotions les plus brutes de la vie en vers soigneusement ciselés. Vous y trouverez aussi bien de l'ancienne sagesse spirituelle et des œuvres confessionnelles modernes que des guides créatifs et des réflexions philosophiques, chacun offrant son propre regard unique sur l'expérience humaine.

Poésie Résumés de livres

Roméo et Juliette

par William Shakespeare

Two strangers kiss at a masked ball, then discover their families are mortal enemies.

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🎭 Elizabethan Tragedy 🖋️ Verse Drama ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Feuding Families 💔 Doomed Romance

Immersif

Roméo et Juliette

Two strangers kiss at a masked ball, then discover their families are mortal enemies.

par William Shakespeare 1590 281 pages

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2 000 000+ évaluations

🎭 Elizabethan Tragedy 🖋️ Verse Drama ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Feuding Families 💔 Doomed Romance

Writing Better Lyrics

par Pat Pattison • 1995

Seven senses, zero clichés, and the structural secret that makes a chorus land harder each time.

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🎵 Lyric Writing 🖼️ Showing Vs Telling 🏗️ Song Structure 🔤 Rhyme Techniques 🔗 Metaphor Construction

Immersif

Writing Better Lyrics

Seven senses, zero clichés, and the structural secret that makes a chorus land harder each time.

par Pat Pattison 1995 304 pages

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1 000+ évaluations

🎵 Lyric Writing 🖼️ Showing Vs Telling 🏗️ Song Structure 🔤 Rhyme Techniques 🔗 Metaphor Construction

I Don't Love You Anymore

par Rithvik Singh • 2024

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

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🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey 🍂 Letting Go 📖 Gentle And Reflective

I Don't Love You Anymore

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

par Rithvik Singh 2024 146 pages

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3 000+ évaluations

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey 🍂 Letting Go 📖 Gentle And Reflective

L'enfant, la taupe, le renard et le cheval

par Charlie Mackesy • 2019

One boy, three animals, and the art of being kinder to yourself.

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🎨 Illustrated Philosophy 🦊 Animal Fables 💗 Self-Compassion 🤝 Vulnerability 🙏 Gratitude Practice

L'enfant, la taupe, le renard et le cheval

One boy, three animals, and the art of being kinder to yourself.

par Charlie Mackesy 2019 128 pages

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200 000+ évaluations

🎨 Illustrated Philosophy 🦊 Animal Fables 💗 Self-Compassion 🤝 Vulnerability 🙏 Gratitude Practice

The Poetics of Space

par Gaston Bachelard • 1957

Your childhood home is a blueprint of your mind: how cellars, attics, and corners form the psyche.

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🏠 Phenomenology Of Space 🛋️ Domestic Space Psychology ✨ Poetic Imagination 📍 Spatial Memory 🏛️ Architectural Phenomenology

The Poetics of Space

Your childhood home is a blueprint of your mind: how cellars, attics, and corners form the psyche.

par Gaston Bachelard 1957 282 pages

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🏠 Phenomenology Of Space 🛋️ Domestic Space Psychology ✨ Poetic Imagination 📍 Spatial Memory 🏛️ Architectural Phenomenology

The Poet X

par Elizabeth Acevedo • 2018

A Dominican teen in Harlem writes secret poems, until her mother finds them and everything changes.

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📖 Verse Novel ⛪ Strict Religious Home 💕 Secret Romance 🎤 Slam Poetry 🥲 Body Image Struggles

The Poet X

A Dominican teen in Harlem writes secret poems, until her mother finds them and everything changes.

par Elizabeth Acevedo 2018 368 pages

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100 000+ évaluations

📖 Verse Novel ⛪ Strict Religious Home 💕 Secret Romance 🎤 Slam Poetry 🥲 Body Image Struggles

I Fell in Love With Hope

par Lancali • 2022

They are collectors of moments, four terminally ill teens reclaiming life from death's waiting room.

