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  Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

  From an acclaimed environmental writer, a groundbreaking and provocative new vision for our relationships with--and responsibilities toward--the planet's wild animals. Protecting wild animals and preserving the environment are two ideals so seemingly compatible as to be almost inseparable. But in fact, between animal welfare and conservation science there exists a space of underexamined and unresolved tension: wildness itself. When is it right to capture or feed wild animals for the good of their species? How do we balance the rights of introduced species with those already established within an ecosystem? Can hunting be ecological? Are any animals truly wild on a planet that humans have so thoroughly changed? No clear guidelines yet exist to help us resolve such questions. Transporting readers into the field with scientists tackling these profound challenges, Emma Marris tells the affecting and inspiring stories of animals around the globe--from Peruvian monkeys to Australian bilbies, rare Hawai'ian birds to majestic Oregon wolves. And she offers a companionable tour of the philosophical ideas that may steer our search for sustainability and justice in the non-human world. Revealing just how intertwined animal life and human life really are, Wild Souls will change the way we think about nature-and our place within it.

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  Writing Blue Highways: The Story of How a Book Happened , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 259min

  The story behind the writing of the best-selling Blue Highways is as fascinating as the epic trip itself. More than 30 years after his 14,000-mile, 38-state journey, William Least Heat-Moon reflects on the four years he spent capturing the lessons of the road trip on paper - the stops and starts in his composition process, the numerous drafts and painstaking revisions, the depressing string of rejections by publishers, the strains on his personal relationships, and many other aspects of the toil that went into writing his first book.Along the way, he traces the hard lessons learned and offers guidance to aspiring and experienced writers alike. Far from being a technical manual, Writing Blue Highways: The Story of How a Book Happened is an adventure story of its own. It's a journey of “exploration into the myriad routes of heart and mind that led to the making of a book from the first sorry and now vanished paragraph to the last words that came not from a graphite pencil, but from a letterpress in Tennessee.”The book is published by University of Missouri Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."An instructive, affirming look at the arduous and sometimes magical process by which an idea becomes a book." (Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer)"Heat-Moon again proves an expert and companionable guide." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)"It's fascinating, informative, and flat-out fun." (Ned Stuckey-French, author of The American Essay in the American Century) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marlin May. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214806/bk_acx0_214806_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Abide with Me: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 603min

  National best seller From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, number one New York Times best-selling author of Olive Kitteridge comes a “superb” (O: The Oprah Magazine) novel that “confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice.” (The Atlantic Monthly) In the late 1950s, in a small New England town, Reverend Tyler Caskey has suffered a terrible loss and finds it hard to be the person he once was. He struggles to find the right words in his sermons and in his conversations with those facing crises of their own, and to bring his 5-year-old daughter, Katherine, out of the silence she has observed in the wake of the family’s tragedy. Tyler’s usually patient and kind congregation now questions his leadership and propriety, and accusations are born out of anger and gossip. Then, in Tyler’s darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his parish’s humanity - and his own will to endure the trials that sooner or later test us all. Praise for Abide with Me “Strout’s greatly anticipated second novel...is an answered prayer.” (Vanity Fair)“Deeply moving...In one beautiful page after another, Strout captures the mysterious combinations of hope and sorrow. She sees all these wounded people with heartbreaking clarity, but she has managed to write a story that cradles them in understanding and that, somehow, seems like a foretaste of salvation.”—The Washington Post “Graceful and moving...The pacing of Strout’s deeply felt fiction about the distance between parents and children gives her work an addictive quality.” (People)  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bernadette Dunne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000685/bk_bkot_000685_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Story of Charlotte's Web: E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 446min

  As he was composing what was to become his most enduring and popular book, E. B. White was obeying that oft-repeated maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats - White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours. Painfully shy his entire life, "this boy", White once wrote of himself, "felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people." It's all the more impressive, therefore, how many people have felt a kinship with E. B. White. With Charlotte's Web, which has gone on to sell more than 45 million copies, the man William Shawn called "the most companionable of writers" lodged his own character, the avuncular author, into the hearts of generations of readers. In The Story of Charlotte's Web, Michael Sims shows how White solved what critic Clifton Fadiman once called "the standing problem of the juvenile-fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole" by mining the raw ore of his childhood friendship with animals in Mount Vernon, New York. Translating his own passions and contradictions, delights and fears, into an all-time classic. Blending White's correspondence with the likes of Ursula Nordstrom, James Thurber, and Harold Ross, the E. B. White papers at Cornell, and the archives of HarperCollins and The New Yorker into his own elegant narrative, Sims brings to life the shy boy whose animal stories - real and imaginary - made him famous around the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick Sullivan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbca/000815/bk_bbca_000815_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Five Walks Through Montpelier: What Are You Looking At?! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 176min

