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1) Collected poems

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

2003.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

2) Collected poems for children

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

3) Difficulties of a bridegroom

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

1995.

Edition

First Picador USA edition.

Language

English

4) Flowers and insects: some birds and a pair of spiders

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

[1986]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

5) The collected poems

Author

Plath, Sylvia

Series

Harper colophon books volume CN900
Harper Perennial modern classics

Language

English

Appears on list

MCL - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Description

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A complete collection of Sylvia Plath's poetry.

6) Tales from Ovid

Author

Ovid

Language

English

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An English translation of twenty-four stories from Ovid's classic "Metamorphoses," written by the Roman poet around the time of the birth of Christ.

7) The iron giant

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

2011.

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Language

English

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"A strange creature stalks the land, eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified--and afraid. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant, taller than a house, with glowing headlight eyes and an insatiable taste for metal. The hungry giant must be stopped at any cost. Only a young boy named Hogarth is brave enough to befriend the Iron Giant and lead him to a safe home. And only Hogarth knows where to...

8) The journals of Sylvia Plath

Author

Plath, Sylvia

Language

English

9) Birthday letters

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

[1998]

Edition

First Farrar, Straus, and Giroux edition.

Language

English

10) My brother Bert

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

2009.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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Illustrations and rhyming text portray a hobby gone awry, as Bert's collection of exotic pets seems on the verge of breaking into a quarrel, and perhaps a rumpus, as well.

11) The iron giant: a story in five nights

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

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The fearsome iron giant becomes a hero when he challenges a huge space monster.

12) The Oresteia

Author

Aeschylus

Series

Greek tragedy in new translations
100 greatest books ever written

Language

English

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The Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The only extant example of an ancient Greek theater trilogy, the Oresteia won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BC. Principal themes of the trilogy include the contrast between revenge and justice, as well as the transition from personal vendetta to organized litigation.

13) Season songs

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

1975.

Edition

[First edition].

Language

English

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A collection of twenty-eight poems grouped to represent the four seasons.

14) How the whale became: and other stories

Author

Hughes, Ted

Pub. Date

2000.

Edition

First American edition.

Language

English

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A collection of creation stories explaining why owls hunt at night, why the dog was chosen to guard farm animals, why polar bears live at the North Pole, and how the elephant came to accept its unique and wonderful qualities.