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🏥 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age ✨ Poetic Prose 🥀 Bittersweet

I Fell in Love With Hope

They are collectors of moments, four terminally ill teens reclaiming life from death's waiting room.

par Lancali 2022 402 pages

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33 000+ évaluations

🏥 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age ✨ Poetic Prose 🥀 Bittersweet

Le Cercle des poètes disparus

par N.H. Kleinbaum • 1988

An English teacher at a 1950s prep school inspires a secret club, rebellion, and devastating loss.

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🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 👨‍🏫 Inspirational Teacher 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👦 Overbearing Parent

Le Cercle des poètes disparus

An English teacher at a 1950s prep school inspires a secret club, rebellion, and devastating loss.

par N.H. Kleinbaum 1988 166 pages

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🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 👨‍🏫 Inspirational Teacher 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👦 Overbearing Parent

A Gentle Reminder

par Bianca Sparacino • 2021

Kind permission to heal at your own pace, love without armor, and finally choose yourself.

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🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💗 Self-Compassion 🩹 Emotional Healing 🍂 Letting Go 🦋 Vulnerability

A Gentle Reminder

Kind permission to heal at your own pace, love without armor, and finally choose yourself.

par Bianca Sparacino 2021 152 pages

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21 000+ évaluations

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💗 Self-Compassion 🩹 Emotional Healing 🍂 Letting Go 🦋 Vulnerability

Le Dhammapada

par Anonyme

Your mind builds your prison, but it also holds the key. The original blueprint for freedom.

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🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 📜 Early Buddhism 🧠 Mind Training 🌿 Ethical Living 🏆 Self-Mastery

Le Dhammapada

Your mind builds your prison, but it also holds the key. The original blueprint for freedom.

par Anonyme 114 pages

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🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 📜 Early Buddhism 🧠 Mind Training 🌿 Ethical Living 🏆 Self-Mastery

Le Gai Savoir

par Friedrich Nietzsche • 1882

The old gods are dead. Nietzsche's joyful answer: laugh, create, and love life without them.

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🧠 Existentialism 🕳️ Nihilism ⚖️ Moral Skepticism 💔 Critique Of Religion 🌊 Life Affirmation

Le Gai Savoir

The old gods are dead. Nietzsche's joyful answer: laugh, create, and love life without them.

par Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 396 pages

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🧠 Existentialism 🕳️ Nihilism ⚖️ Moral Skepticism 💔 Critique Of Religion 🌊 Life Affirmation

Faust, Part Two

par Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • 1832

His soul bargained, Faust chases ideal beauty and builds a kingdom, but paradise demands a cost.

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😈 Deal With The Devil 🏛️ Classical Mythology 💖 Redemption Through Love 💀 Hubris And Downfall 🗺️ Mythical Quest

Faust, Part Two

His soul bargained, Faust chases ideal beauty and builds a kingdom, but paradise demands a cost.

par Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 304 pages

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😈 Deal With The Devil 🏛️ Classical Mythology 💖 Redemption Through Love 💀 Hubris And Downfall 🗺️ Mythical Quest

Tao Te Ching

par Lao Tzu

Why the best leaders are invisible, the strongest bend, and the wisest do nothing at all.

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🏯 Taoism 🎋 Eastern Philosophy 📜 Ancient Wisdom 🕊️ Non-Attachment 🍃 Simplicity Living

Tao Te Ching

Why the best leaders are invisible, the strongest bend, and the wisest do nothing at all.

par Lao Tzu 208 pages

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100 000+ évaluations

🏯 Taoism 🎋 Eastern Philosophy 📜 Ancient Wisdom 🕊️ Non-Attachment 🍃 Simplicity Living

Clap When You Land

par Elizabeth Acevedo • 2020

After a plane crash kills their father, two girls on opposite shores learn they are sisters.