  Welcome to Montpelier, Vermont! One of the nicest things about being in the smallest state capital in the country is that it’s easy to walk around and see almost everything without feeling overwhelmed. The catch is, you don’t always know what you’re looking at. Whether you are a visitor or a long-time resident, you might find yourself strolling around the historic downtown, enjoying its vintage character, and wishing you had just a little more of the backstory. Who lived in those gorgeous old single-family homes on Main Street? What is that red castle-looking thing across the street from the State House? Why does the library have two names? In these five walking tours around the heart of the city, Montpelier native Kathryn Guare is your companionable guide, bringing the history of her hometown to vivid life by sharing stories of its highs and lows, its heroes and ghosts, its well-known sights and hidden treasures. She also makes sure you get the most out of what the city has to offer today - pointing out what you’ll find inside the restaurants and shops along the route; where to find recreational trails for every season; and what venues feature live music, from chamber orchestras to heavy metal. Also, as any good guide should, she hits every mouth-watering bakery in town. This guide is perfect for:Visitors: It will make you linger in the capital of Vermont a little longer than you might have expected to. New residents: Get up to speed quickly on your new hometown. Long-time residents: You will look with fresh eyes at the places you’ve known for years...and learn something new about them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kathryn Guare. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/168731/bk_acx0_168731_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Human Spark: The Science of Human Development , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 757min

  As infants we are rife with potential. For a short time, we have before us a seemingly infinite number of developmental paths. Soon, however, we become limited to certain paths as we grow into unique products of our genetics and experience. But what factors account for the variation - in skills, personalities, values - that results? How do experiences shape what we bring into the world? In The Human Spark, pioneering psychologist Jerome Kagan offers an unflinching examination of personal, moral, and cultural development that solidifies his place as one of the most influential psychologists of the past century. In this definitive analysis of the factors that shape the human mind, Kagan explores the tension between biology and the environment. He reviews major advances in the science of development over the past three decades and offers pointed critiques and new syntheses. In so doing, Kagan calls out the shortcomings of the modern fad for neuroscience, shows why theories of so-called attachment parenting are based on a misinterpretation of research, and questions the field’s reflexive tendency to pathologize the behavior of the young. Most importantly, he reminds us that a life, however influenced by biology and upbringing, is still a tapestry to be woven, not an outcome to be endured. A profound exploration of what is universal and what is individual in human development, The Human Spark is the result of a scientist’s lifelong quest to discover how we become who we are. Whether the listener is a first-time parent wondering what influence she, her genes, and the wider world will have on her child; an educator seeking insight into the development of her students; or simply a curious soul seeking self-knowledge, Kagan makes an expert and companionable guide. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Geoffrey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001011/bk_gdan_001011_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  To Love During War: A Clean & Sweet Historical Regency Romance (Sweet Regency Tales, Book 3) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 237min

  To Love During War is the sweet/tame version of The Wartime Bride.My dearest hussar,Harry, from the day you arrived at St. Vincent’s Fort six months ago, an undeniable attraction began to simmer away between us. Whenever I got too close to you, my traitorous heart skipped a dratted beat and butterflies would abound in my belly. You have tempted me with your honor and integrity, with your deep love for your family and your fellow soldiers-in-arms. I’m aware you will fight to the death to ensure Napoleon doesn’t end up taking Portugal, and so will I. Our enemy cannot be permitted to rule all of Europe, or to force his way onto England’s shores.I admire all that you are, but you are also from a titled English family and of far better blood than I. My true parents abandoned me as a wee baby and if not for the professor who adopted me, I would have been left to perish. That is why I will never attempt to take our friendship any deeper than I should. Days together enjoying companionable friendship is all that I’ve asked for, but this war keeps tearing us apart, as if we shouldn’t even be permitted that much.Never fear for me, my hussar - we will both survive this coming battle. It is time for us to slay our enemy, to win this dratted war, then for you to return safely to your family.Yours in deep friendship, Julia.Each book in this series is stand-alone, and can be enjoyed out of sequence.Sweet Regency Tales Series:The Duke Who Stole My HeartThe Earl I AdoreTo Love During WarMy Secret and the EarlThe Prince Who Captured MeBeware of the Pirate PrinceMy Infamous CorsairMust Love Pirates ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Catherine Bilson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197305/bk_acx0_197305_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min

  A wise, lyrical memoir about the power of literature to help us read our own lives - and see clearly the people we love most."Transcendent." (The Washington Post) • "You’d be hard put to find a more moving appreciation of Woolf’s work." (The Wall Street Journal)Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Town & CountryKatharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companionable silence she shared with her father. After his death - a calamity that claimed her favorite person - she returned to that beloved novel as a way of wrestling with his memory and understanding her own grief.Smyth’s story moves between the New England of her childhood and Woolf’s Cornish shores and Bloomsbury squares, exploring universal questions about family, loss, and homecoming. Through her inventive, highly personal reading of To the Lighthouse, and her artful adaptation of its groundbreaking structure, Smyth guides us toward a new vision of Woolf’s most demanding and rewarding novel - and crafts an elegant reminder of literature’s ability to clarify and console.Braiding memoir, literary criticism, and biography, All the Lives We Ever Lived is a wholly original debut: a love letter from a daughter to her father, and from a reader to her most cherished author.Praise for All the Lives We Ever Lived"This searching memoir pays homage to To the Lighthouse, while recounting the author’s fraught relationship with her beloved father, a vibrant figure afflicted with alcoholism and cancer.... Smyth’s writing is evocative and incisive." (The New Yorker)"Like H Is for Hawk, Smyth’s book is a memoir that’s not quite a memoir, using Woolf, and her obsession with Woolf, as a spring ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brittany Pressley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006601/bk_rand_006601_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Companionable Silence

  A Companionable Silence: ab 3.49 €

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  In the Words of E. B. White

  In the Words of E. B. White - Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers: ab 11.99 €

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