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 bet