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📖 Novel In Verse 🫂 Secret Siblings 🇩🇴 Dominican Diaspora 🤫 Family Secrets 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood

Clap When You Land

After a plane crash kills their father, two girls on opposite shores learn they are sisters.

par Elizabeth Acevedo 2020 432 pages

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100 000+ évaluations

📖 Novel In Verse 🫂 Secret Siblings 🇩🇴 Dominican Diaspora 🤫 Family Secrets 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood

Antigone

par Sophocle

Creon bans burial for a traitor; Antigone defies him to honor the gods.

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🎭 Greek Tragedy ✊ Civil Disobedience ⚱️ Burial Rites 💥 Hubris 🦯 Prophetic Warning

Antigone

Creon bans burial for a traitor; Antigone defies him to honor the gods.

par Sophocle 80 pages

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🎭 Greek Tragedy ✊ Civil Disobedience ⚱️ Burial Rites 💥 Hubris 🦯 Prophetic Warning

The Masnavi

par Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 1270

The soul is an exile; love is the homecoming. The 13th-century Sufi poem that maps the way.

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🔮 Sufi Mysticism 📜 Persian Poetry 🌊 Ego Dissolution 🤲 Spiritual Surrender 💖 Divine Love

The Masnavi

The soul is an exile; love is the homecoming. The 13th-century Sufi poem that maps the way.

par Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270 304 pages

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1 000+ évaluations

🔮 Sufi Mysticism 📜 Persian Poetry 🌊 Ego Dissolution 🤲 Spiritual Surrender 💖 Divine Love

This Is Me Letting You Go

par Heidi Priebe • 2016

Perfect timing is a convenient lie: how to let go, forgive, and bet on yourself.

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💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧩 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Relationship Endings 📝 Personal Essays 🕊️ Forgiveness

This Is Me Letting You Go

Perfect timing is a convenient lie: how to let go, forgive, and bet on yourself.

par Heidi Priebe 2016 120 pages

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12 000+ évaluations

💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧩 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Relationship Endings 📝 Personal Essays 🕊️ Forgiveness

Before the Ever After

par Jacqueline Woodson • 2020

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

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📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group 🍂 Bittersweet 👦🏾 Black Boyhood

Before the Ever After

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

par Jacqueline Woodson 2020 176 pages

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16 000+ évaluations

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group 🍂 Bittersweet 👦🏾 Black Boyhood

The Book of Disquiet

par Fernando Pessoa • 1982

A Lisbon clerk fills notebooks with tedium, dreams, and the sense that nothing means anything.

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🧩 Fragmentary Novel ✒️ Prose Poetry 💼 Solitary Office Worker 📖 Existential Diary 🌧️ Melancholic Prose

The Book of Disquiet

A Lisbon clerk fills notebooks with tedium, dreams, and the sense that nothing means anything.

par Fernando Pessoa 1982 544 pages

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38 000+ évaluations

🧩 Fragmentary Novel ✒️ Prose Poetry 💼 Solitary Office Worker 📖 Existential Diary 🌧️ Melancholic Prose

Punching the Air

par Ibi Zoboi • 2020

Convicted after a fight, a Black teen artist paints the truth the courtroom would not hear.

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🎨 Art As Survival ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🖋️ Novel In Verse

Punching the Air

Convicted after a fight, a Black teen artist paints the truth the courtroom would not hear.

par Ibi Zoboi 2020 400 pages

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24 000+ évaluations

🎨 Art As Survival ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🖋️ Novel In Verse

The Book of Awakening

par Mark Nepo • 1999

The life you want hides inside the one you have. A poet's year of daily unearthing.

