Publisher: Youcanprint
The animals of the forest have a symbolic value that is that of accompanying the child in the world of fantasy, with didactic, psycho-pedagogical and playful intentions. The aim is to empathize with nature and respect it. Nursery rhymes are witty and rich in teachings.
Death is such a fascinating yet sorrowful thing. And I say 'thing' because it is so mysterious. The way we experience death and dying is very personal. I strongly believe that since it happens to everyone, at some point, we need to be more open about it. Explore the science, the religion, the thought processes, the comfort. Let's demystify death, in the hopes that we won't be afraid; after all, we can't run away from it.Show book
Nature has been teaching us since the very first sunrise. This book is one boy's attempt to listen. What Nature Teaches Us: A Book About Being the Light is a comforting, poetic book that helps children and adults make sense of big feelings, change, and belonging through the everyday wonders of the natural world. Coauthors Clay Vilhauer and his mom, Amber, invite readers to step away from the tsunami of noise, screens, and pressure to perform and discover what Earth's gifts have to say. Readers will experience each element of nature and the lesson it carries: - The rock "stays grounded no matter what is happening around it," inviting us to reconnect with the steady wisdom beneath the noise. - The sun "shines on everything all the time . . . everything grows because of it," modeling generosity and consistency. - The ocean is "calm and steady or wild and crashing, it doesn't call one good or the other bad," helping us remember that who we are is enough. - The cloud "can hold heavy things and still move forward," reminding us that we can carry hard feelings and keep going. - The tree is "connected by roots, holding the whole forest together," reminding us that we grow stronger when we stay rooted in community. Brought to life through the gentle voice of coauthor Clay Vilhauer, the audiobook edition transforms What Nature Teaches Us into a multi-sensory journey. Each element is paired with original music composed by Ben Williams, allowing listeners to feel the steady weight of the rock, the movement of the wind, the rhythmic fall of rain, and the radiant warmth of the sun. Whether enjoyed as a soothing, screen-free bedtime ritual or paired side by side with the hardcover as a follow-along companion, Clay's narration and Ben's evocative soundscapes invite children to close their eyes, breathe deeply, and fully imagine the living world around them. What Nature Teaches Us is both a comfort and a practice for those carrying more weight than anyone sees: a way for us to Be The Light, and to help someone else remember theirs.Show book
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if your love is just a bug in the system? We live in a world where our entire lives - photos, correspondence, stories - are stored on servers, in the cloud, as zeros and ones. We trust digital ghosts to keep our souls safe. But what if one day they decide that some part of it shouldn't exist? What if one day you wake up and the most important person in your life is just a broken file that the system decided to delete? This story is about a love that is stronger than a 404 error. About fighting for the right to remember in a world that desperately wants to forget and simplify everything. It's a journey into the heart of what makes us human: our scars, our losses, our imperfect but infinitely precious memories. I don't know if Kael is real. But his pain is. I hope you feel it. And maybe after reading this, you'll hug the ones you love a little tighter. Just in case.Show book
What word do you put all your faith in? What word has your back and you theirs? When all else fails, who can you count on… Family. The new chief of police, Brock James, is a corrupt, maniacal, and egotistical human being. But he hasn’t forgotten the importance of family. Come and follow as we uncover the layers of the new chief. The past of his innocence, to becoming the tyrannical human that is before you today.Show book
Michael Drayton was born in 1563 at Hartshill, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. The facts of his early life remain unknown. Drayton first published, in 1590, a volume of spiritual poems; The Harmony of the Church. Ironically the Archbishop of Canterbury seized almost the entire edition and had it destroyed. In 1593 he published Idea: The Shepherd's Garland, 9 pastorals celebrating his own love-sorrows under the poetic name of Rowland. This was later expanded to a 64 sonnet cycle. With the publication of The Legend of Piers Gaveston, Matilda and Mortimeriados, later enlarged and re-published, in 1603, under the title of The Barons' Wars. His career began to gather interest and attention. In 1596, The Legend of Robert, Duke of Normandy, another historical poem was published, followed in 1597 by England's Heroical Epistles, a series of historical studies, in imitation of those of Ovid. Written in the heroic couplet, they contain some of his finest writing. Like other poets of his era, Drayton wrote for the theatre; but unlike Shakespeare, Jonson, or Samuel Daniel, he invested little of his art in the genre. Between 1597 and 1602, Drayton was a member of the stable of playwrights who worked for Philip Henslowe. Henslowe's Diary links Drayton's name with 23 plays from that period, and, for all but one unfinished work, in collaboration with others such as Thomas Dekker, Anthony Munday, and Henry Chettle. Only one play has survived; Part 1 of Sir John Oldcastle, which Drayton wrote with Munday, Robert Wilson, and Richard Hathwaye but little of Drayton can be seen in its pages. By this time, as a poet, Drayton was well received and admired at the Court of Elizabeth 1st. If he hoped to continue that admiration with the accession of James 1st he thought wrong. In 1603, he addressed a poem of compliment to James I, but it was ridiculed, and his services rudely rejected. In 1605 Drayton reprinted his most important works; the historical poems and the Idea. Also published was a fantastic satire called The Man in the Moon and, for the for the first time the famous Ballad of Agincourt. Since 1598 he had worked on Poly-Olbion, a work to celebrate all the points of topographical or antiquarian interest in Great Britain. Eighteen books in total, the first were published in 1614 and the last in 1622. In 1627 he published another of his miscellaneous volumes. In it Drayton printed The Battle of Agincourt (an historical poem but not to be confused with his ballad on the same subject), The Miseries of Queen Margaret, and the acclaimed Nimphidia, the Court of Faery, as well as several other important pieces. Drayton last published in 1630 with The Muses' Elizium. Michael Drayton died in London on December 23rd, 1631. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, in Poets' Corner. A monument was placed there with memorial lines attributed to Ben Jonson.Show book
Elizabeth Bishop's hawkweed, John Berryman's hummingbirds, Ted Hughes's burnt fox – the birds, beasts and flowers of Isobel Dixon's new collection are at times kin to D.H. Lawrence, whose essay 'Whistling of Birds' lends this book its name, though each poem here is its own vivid testament to the natural world, and our often troubled and troubling place in it. Lyrical, vigorous, inventive, A Whistling of Birds is at times in conversation with Lawrence's iconic collection, Birds, Beasts and Flowers, but also ranges widely through the worlds of other writers and makers – from the Venerable Bede to Emily Dickinson, Georgia O'Keeffe to Glenn Gould, and a wealth of other connections closely examined and delicately drawn. With its resonant elegies and notes of celebration, this is a collection that flexes, hums and brims with energy, yet surely draws you in to its quiet, reflective heart.Show book
