Böcker av Michael Baldwin

A chronological illustrated analysis of 58 years of the collective’s work.

First published in 1959, Poetry without Tears is a book not about what poetry is. The author argues that this book is not concerned with the educational resurrection of a dead art but about the artistic resurrection of education.

Murder Music is a 276-page quirky mystery-thriller for anyone who enjoys mayhem, music, and romance. Missy McKean, a beautiful and rebellious teen violin virtuoso, and her jazz mentor, Tiger Blakely, are marked for death by an unknown demonic mastermind. Blakely and Missy go on a cross-country musical road trip to find out why they are being targeted. Blakely's wise-cracking, genius dog, Bix, will help them, as will the spirit of Missy's haunted violin. But what about the handsome, red-haired Indian from outer space? Is he Missy's love interest or maybe one of the killers? Why are the KKK, the Apollo space program, and the President's plane involved in the mystery? The suspense is spine-tingling; the action is intense; the romance is real; the mystery is, yes, mysterious! Join Missy and Blakely as they struggle to stay alive, solve the mystery, and play some great music between death and disaster. Murder Music is a story to quickly lose yourself within and you'll not want it to end. If you like Katniss, you'll love Missy McKean!

This extraordinary collection of poems was born from a lifelong fascination with man's spiritual nature as well as with several areas of scientific inquiry that led to an awareness of the entanglements that exist among science, philosophy, and spirit. Poet Michael Baldwin dares to ask "Who are we?" and "What is our purpose?" and "What about God?" The reader finds that the best answers come from the interweavings of knowledge and mysticism, science and metaphysics, empiricism and intuition. The great writings of philosophy and ancient wisdom are helpful, but their greatest value comes from the clues they provide toward finding the answers through our own spiritual and intellectual journey. (Includes ten full-color illustrations by California artist Andrew Ostrovsky.)