The poet James Thomson (1834-82) was author of the pessimistic masterpiece THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT, which Herman Melville described as 'a modern Book of Job'. Born into a millenialist family, reared in a London Scottish orphanage, Thomson was an early member of the Corps of Army Schoolmasters. Expelled from the Army for insubordination, he wrote for the weekly freethought NATIONAL REFORMER where he published pioneering translations of Leopardi, versions of Heine, prose satires on church affairs and biting criticism of the narrowness of contemporary British Literature. He early championed Browning and Meredith, made the study of Shelley his life's work, and in his own poetry presented as no other has done in English the alienation of the isolated and displaced in industrial society. An outsider on the Bloomsbury scene around W M Rossetti, Thomson died homeless and in poverty in 1882.

Places of the Mind

Leonard, Tom

JONATHAN CAPE.

Described as a writer of savage indignation and uncomfortable humour, Leonard's concerns are with language, power, class and politics. This collection of his poetry and prose is taken from the past dozen years and includes a series of pieces he wrote on the Gulf War.

Reports From The Present Selec

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Discovering Jupiter : The Amazing Collision in Space

Introduces the planet Jupiter and the comet known as Shoemaker-Levy 9, and describes what was learned when the comet hit the planet, the first time such an event has been witnessed by scientists

Discovering Jupiter: The Amazing Collision in Space

Children's Books

berger,melvin

scholastic

Radical Renfrew: Poetry from the French Revolution to World War I

Poetry

Polygon

A writer of savage indignation and uncomfortable humour, Tom Leonard's concerns are with language, power, class and politics. Brilliant, pessimistic, angry and uproaringly funny, INTIMATE VOICES is the definitive collection of his best early poems and essays.

Intimate voices : selected work, 1965-1983

Galloping Dog Press

This unique anthology of stories and poems is written by fans of Celtic Football Club from around the world. Featuring voices often heard at Celtic Park, yet seldom seen in any of the many great books about the club, this is a project by fans for fans. Continuing the charitable ethos of Brother Walfrid all author proceeds will be donated to the Celtic FC Foundation.

Celtic Anthology: A Collection of Short Stories, Poems & Memories

O'Donnell, Jack

Harper, David

Fans, Celtic

Monaghan, Stephen

McGinley, Jim

Broon, Wullie

Wordsmith, Lorenzo

Marrinan, Pat

Short Stories & Anthologies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

For Johann Sebastian there was always music. His family had been musicians, or bachs as they were called in Germany, for 200 years. He always wanted to be a bach. 
As he grew, he saw patterns in everything. Patterns he would turn into melodies and song, eventually growing into one of the most important and celebrated musical composers of all time. 
This is the story of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Becoming Bach

Biographies

Roaring Brook Press

The poet James Thomson (1834-82) was author of the pessimistic masterpiece THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT, which Herman Melville described as 'a modern Book of Job'. Born into a millenialist family, reared in a London Scottish orphanage, Thomson was an early member of the Corps of Army Schoolmasters. Expelled from the Army for insubordination, he wrote for the weekly freethought NATIONAL REFORMER where he published pioneering translations of Leopardi, versions of Heine, prose satires on church affairs and biting criticism of the narrowness of contemporary British Literature. He early championed Browning and Meredith, made the study of Shelley his life's work, and in his own poetry presented as no other has done in English the alienation of the isolated and displaced in industrial society. An outsider on the Bloomsbury scene around W M Rossetti, Thomson died homeless and in poverty in 1882.This second edition was completed by Tom shortly before his death and is being published posthumously.Contains edits to chapters 1, 2 and 22 Tom made after the first edition and also full text to James Thomson's poem The City of Dreadful Night.

