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Mary Oliver
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The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet Mary Oliver, also named one of O, The Oprah Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year, now in audio.
“I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.”
So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood “friend” Walt Whitman, who inspired her to vanish into the world of her own writing, Oliver meditates on the forces that allowed her to create a life for herself out of work and love.
Upstream follows Oliver as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labor, her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her, and the responsibility she has inherited from Shelley, Wordsworth, Emerson, Poe, and Frost, the great thinkers and writers of the past, to live thoughtfully, intelligently, and to observe with passion. Throughout this collection, Oliver positions not just herself upstream but us as well—as she encourages us all to keep moving, to lose ourselves in the awe of the unknown, and to give power and time to the creative and whimsical urges that live within us.
Narrated by poets Hala Alyan, Joy Sullivan, and Kate Baer
©2016 Mary Oliver (P)2023 NW Orchard, LLC, with permission of Bill Reichblum for Mary Oliver. Audio recordings: Pushkin IndustriesLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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De: Mark Doty
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
- De: Henry David Thoreau
- Narrado por: Jim Killavey
- Duración: 1 h y 3 m
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This essay by Thoreau first published in 1849, argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences. It goes on to say that individuals have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. The quote: "That government is best which governs least," sometimes attributed to Thomas Jefferson or Thomas Paine, actually was first found in this essay. Thoreaus' thoughts were motivated by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War but they are still relevant and resonate today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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10:22 p.m., 10th of January, 2018
- De Anonymous User en 01-11-18
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Good Poems
- Selected and Introduced by Garrison Keillor
- De: Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, y otros
- Narrado por: Garrison Keillor
- Duración: 4 h y 23 m
- Versión resumida
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Good Poems includes poems about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendence. It features the work of classic poets, such as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost, as well as the work of contemporary greats such as Howard Nemerov, Charles Bukowski, Donald Hall, Billy Collins, Robert Bly, and Sharon Olds Good Poems includes poems about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good, but. . .
- De KSmith en 01-27-11
De: Emily Dickinson, y otros
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Essays of E. B. White
- De: E. B. White
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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Legendary author and essayist E. B. White writes, "The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest." Covering a large number of subjects, this classic collection features 31 of White's most memorable essays.
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5 out of 5 stars
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E.B. White writes honestly, fearlessly and clearly
- De Bonny en 09-03-17
De: E. B. White
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The Waves
- De: Virginia Woolf
- Narrado por: Frances Jeater
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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The Waves traces the lives of six friends from childhood to old age. It was written when Virginia Woolf was at the height of her experimental powers, and she allows each character to tell their own story, through powerful, poetic monologues. By listening to these voices struggling to impose order and meaning on their lives, we are drawn into a literary journey that stunningly reproduces the complex, confusing and contradictory nature of human experience. It is read with affection and skill by Frances Jeater.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not an easy read but worth it
- De Lena en 03-26-16
De: Virginia Woolf
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A Most Remarkable Creature
- The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
- De: Jonathan Meiburg
- Narrado por: Jonathan Meiburg
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I don't leave reviews often, but . . .
- De Steven L Peck en 06-24-21
De: Jonathan Meiburg
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Orlando
- De: Virginia Woolf
- Narrado por: Veronika Hyks
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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Virginia Woolf's semi-biographical novel, inspired by her life changing love affair with Vita Sackville-West, takes us on an exhilarating, fantastical roller coaster, tracing 400 years of English history, in the company of her shape-shifting, gender-bending, time-travelling hero Orlando, whose inner conflicts and triumphs challenge our preconceptions of the nature of love, the battle of the sexes, posing socal and metaphysical questions including what we now call climate change.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Strange Inexplicable Tale, Beautifully Narrated.
- De Ilana en 07-24-15
De: Virginia Woolf
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Leaves of Grass
- De: Walt Whitman
- Narrado por: Robin Field
- Duración: 18 h y 48 m
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One of the great innovators in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves of Grass is his masterpiece, written in a pure, uninhibited style, combining sensual and mystical sensibilities. Its bold, joyous voice, its expansive optimism, and its transcendental vision made it uniquely American.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No chapters! Can't skip to a particular poem :(
- De April Antoniou en 02-08-13
De: Walt Whitman
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Leaves of Grass
- 1855 Edition
- De: Walt Whitman
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 4 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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In 1855, Walt Whitman published, at his own expense, the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of 12 poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, the writing is distinguished by an explosively innovative free-verse style and previously unmentionable subject matter. Exalting nature, celebrating the human body, and praising the senses and sexual love, this monumental work, now a classic of American poetry, was condemned as immoral upon publication.
