{"product_id":"between-the-river-and-the-tony-maude-9781935656258","title":"Between the River and the Stars","description":"\"Between the River and the Stars,\" by Tony Maude, is wonderful book of poems from a troubadour, a traveller, who has spent a life-time \"on the road,\" and never for a second lost the urge to explore and observe the natural world in all its magnificence, from the smallest flower to the meaning of life. Dr. Peter Bennett - Hanover University - captures the essence of Tony Maude and this book when he writes that: \"Tony Maude's poems are the expressions of a travelling man, of a man who spends much time on the earthly roads of Ireland, Britain and mainland Europe but also on the unearthly roads of the imagination. The voice is that of a sensitive observer, antennae tuned to catch the unusual, the unexpected, the magic in the people and places he encounters. He has a spontaneous feeling for natural things (a hill, a river, a season) and for natural people (an elderly lady or a small child). Indeed, the poetry often speaks with the whimsical, honest spirit of the child and, in doing so, shoots out sparks that have the power to re-ignite the same untrammeled spirit in the reader; or in the listener, for these poems really take off when spoken aloud and even more so when performed. As he himself declares in \"Occupation,\" Tony Maude is also a singer, a musician and an actor: other selves whose presence can be felt. The poems express no impatience to reach the destination, no urgency to achieve a goal. Showing an openness to the gifts of the moment, they spring from the journey itself and celebrate the fleeting, the not-to-be-possessed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Maude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935656252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935656258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Red Tree Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.36d","brand":"Tony Maude","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125599334655,"sku":"9781935656258","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_127f0c31-64dc-42f3-9278-e9fc349e1368.jpg?v=1687443528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-the-river-and-the-tony-maude-9781935656258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}