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📿 Contemplative Spirituality 📅 Daily Meditations 🧘 Presence Practice 🕯️ Poetic Spirituality 🔑 Authentic Living

The Book of Awakening

The life you want hides inside the one you have. A poet's year of daily unearthing.

par Mark Nepo 1999 436 pages

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10 000+ évaluations

📿 Contemplative Spirituality 📅 Daily Meditations 🧘 Presence Practice 🕯️ Poetic Spirituality 🔑 Authentic Living

Le Prophète

par Kahlil Gibran • 1923

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

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🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature 🧙 Sage And Seeker 🔮 Parting Wisdom

Le Prophète

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

par Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages

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300 000+ évaluations

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature 🧙 Sage And Seeker 🔮 Parting Wisdom

Un bref instant de splendeur

par Ocean Vuong • 2019

A son's letter to his illiterate mother traces war, displacement, and a brutal first love.

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📝 Epistolary Novel 🌊 Poetic Prose 🪞 Autofiction 🧳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

Un bref instant de splendeur

A son's letter to his illiterate mother traces war, displacement, and a brutal first love.

par Ocean Vuong 2019 246 pages

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400 000+ évaluations

📝 Epistolary Novel 🌊 Poetic Prose 🪞 Autofiction 🧳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

La Divine Comédie

par Dante Alighieri • 1320

A pilgrim walks the afterlife with Virgil, seeing sin's poetic mirror on the climb to Paradise.

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📜 Epic Poem 🗺️ Allegorical Journey 💀 Afterlife Journey 🔥 Circles Of Hell ✨ Divine Vision

La Divine Comédie

A pilgrim walks the afterlife with Virgil, seeing sin's poetic mirror on the climb to Paradise.

par Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages

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📜 Epic Poem 🗺️ Allegorical Journey 💀 Afterlife Journey 🔥 Circles Of Hell ✨ Divine Vision

Eugene Onegin

par Alexander Pushkin • 1831

A jaded aristocrat spurns a woman’s love, then a careless flirtation drives his friend to a duel.

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📜 Novel In Verse 🕰️ Superfluous Man 💔 Unrequited Love ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💌 Love Letters

Eugene Onegin

A jaded aristocrat spurns a woman’s love, then a careless flirtation drives his friend to a duel.

par Alexander Pushkin 1831 240 pages

4.11

71 000+ évaluations

📜 Novel In Verse 🕰️ Superfluous Man 💔 Unrequited Love ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💌 Love Letters

Le Livre des Rois

par Abolqasem Ferdowsi • 1010

A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.

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5 000+

🦁 Persian Mythology 📜 Epic Poetry 🏛️ Iranian History 🌍 World Epics 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons

Le Livre des Rois

A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.

par Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 pages

4.52

5 000+ évaluations

🦁 Persian Mythology 📜 Epic Poetry 🏛️ Iranian History 🌍 World Epics 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons

The Pivot Year

par Brianna Wiest • 2023

For anyone at a crossroads: daily readings that turn discomfort into the engine of change.

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8 000+

📅 Daily Reflections 🩹 Inner Healing 💗 Self-Compassion 🧘 Present Moment Awareness 🦁 Facing Fear

The Pivot Year

For anyone at a crossroads: daily readings that turn discomfort into the engine of change.

par Brianna Wiest 2023 368 pages

4.09

8 000+ évaluations

📅 Daily Reflections 🩹 Inner Healing 💗 Self-Compassion 🧘 Present Moment Awareness 🦁 Facing Fear

L'Odyssée

par Homère

Ten years of monsters and angry gods stand between a Greek king and his waiting wife.

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🏛️ Ancient Epic 🌊 Long Journey Home 🧠 Cunning Hero 🎭 Disguised Identity 👨‍👦 Father And Son

Immersif

L'Odyssée

Ten years of monsters and angry gods stand between a Greek king and his waiting wife.

par Homère 541 pages

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🏛️ Ancient Epic 🌊 Long Journey Home 🧠 Cunning Hero 🎭 Disguised Identity 👨‍👦 Father And Son

Pan Tadeusz

par Adam Mickiewicz • 1834

Tadeusz returns from university to a Lithuanian manor gripped by a blood feud and Napoleon's war.

