This anthology of contemporary poetry celebrates the 200th birth anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849). The volume presents 123 poems by 92 poets, including: Sharon Chmielarz, T. S. Eliot, Charles Ades Fishman, Linda Nemec Foster, Emily Fragos, John Z. Guzlowski, Lola Haskins, Oriana Ivy, Lois P. Jones, Leonard Kress, Emma Lazarus, Marie Lecrivain, Jeffrey Levine, Amy Lowell, Rick Lupert, Mira N. Mataric, Elisabeth Murawski, Ruth Nolan, Cyprian Kamil Norwid, William Pillin, Russell Salamon, Katrin Talbot, Mark Tardi, Devi Walders, Kath Abela Wilson, and others. The book is illustrated with vintage Chopin postcards and includes one translation - of "Chopin's Piano" by Norwid. The editor, Dr. Maja Trochimczyk, is a Polish-American poet, music historian, photographer, and translator. She published four books on music, two books of poetry, and hundreds of articles and poems.

Clark Crouch, a prize-winning cowboy poet, returns with his eighth book, Harkin' Home, a collection of original poems and short stories. From the allegorical beauty of a "Red Prairie Rose" to such verses as the fantasy of "Dead Man's Gun," the brutality of "Massacre," the defense of "Chopin's Minute Waltz," and hemp tricks by "Ropin' Fool," he offers a generous view of the humor and the pathos of life in the Great American West. A two-time winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Cowboy Poetry, his work reflects viewpoints and biases which grew out of life during the Great Depression, years of drought in the Sandhills of Nebraska, and six youthful years earning his own way as a cowboy from the age of twelve.

A precursor of the twentieth century's feminist authors, Kate Chopin (1850–1904) wrote short stories and novels for children and adults. The St. Louis native lived in New Orleans for a dozen years and used Louisiana's Creole culture as an evocative setting for most of her tales. Many of Chopin's stories were well ahead of their time, and she achieved widespread acclaim only after her death. This concise introduction to Chopin's works features the complete text of The Awakening, her best-known and most-studied novel, as well as an earlier novel, At Fault, and the essay "My Writing Method." A generous selection of short stories includes "Lilacs," "The Kiss," "A Respectable Woman," "A Pair of Silk Stockings," and 25 others.

It's a race against the clock as Cherry Hills amateur sleuth Imogene Little rushes to solve her latest mystery. Imogene Little is looking forward to a day off from investigating murders when she attends the wedding of her friend Martina. She's especially looking forward to seeing Chopin, Martina's rescue cat, serve as ring bearer. But when the bride's heirloom ring ends up missing before the ceremony is set to begin, Imogene soon finds herself drawn into another mystery. Martina insists someone in attendance must have stolen the ring. Could it have been her sister Carmen, who wanted the family heirloom saved for her own wedding day? Or perhaps the groom secretly pocketed it, hoping for an insurance windfall. Whoever the culprit, Imogene doesn't have much time to solve this case. If she fails to locate the ring soon, this marriage might just be called off for good. This short story is meant to be a shorter peek into the world of Cherry Hills, Washington, and the Cozy Cat Caper Mystery series. It was previously published as part of the Malice, Matrimony, and Murder anthology. keywords: cat cozy mystery, cozy mystery short story, animal cozy mysteries, small town quick mystery read, amateur women sleuth detective, historical millennium humorous cozies, kitty cozy mystery, cozy mystery series, year 2000 cozy mystery, cozy crime mystery books, cozy crime without murder, cozy criminal mysteries, whodunit mysteries, small town women sleuths, animal rescue ebooks, humorous crime whodunit, short fun clean ebooks, amateur detective series, kitty cozies, cheap mystery ebooks, quick reads, ebook downloads, female gumshoe lead, wholesome whodunnit, felines in fiction, pet adoption, small town cop characters, funny cat books, cat mystery and thriller books, neighborhood drama cozy mystery books, American short cosy mysteries, wedding drama, sister and family drama, clean wholesome sweet romance, animal cozies, mystery books for adult women, fun kitty cozies, contemporary mystery ebook, cat caper mystery series

Blizzards and bodies . . . The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend starts off poorly for Imogene Little when a blizzard whips through her small town of Cherry Hills, Washington. But the weather soon becomes the least of the animal rescue maven's worries. A lost cat has blown in along with the storm—and kitty doesn't waste any time digging up a dead body beneath the fresh snowfall. When homicide is deemed the manner of death, it's up to Imogene to find out who killed Alex Stratmore. Can the amateur sleuth succeed in her efforts to put a murderer behind bars? Maybe, but not without a helping paw from her newest four-legged rescue. This seasonal short story is meant to be a shorter peek into the world of Cherry Hills, Washington, and the Cozy Cat Caper Mystery series. It was previously published as part of the Festive Mayhem 3 anthology. keywords: cat cozy mystery, cozy mystery short story, holiday cozy mysteries, seasonal animal cozy, small town quick mystery read, amateur women sleuth detective, historical millennium humorous cozies, kitty cozy mystery, cozy mystery series, year 2000 cozy mystery, cozy crime mystery books, cozy crime with murder, cozy criminal mysteries, animal cozy mystery, animal cozy, cozy mystery, cat cozy mysteries, whodunit mysteries, small town women sleuths, animal rescue ebooks, humorous crime whodunit, short fun clean ebooks, amateur detective series, kitty cozies, cheap mystery ebooks, quick reads, ebook downloads, female gumshoe lead, wholesome whodunnit, felines in fiction, pet adoption, small town cop characters, funny cat books, cat mystery and thriller books, neighborhood drama cozy mystery books, American seasonal cosy mysteries, winter blizzard snowstorm, animal cozies, mystery books for adult women, fun kitty cozies, contemporary mystery ebook, cat caper mystery series

Frédéric Chopin: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer. The second edition includes research published since the publication of the first edition and provides electronic resources.

Presents American literature from the beginnings to the Revolutionary War, including essays, narratives and more.

In 1848, the penultimate year of his life, Chopin visited England and Scotland at the instigation of his aristocratic Scots pupil, Jane Stirling. In the autumn of that year, he returned to Paris. The following autumn he was dead. Despite the fascination the composer continues to hold for scholars, this brief but important period, and his previous visit to London in 1837, remain little known. In this richly illustrated study, Peter Willis draws on extensive original documentary evidence, as well as cultural artefacts, to tell the story of these two visits and to place them into aristocratic and artistic life in mid-nineteenth-century England and Scotland. In addition to filling a significant hole in our knowledge of the composer’s life, the book adds to our understanding of a number of important figures, including Jane Stirling and the painter Ary Scheffer. The social and artistic milieux of London, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh are brought to vivid life.