{"product_id":"poems-for-happiness-9781509893812","title":"Poems for Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poetry is the perfect medium to capture the elusive nature of happiness and this beautiful anthology explores happiness in all its forms - whether it be a fleeting moment, the promise of freedom and adventure, surviving adversity or the comfort of nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems for Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e features an introduction by writer, broadcaster and parish priest, the Reverend Richard Coles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis inspiring and life-affirming collection features writing by some of our greatest poets whose work is still widely read today. It includes famous poems such as 'How Do I Love Thee?' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 'If' by Rudyard Kipling, 'My Heart Leaps Up' by William Wordsworth and 'Invictus' by W. E. Henley. In addition to these well-known verses, this beautiful volume includes lesser-known poems to discover and enjoy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColes, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThe Reverend Richard Coles is a musician, writer, Church of England priest and co-presenter of \u003ci\u003eSaturday Live\u003c\/i\u003e on BBC Radio 4. He read Theology at King's College London, then worked as a curate in Lincolnshire and London before going to\u003cbr\u003eFinedon in Northamptonshire, where he is now the vicar. He partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band The Communards, which achieved three top ten hits, including the number one record and bestselling single of 1986, 'Don't Leave Me This Way'. His books include \u003ci\u003eBringing in the Sheaves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLives of the Improbable Saints\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the Vicarage at Finedon with his civil partner and four dachshunds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorgan, Gaby:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cb\u003eGaby Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Publisher at Macmillan Children's Books and has run the children's poetry list for thirty years. She has compiled many bestselling anthologies including \u003ci\u003eRead Me and Laugh: A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, Poems from the First World War, Fairy Poems \u003c\/i\u003e- which was short-listed for the CLPE Award - and the Macmillan Collector's Library poetry series featuring anthologies on Happiness, Nature, Childhood, Travelling and Christmas.\"","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50467478307090,"sku":"9781509893812","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c792eed3-da03-42f3-bef8-8d908964f335.jpg?v=1772012376","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poems-for-happiness-9781509893812","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}