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🏛️ Verse Epic 📜 National Epic ⚔️ Family Feud 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎖️ Napoleonic Era

Pan Tadeusz

Tadeusz returns from university to a Lithuanian manor gripped by a blood feud and Napoleon's war.

par Adam Mickiewicz 1834 598 pages

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19 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Verse Epic 📜 National Epic ⚔️ Family Feud 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎖️ Napoleonic Era

Le Paradis perdu

par John Milton • 1667

Exiled from Heaven, a defiant angel targets a new world and its two perfect inhabitants.

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📜 Religious Epic ✝️ Biblical Retelling 😈 Rebellion Against Heaven 🐍 Charismatic Villain 😇 Fall From Grace

Le Paradis perdu

Exiled from Heaven, a defiant angel targets a new world and its two perfect inhabitants.

par John Milton 1667 453 pages

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📜 Religious Epic ✝️ Biblical Retelling 😈 Rebellion Against Heaven 🐍 Charismatic Villain 😇 Fall From Grace

The Dreamer

par Pam Muñoz Ryan • 2010

Neftalí collects beetles and scribbles poems in secret. His father demands a practical son.

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7 000+

🎵 Lyrical Middle Grade ✍️ Childhood Of A Poet 👨 Stern Father Figure 🌿 Nature As Refuge 🌙 Quiet And Introspective

The Dreamer

Neftalí collects beetles and scribbles poems in secret. His father demands a practical son.

par Pam Muñoz Ryan 2010 384 pages

3.98

7 000+ évaluations

🎵 Lyrical Middle Grade ✍️ Childhood Of A Poet 👨 Stern Father Figure 🌿 Nature As Refuge 🌙 Quiet And Introspective

Bhagwat Gita ; An Easy To Read, Rare, English Translation Of The Greatest Book Of Hindu Philosophy

par Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The battlefield is life. Do your duty, drop the outcome, and discover what cannot die.

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🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy ⚖️ Karma And Dharma 🎋 Selfless Action 🍂 Detachment Practice ☯️ Inner Equilibrium

Bhagwat Gita ; An Easy To Read, Rare, English Translation Of The Greatest Book Of Hindu Philosophy

The battlefield is life. Do your duty, drop the outcome, and discover what cannot die.

par Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

4.19

82 000+ évaluations

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy ⚖️ Karma And Dharma 🎋 Selfless Action 🍂 Detachment Practice ☯️ Inner Equilibrium

Prayers for Healing

par Maggie Oman Shannon • 1997

When the doctor's office leaves your soul untouched: a year of prayers from every tradition.

4.19

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🌍 Interfaith Spirituality 🙏 Prayer Collections 📅 Daily Devotionals ✨ Spiritual Healing 💝 Gratitude Practices

Prayers for Healing

When the doctor's office leaves your soul untouched: a year of prayers from every tradition.

par Maggie Oman Shannon 1997 256 pages

4.19

171 évaluations

🌍 Interfaith Spirituality 🙏 Prayer Collections 📅 Daily Devotionals ✨ Spiritual Healing 💝 Gratitude Practices

Slammed

par Colleen Hoover • 2012

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

4.14

400 000+

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

Slammed

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

par Colleen Hoover 2012 354 pages

4.14

400 000+ évaluations

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

L'arbre généreux

par Shel Silverstein • 1964

A tree loves a boy and gives him everything she has, across a lifetime of taking.

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📖 Illustrated Fable 💔 Bittersweet 🌳 Parental Love 🪵 One-Way Sacrifice 🌿 Human-Nature Bond

L'arbre généreux

A tree loves a boy and gives him everything she has, across a lifetime of taking.

par Shel Silverstein 1964 64 pages

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1 000 000+ évaluations

📖 Illustrated Fable 💔 Bittersweet 🌳 Parental Love 🪵 One-Way Sacrifice 🌿 Human-Nature Bond

Poetics

par Aristotle

Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.