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5 out of 5 stars
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password “primaeval”
- De Chas Carner en 05-28-20
De: Walt Whitman
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Ring of Bright Water
- De: Gavin Maxwell
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
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'Ring of Bright Water' represents Gavin Maxwell's account of his life at Camusfearna, a remote cottage in the western Highlands, and in particular the two otters, Mijbil and Edal, who became his constant and much-loved companions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Kindness to Creatures Great and Small
- De Sariah en 01-19-18
De: Gavin Maxwell
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Small Graces
- The Quiet Gifts of Everyday Life
- De: Kent Nerburn
- Narrado por: Kent Nerburn
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
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Small Graces is a journey into the sacred moments that illuminate our everyday lives. In 20 elegant pieces, writer, sculptor, and theologian Kent Nerburn celebrates the daily rituals that reveal our deeper truths. Through the exploration of simple acts, Small Graces reminds us to chart a course each day that nourishes the soul, honors the body, and engages the mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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worth every minute spent listening
- De Jory en 02-25-18
De: Kent Nerburn
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Finding God in the Land of Narnia
- De: Kurt Bruner, Jim Ware
- Narrado por: Nick Sandys
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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In Finding God in the Land of Narnia, best-selling authors Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware explore the deep spiritual themes of redemption and grace found in the popular Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. With amazing clarity that captures the tone and style of C.S. Lewis himself, the authors offer a depth of insight that will surprise even the most ardent Lewis fan. Each chapter will help readers gain not only a deeper understanding of the popular Lewis series, but of God himself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved it.
- De Amazon Customer en 01-31-15
De: Kurt Bruner, y otros
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Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Bob Thomley
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
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All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.
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3 out of 5 stars
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NEVERMORE
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-23-15
De: Edgar Allan Poe
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He Held Radical Light
- The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art
- De: Christian Wiman
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 3 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Christian Wiman explores the relationships between art and faith, death and fame, heaven and oblivion. Above all, He Held Radical Light is a love letter to poetry, filled with moving, surprising, and sometimes funny encounters with the poets Wiman has known.
De: Christian Wiman
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On Elizabeth Bishop
- De: Colm Tóibín
- Narrado por: John Keating
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
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In this book novelist Colm Tóibín offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences - the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across her poetry, prose, letters, and biography, Tóibín creates a vivid picture of Bishop while also revealing how her work has helped shape his sensibility as a novelist and how her experiences of loss and exile resonate with his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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ELIZABETH BISHOP
- De chetyarbrough.blog en 05-19-16
De: Colm Tóibín
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The Book of Disquiet
- De: Fernando Pessoa
- Narrado por: Adam Sims
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 124
Assembled from notes and jottings left unpublished at the time of the author’s death, The Book of Disquiet is a collection of aphoristic prose-poetry musings on dreams, solitude, time and memory. Credited to Pessoa’s alter ego, Bernardo Soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this so-called "factless" autobiography, the work is a journey of one man’s soul and, by extension, of all human souls that allow their minds and hearts to roam far and free.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The book that saved my life
- De Hutchinson en 03-09-21
De: Fernando Pessoa
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Lilith
- De: George MacDonald
- Narrado por: Rebecca K. Reynolds
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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It is the story of Mr. Vane, an orphan and heir to a large house - a house in which he has a vision that leads him through a large old mirror into another world. In chronicling the five trips Mr. Vane makes to this other world, MacDonald hauntingly explores the ultimate mystery of evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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INACCESSIBLE BOOK BECOMES ACCESSIBLE AND ENJOYABLE
- De Steve en 07-31-19
De: George MacDonald
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- Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver
- De: Mary Oliver
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Mary Oliver has published fifteen volumes of poetry and five books of prose in the span of four decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings. Now, with the arrival of At Blackwater Pond, Mary Oliver has given her audience what they've longed to hear: the poet's voice reading her own work.
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Many Miles
- Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver
- De: Mary Oliver
- Narrado por: Mary Oliver
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Following the success of At Blackwater Pond, this second CD from best-selling poet Mary Oliver contains a selection of 37 previously published poems and four as yet uncollected, read by the poet in her steady, magnetic voice. Oliver recites from the full range of her poetry - from her classic nature writing, to her verses for her mischievous bichon Percy, to her ever-deepening spiritual poems. Many Miles will be a most welcome addition to the collections of her fans.
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Devotions
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- De: Mary Oliver
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
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Humanity’s connection to all life.
