Books by Austin Torney

The 'Great Omar' Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. (15 pages added of the Sandorski & Sutcliff Rubaiyat.)The book had 1,051 semiprecious stones,Set in 18-carat gold, many in the cover alone,5,000 separate pieces of collared leathers,And 100 square feet of 22-carat featheredGold leaf in the tooling and the edges weathered.It went down, down, the sounds whirling around,When the ice broke through the Titanic's crown.Vivid illustrations by Elihu Vedder's artistry adorn the passages of metaphysical poetry. Images have been improved by colorization and detail and brightness added. Also used Gigapixel.

Omar and his beloved continue adventuring, romancing, pondering while answering more of the Big Questions. Colorful lettering has been added.

8.5x11 hardcover, 92 pages. Omar's adventures continue in. my quatrains. We have Omar's projected doings in philosophical discussions in taverns on the Big Questions, interleaved with his adventures with his beloved. There is new and colorful lettering for the quatrains.