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🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 📖 Literary Theory 🎭 Dramatic Structure 😢 Tragic Drama 📜 Narrative Theory

Poetics

Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.

par Aristotle 144 pages

3.83

29 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 📖 Literary Theory 🎭 Dramatic Structure 😢 Tragic Drama 📜 Narrative Theory

The Iliad / The Odyssey

par Homer

We know nothing of Homer. So his epics became a mirror every civilization fills with itself.

4.07

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🏛️ Classical Reception 📚 Western Canon 🌐 Translation Studies 📖 Reception Theory 🌍 Comparative Literature

The Iliad / The Odyssey

We know nothing of Homer. So his epics became a mirror every civilization fills with itself.

par Homer 1556 pages

4.07

84 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Classical Reception 📚 Western Canon 🌐 Translation Studies 📖 Reception Theory 🌍 Comparative Literature

The Way Forward

par Yung Pueblo • 2023

A poet's map for turning past wounds into boundaries, self-love, and a steadier mind.

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5 000+

🩹 Personal Healing 🔍 Inner Work 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🚧 Boundary Setting 🎛️ Emotional Regulation

The Way Forward

A poet's map for turning past wounds into boundaries, self-love, and a steadier mind.

par Yung Pueblo 2023 240 pages

4.37

5 000+ évaluations

🩹 Personal Healing 🔍 Inner Work 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🚧 Boundary Setting 🎛️ Emotional Regulation

Água Viva

par Clarice Lispector • 2012

A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.

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26 000+

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🧘 Philosophical Meditation 🎨 Artist Narrator 🇧🇷 Brazilian Modernism

Água Viva

A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.

par Clarice Lispector 2012 88 pages

4.25

26 000+ évaluations

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🧘 Philosophical Meditation 🎨 Artist Narrator 🇧🇷 Brazilian Modernism

Eres el amor de mi otra vida

par Gilraen Eärfalas • 2024

Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.

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4 000+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👻 The One Who Got Away 👯 Female Friendship 🌫️ Melancholy Prose

Eres el amor de mi otra vida

Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.

par Gilraen Eärfalas 2024 408 pages

3.92

4 000+ évaluations

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👻 The One Who Got Away 👯 Female Friendship 🌫️ Melancholy Prose

Ariel

par Sylvia Plath • 1965

A poet confronts a dead father, domestic suffocation, and the pull of death in blazing verse.

4.18

90 000+

🖊️ Confessional Poetry ✊ Feminist Classic 🔪 Female Rage 🔥 Death And Rebirth 👶 Motherhood Poetry

Ariel

A poet confronts a dead father, domestic suffocation, and the pull of death in blazing verse.

par Sylvia Plath 1965 128 pages

4.18

90 000+ évaluations

🖊️ Confessional Poetry ✊ Feminist Classic 🔪 Female Rage 🔥 Death And Rebirth 👶 Motherhood Poetry

The Epic of Gilgamesh

par Anonymous • 2001

After his wild brother dies, a king hunts the earth for the secret of eternal life.

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📜 Ancient Epic 🏛️ Mesopotamian Mythology 🤝 Heroic Friendship 🏺 Immortality Quest 🌊 Great Flood

The Epic of Gilgamesh

After his wild brother dies, a king hunts the earth for the secret of eternal life.

par Anonymous 2001 72 pages

3.76

100 000+ évaluations

📜 Ancient Epic 🏛️ Mesopotamian Mythology 🤝 Heroic Friendship 🏺 Immortality Quest 🌊 Great Flood

The Fruits of the Earth

par André Gide • 1897

A mentor urges his disciple to shed every belief and taste the world raw.

