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From rock magazine articles to government reports, David Starkey’s novel, Poor Ghost, is an unrelenting rollercoaster that follows one of America’s most storied rock band.

A young girl unapologetically decides to focus all her energy on the things that make her the happiest.A young girl knows the world is calling for her, but she decides to make today a "me" day, focusing all her energies on a list of things that make her happy. And, oh what a list it is! She'll pack the day lunching with her teddy bear, brewing wild teas, and even working on her warrior pose. Combined with gorgeous handmade collage work by the founders of Finland's Polka Paper.  

WINNER OF THE FUTURECYCLE POETRY BOOK PRIZEIn David Starkey’s latest collection of poems, the world has gone awry. A mudslide destroys part of one city, floods transform another, good people die. Ex-wives decapitate photos of their ex-husbands, saints sit in Starbucks with arrows poking from their torsos, and neighbors prey on one another while “Christmas lights…hang all year from unpainted eaves.” And yet even amidst the turmoil and tragedy, moments of redemption emerge: “the surf soughs and the wind, / redolent of salt and eucalyptus, whispers of grace,” as the world continues working its magic on us, “like a lazy scrawl of cirrus across the horizon— / dawn morphing into brighter day.”

Each week of Donald Trump's presidency is captured in a poignant haiku, reflecting the tumultuous events with a blend of dismay and dark humor. Starkey's work serves as a satirical chronicle, memorializing the outrages and absurdities of the era through memorable and impactful lines, offering readers both a critique and a unique poetic perspective on a controversial figure.

Covers the basics of a college writing course in a concise, student-friendly format. Anything inessential to the business of college writing has been excluded. Each chapter concentrates on a crucial element of composing an academic essay. The book is filled with ideas for making the most of the student's time, along with occasional warnings to avoid common errors.

Over 800 years on from the signing of Magna Carta, bestselling historian David Starkey explores the Magna Carta and its influence on Britain today.

Tour the sites of Rome with David Starkey's garrulous new guide to the Italian Renaissance in fifty pocket-sized poems.

A Few Things You Should Know About the Weasel, by the poet-laureate of Santa Barbara, ranges through philosophy, art and history--both global and domestic --to skillfully chronicle the darkness that is our current age and condition, and the pinpricks of light that may show us the way out.

An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. This compendium volume of two earlier books is fully revised and updated. The monarchy is one of Britain's longest surviving institutions - as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I and Cromwell's emergence as Lord Protector - all the way up until the Victorian era when Britain's monarchs came face-to-face with modernity. This collection of biographies of Britain's kings and queens provides an in-depth examination of what the British monarchy has meant, what it means now and what it will continue to mean.

Bestselling royal historian David Starkey's captivating biography is a radical re-evaluation of Henry VIII, the British monarchy's most enduring icon.