Places of the Mind: Life and Work of James Thomson

British & Irish

Independently published

This is a 2019 reprint published by his surviving family and intended to be as close to the original as possible. It contains work from his two main collections Intimate Voices (Poetry 1965-83) and access to the silence (Poems 1984-2004); also poems from Being a Human Being (2006) and work not in previous books including an elegaic sequence for his mother, a prose memoir of his father, a poem-suite "on the page" and a tri-part envoi to the collection. CONTENTS Pollok Poster 1 13 Six Glasgow Poems 14 The Voyeur 20&nbsp; Dripping with Nostalgia 21 Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae 22 don't tell wordsworth 23 Four of the Belt 24 The Psycopath 25 The Appetite 26 Storm Damage 27 A Priest Came on at Merkland Street 28 an oxford dictionary 36 Poetry 37 Jist ti Let Yi No 38 Tea Time 39 Paroakial 40 A Summer's Day still life with creative writing teacher 41&nbsp; Yon Night 43 Feed ma Lamz 44 The Qualification 45 The Dropout 46 Fireworks 47 Makars Society 48 Crack 49 Pfff 50 Moral Philosophy 51 My Parents' Living Room at Christmas 53 Fathers and Sons 54 Placenta 55 The Rainbow Of 56 breathe deep and regular with it 61 Rosebud 62 100 Differences between Poetry and Prose 63&nbsp; The Evidence 64 Proem 65 who wants to be free 66 your eyes 67 An Ageing Writer 68 The Performance 69 epitaph 75 in the beginning was the word 76 from Unrelated Incidents 77 ma lungz iz fuckt 83 humpty dumpty 84 mehta physics 85 would thi prisoner 86 baa baa black sheep 87 commemorative stamp 88 yonza big wank 89 efturryd geenuz iz speel 90 right inuff 91 An Old Story 92 colorado mountain air 93 Honest 94 so whut day yi day wi yirsell then ih 98 yi surta 99 seen im? 100 Opting for early retirement 101 firmly 102 Skills 103 The underfunder's utopia 104 doon the close 105 Myths in These Parts106respite in the reading 107 the enemy without 108 a handy news standfor the next bombing 109 The Present Tense 110 ablative absolute 123 situations theoretical and contemporary 124 the press as bogus phatic communion 128 Blessed Trinity 132 leaning forward 133 1st Poster Poem against the criminal injustice bill 134 4 football haiku 135 a could eata hoarss 136 rest assured 137 glorious weather in a teacup 138 ahma hoarss 139 the mainstream a clerisy 140 nora's place: a Poem in 17 aspects 141 A night at the pictures 160 triptych: the ongoing memorial 163 to have access to the silence 170 in hospital 171 suite: On the Page 172 the case for lower case 178 the pact 180 June the Second 181 touching your face 182 kierkegaard 183 Remembrance Day 184 who want my smile 186 The Fair Cop 187 Wish you were Here 191 getting on with it 194 foodfor thought 195 plasma nights 196 The Proxy Badge of Victimhood 198 Litany: Blair's Britain 201 Epithalamium 203 Being a Human Being 204 An Ayrshire Mother 205 that each one be the subject 210 odysseus 212 A humanist 213 a life 214

Outside the narrative: Poems 1965 - 2009

Reprint of Tom's Leonard's first published book. Many of the poems appear in his later books. &nbsp;The intention has been to copy this as accurately as possible, including any typos the original had. Contents 11 The Other Side of the Ticket 12 Dream 13 Summer 14 Another Sunday-poem 15 Sweetheart 16 Patron of the Arts 17 Epitaph on an Introvert Wit 18 Television Advertisement 19 Little Jenny's Complaint (1) 20 Little Jenny's Complaint (2) 21 The Romantic 22 Hill Street 23 The Inner Melancholy of the Poet 24 Phallflower 25 The Psychopath 26 The Remark 27 similie please / say cheese 29-36 A Priest Came On At Merkland Street 38 She sells sea-shells 39 Psychiatrist 40 Words, for E. 41 This Island Now 42 Soft and Strong 43 The Voyeur 44 Honest 45 Landscape 47-50 The Performance 52 Perpetual Stasis 53 The Image 54 The Poetry Reading 55 Pyrrhic Victory 56 The Main Feature 57 Keep Right On 58 As Luck Would Have It 59 23rd Story 60 The Virgins 61 Storm Damage 62 I said 63 Full-frontal Astronauts 64 At the Employment Exchange 65 The Appetite 67-75 Six Glasgow Poems 76-79 Three Pollock Posters Below is the description that been on back of the original book Tom Leonard was born in Glasgow in 1944. He worked as a Civil Servant then as a sales assistant in a bookshop before entering Glasgow University as a student in 1967. He left two years later without completing his degree: a variety of clerical jobs followed. He currently works for the Post Office in London. He is married (and has one son). It was during his term as a student at Glasgow University, when his poems appeared in university magazines, that his work began to draw some attention in Scotland. Poems subsequently appeared in established Scottish magazines, and samples of his work were broadcast several times on B.B.C. Radio. A local Glasgow publisher, Midnight Press, then published his "Six Glasgow Poems" and "A Priest Came on at Merkland Street", and both of these publications established the poet's reputation as one of the most talented and original young writers on the contemporary Scottish literary scene. After many readings in Glasgow and at successive Edinburgh Festivals, he was granted a literary award by the Scottish Arts Council in 1971. A comprehensive selection of his work has been long overdue. This first "slim volume" will undoubtedly be welcome on many Scottish bookshelves; it will also, we are sure, further establish Tom Leonard's reputation beyond his native Scotland, and will provide a rewarding experience for all those throughout the British Isles who are interested in contemporary poetry.

Poems: First Published 1973

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