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A Town and A Valley: Growing Up in Tarrytown and the Hudson Valley

Publication Dates: July 22, 2022 (ebook) and January 11, 2023 (paperback)
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The author, who moved from America to Norway over thirty years ago, reminisces about her childhood and growing up in the charming village of Tarrytown, situated on the banks of the beautiful Hudson River in New York State.

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The Gifts of a Garden  

​​Publication Date: May 31, 2022

​In 2016 the author became a member of a local allotment garden, with no previous gardening experience. Since then, gardening has become both her passion and her form of meditation. She is the grateful recipient of the gifts that her garden has given her, and in this book, she shares these gifts and the lessons her garden has taught her. The gifts are many and are freely given to all those who open their hearts to their gardens.

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   Movements through the Landscape

   
Publication Date: March 22, 2022

   
This collection of poems reflects on our emotional and spiritual landscapes--our relationships with loved
   ones, our connections to nature, our ambivalence toward stifling work routines and our acknowledgment of
​   the passage of time.

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Cemetery Road

​Publication Date: February 1, 2019

​How do we deal with the death of a loved one? These poems were written following the untimely death of the author's brother, and touch on our ever-present awareness of mortality as well as on our feelings of loss and grief in connection with death. They also touch on the losses that all of us experience as we age, be they letting go of our past or of our identities in society, and the grief attached to both.

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Quantum Bloom

Publication Date: March 2, 2015

Quantum Bloom is the fourth collection of poems by Paula Mary De Angelis. The thirty poems in this volume deal with the inner and outer universes that describe us and the world we live in. Some of them are spiritual reflections upon the creation of the universe, the existence of multiple worlds, and our place in these worlds; others reflect upon the coexistence of multiple selves in time, the possibility of travel to other worlds, memory as a means of time travel, the linearity of time, and the possibility of an afterlife. These themes infuse poems such as A Living Universe, A Spot of Bloom, Coexistence, Entanglement, Essence, God’s Garden, On the Road, among others.



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​One Hundred Haikus for Modern Workplaces

Publication Date: October 26, 2014

A collection of one hundred short haiku poems (three-line poems with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count) dealing with different situations in today's modern workplaces, such as workplace behaviors, bureaucracy, changes, leadership, politics and other aspects of the modern work environment. Employees who are struggling to survive in an ever-changing workplace, and who feel that their goals are constantly moving targets, may recognize their experiences and plights in these poems. Some of them are guaranteed to make you smile or nod your head in agreement. 

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Remnants of the Spirit World 

Publication date: January 30, 2014

Remnants of the Spirit World is Paula Mary De Angelis’ second collection of poems. The twenty-three poems in this collection deal with the spiritual world that exists parallel to and within our own world, and how at times that mystical world, where those who have gone before us live, enters ours through feelings, dreams, fleeting glimpses, memories and the nature around us. Light and dark, sun and shadows, good spirits and their opposites—these themes infuse poems such as In the Shadows of Giants, Solstice, Shadows, and Plato’s Dream, among others. Each of us has experienced or felt remnants of the spirit world.

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Parables and Voices

Publication Date: February 5, 2011

A collection of personal poems spanning 1973 until 2010. Themes include relationships, death, faith and new beginnings. The title Parables and Voices reflects the ways in which these themes are dealt with–some are stories that share an experience and some are voices that change over time. The struggle to find a personal voice is also touched upon.

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​Blindsided--Recognizing and Dealing with Passive-Aggressive Leadership in the Workplace, 2nd edition

Publication Date: 21 July 2009 

This book attempts to provide readers with some understanding of how passive-aggressive bosses behave and how their employees experience their confusing and crazy-making behavior. It gives examples of this behavior and some possible ways of dealing with it in order to survive in the workplace.

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