Essential kahlil gibran: the madman, the

"The Essential Kahlil Gibran: The Madman, The Forerunner, The Prophet" edited by Harry Polizzi are the first three books published in English by Kahlil Gibran renowned Lebanese-American, writer, philosopher, poet and artist. All three are published in one continuous E-book. Each book contains the original illustrations by Gibran.  "The Madman His Parables and Poems," Gibran's first book was published in 1918. It is a slim volume of aphorisms and parables written in biblical cadence somewhere between poetry and prose. "The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems," his second book first published in 1920. "The Forerunner" is a memorable collection that speaks to the heart and mind about such timeless issues as love, death, pride, vanity, foolishness and holiness. "The Prophet," is Gibran's third  book first published in 1923. His most famous and often quoted work. "The Prophet" speaks of the yearning for unity within us. Through a series of twenty-six poetic essays, the central character of the book teaches us that only through Love can we truly achieve unity. It has been translated into more than twenty languages, and is often cited as the most widely read book of the twentieth-century. Gibran's timeless poetry and prose breathes the spirit of the Orient onto Western souls and gives a new interpretation of life as well as an intense beauty. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His Romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry. Though much of Gibran's writings deal with Christianity, especially on the topic of spiritual love, his mysticism is a convergence of several different influences: Christianity, Islam, Sufism, Hinduism and Theosophy. His beautiful formal language, intense philosophy, and deeply mystical thought make him the third most widely read poet after Shakespeare and Lao Tzu With each reading, the reader finds deeper meaning and spiritual exposition to Gibran's verse, making him an author that can be read again and again for new discoveries. There are approximately 27,900 words and approximately 93 pages at 300 words per page in this 3 volumes in 1 e-book. NOTE: This book has been scanned then OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has been applied to turn the scanned page images back into editable text. Then every effort has been made to correct typos, spelling, and to eliminate stray marks picked up by the OCR program. The original and/or extra period images, if any, were then placed in the appropriate place and, finally, the file was formatted for the e-book criteria of the site. This means that the text CAN be re-sized, searches performed, & bookmarks added, unlike some other e-books that are only scanned---errors, stray marks, and all. We have added an Interactive Table of Contents & an Interactive List of Illustrations if any were present in the original. This means that the reader can click on the links in the Table of Contents or the List of Illustrations & be instantly transported to that chapter or illustration. Our aim is to provide the reader AND the collector with long out-of-print (OOP) classic books at realistic prices. If you load your mobile device(s) with our books, not only will you have fingertip access to a large library of antiquarian and out-of-print material at reasonable prices, but you can mark them up electronically & always have them for immediate reference without worrying about damage or loss to expensive bound copies. We will be adding to our titles regularly, look for our offerings on your favorite e-book site.