Walden; or, Life in the Woods: With "On the Duty of Civil Disobediance" Publication Date: October 1, 2008| ISBN-10: 1603810129 | ISBN-13: 978-1603810128Walden details Thoreau's experiment with self-reliance living by a pond near Concord, MA in 1845-46.His intent is to explore the spiritual benefits of a simplefied life.""The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats.A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.Th...
Twelve Poems and A Story for Christmas Publication Date: October 24, 2005The poems describe the journey of a newlywed couple, Mary and Joseph, to their ancestral homeland where they are to be registered in a census decreed by a tyrant.Mary is pregnant and Joseph knows that the child she is carrying is not his. As they travel through the harsh landscape, they are joined by strangers who have been summoned by dreams, visions, and supernatural events to bear witness to a child whose birth they are told is destined to change the course of human history.In A Miami Christmas Story Raymond Allen, a despairing musician and family man, wr...