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🖋️ Prose Poetry 🎭 French Symbolism 🧙 Mentor And Disciple 🌿 Sensual Awakening 🕰️ Fin De SièCle

The Fruits of the Earth

A mentor urges his disciple to shed every belief and taste the world raw.

par André Gide 1897

3.68

3 000+ évaluations

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🎭 French Symbolism 🧙 Mentor And Disciple 🌿 Sensual Awakening 🕰️ Fin De SièCle

La Rhétorique et La Poétique d'Aristote

par Aristote

Persuasion is a system, not a gift: the rules for character, emotion, and logical proof.

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2 000+

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Literary Theory 🏺 Greek Philosophy 🗣️ Argumentation 🗳️ Political Speech

La Rhétorique et La Poétique d'Aristote

Persuasion is a system, not a gift: the rules for character, emotion, and logical proof.

par Aristote 336 pages

4.00

2 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Literary Theory 🏺 Greek Philosophy 🗣️ Argumentation 🗳️ Political Speech

The Missing Piece

par Shel Silverstein • 1976

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

4.28

31 000+

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable 🌿 Gentle Philosophy 📚 Adult Picture Book

The Missing Piece

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

par Shel Silverstein 1976 112 pages

4.28

31 000+ évaluations

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable 🌿 Gentle Philosophy 📚 Adult Picture Book

Rebound

par Kwame Alexander • 2018

His father dies. Sent to his grandparents, a boy discovers basketball and a path through loss.

4.30

14 000+

📖 Novel In Verse 🏀 Sports Fiction 👴 Grandparent Summer 🕊️ Loss Of A Parent 🖤 Black Boyhood

Rebound

His father dies. Sent to his grandparents, a boy discovers basketball and a path through loss.

par Kwame Alexander 2018 416 pages

4.30

14 000+ évaluations

📖 Novel In Verse 🏀 Sports Fiction 👴 Grandparent Summer 🕊️ Loss Of A Parent 🖤 Black Boyhood

Mahabharata

par Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa • 1951

Cheated of their kingdom, five brothers wage a cataclysmic war against their own family.

4.32

12 000+

🇮🇳 Indian Epic 📜 Epic Poetry 🏕️ Exile And Return ⚔️ Familial War 🎭 Philosophical Tragedy

Mahabharata

Cheated of their kingdom, five brothers wage a cataclysmic war against their own family.

par Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 1951 483 pages

4.32

12 000+ évaluations

🇮🇳 Indian Epic 📜 Epic Poetry 🏕️ Exile And Return ⚔️ Familial War 🎭 Philosophical Tragedy

The Red Pencil

par Andrea Davis Pinkney • 2014

When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.

3.9

7 000+

📖 Novel In Verse 🧳 Child Refugee 🎨 Art As Healing 🕊️ Quiet Resilience 🌍 Darfur

The Red Pencil

When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.

par Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014 336 pages

3.9

7 000+ évaluations

📖 Novel In Verse 🧳 Child Refugee 🎨 Art As Healing 🕊️ Quiet Resilience 🌍 Darfur

Cyrano de Bergerac

par Edmond Rostand • 2003

A poet pours his soul into love letters his beloved believes come from another man.

4.06

92 000+

🎭 Verse Drama 💌 Love Letters 🥀 Unrequited Devotion ⚔️ Swashbuckling Romance 💔 Love Triangle

Cyrano de Bergerac

A poet pours his soul into love letters his beloved believes come from another man.

par Edmond Rostand 2003 240 pages

4.06

92 000+ évaluations

🎭 Verse Drama 💌 Love Letters 🥀 Unrequited Devotion ⚔️ Swashbuckling Romance 💔 Love Triangle

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

par John Koenig • 2018

The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.

4.45

6 000+

💡 Invented Words 💬 Emotional Vocabulary 🏷️ Naming Emotions 🔬 Emotional Granularity 🗣️ Linguistic Relativity

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.

par John Koenig 2018 272 pages

4.45

6 000+ évaluations

💡 Invented Words 💬 Emotional Vocabulary 🏷️ Naming Emotions 🔬 Emotional Granularity 🗣️ Linguistic Relativity

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