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Blue Horses
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In this stunning collection of new poems, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has defined her life’s work, describing with wonder both the everyday and the unaffected beauty of nature. Herons, sparrows, owls, and kingfishers flit around in meditations on love, artistry, and impermanence. Whether considering a bird’s nest, the seeming patience of oak trees, or the artworks of Franz Marc, Oliver reminds us of the transformative power of attention and how much can be contained within the smallest moments.
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Wonderful Listening Experience
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Wild and Precious
- A Celebration of Mary Oliver
- De: Mary Oliver, Sophia Bush - contributor, Ross Gay - contributor, y otros
- Narrado por: Sophia Bush
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Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver is a first of its kind audio commemoration of one of the greatest poets in modern history. Actress and activist Sophia Bush guides listeners on a journey of contemplation and discovery into the artistry of Mary Oliver as remembered by many who were most greatly impacted by it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I was looking for poetry
- De Dani en 08-19-23
De: Mary Oliver, y otros
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Dog Songs and A Thousand Mornings
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Beloved by her fans, special to the poet’s own heart, Mary Oliver’s dog poems offer a special window into her world. Mary Oliver’s Dog Songs is a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood through the poet’s relationships to the canines that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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I listened over and over
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At Blackwater Pond
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Mary Oliver has published fifteen volumes of poetry and five books of prose in the span of four decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings. Now, with the arrival of At Blackwater Pond, Mary Oliver has given her audience what they've longed to hear: the poet's voice reading her own work.
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3 out of 5 stars
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High Hopes
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Many Miles
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Following the success of At Blackwater Pond, this second CD from best-selling poet Mary Oliver contains a selection of 37 previously published poems and four as yet uncollected, read by the poet in her steady, magnetic voice. Oliver recites from the full range of her poetry - from her classic nature writing, to her verses for her mischievous bichon Percy, to her ever-deepening spiritual poems. Many Miles will be a most welcome addition to the collections of her fans.
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In this stunning collection of new poems, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has defined her life’s work, describing with wonder both the everyday and the unaffected beauty of nature. Herons, sparrows, owls, and kingfishers flit around in meditations on love, artistry, and impermanence. Whether considering a bird’s nest, the seeming patience of oak trees, or the artworks of Franz Marc, Oliver reminds us of the transformative power of attention and how much can be contained within the smallest moments.
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Wonderful Listening Experience
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Wild and Precious
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Beloved by her fans, special to the poet’s own heart, Mary Oliver’s dog poems offer a special window into her world. Mary Oliver’s Dog Songs is a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood through the poet’s relationships to the canines that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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A Poetry Handbook
- De: Mary Oliver
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
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With passion and wit, Mary Oliver skillfully imparts expertise from her long, celebrated career as a disguised poet. She walks listeners through exactly how a poem is built, from meter and rhyme, to form and diction, to sound and sense, drawing on poems by Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others. This handbook is an invaluable glimpse into Oliver’s prolific mind—a must-have for all poetry-lovers.
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Blue Pastures
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With consummate craftsmanship, Mary Oliver has fashioned fifteen luminous prose pieces: on nature, writing, and herself and those around her. She praises Whitman, denounces cuteness, notes where to find the extraordinary, and extols solitude. Nature speaks to her and she speaks to nature.
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The Power of Trees
- How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them
- De: Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst
- Narrado por: Mike Grady
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In his beloved book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate. Now, in The Power of Trees, he turns to their future, with a searing critique of forestry management, tree planting, and the exploitation of old growth forests. At the heart of The Power of Trees lies Wohlleben’s passionate plea: that our survival is dependent on trusting ancient forests, and allowing them to thrive.
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Critical Urgency
- De Ya'at'eeh en 01-07-24
De: Peter Wohlleben, y otros
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
- De: Annie Dillard
- Narrado por: Nan McNamara
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Roanoke Valley, where Annie Dillard set out to chronicle incidents of "beauty tangled in a rapture with violence." Dillard's personal narrative highlights one year's exploration on foot in the Virginia region through which Tinker Creek runs. In the summer, she stalks muskrats in the creek and contemplates wave mechanics; in the fall, she watches a monarch butterfly migration and dreams of Arctic caribou. She tries to con a coot; she collects pond water and examines it under a microscope.
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It's a Classic for a Reason
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Aimless Love
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- De: Billy Collins
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From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in 12 years. Aimless Love combines new poems with selections from four previous books— Nine Horses, The Trouble with Poetry, Ballistics, and Horoscopes for the Dead. Collins’s unmistakable voice, which brings together plain speech with imaginative surprise, is clearly heard with every word, reminding us how he has managed to enrich the tapestry of contemporary poetry and greatly expand its audience.
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the audio version is abridged.
- De Denis A. en 03-27-14
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
- De: Rebecca Solnit
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Solnit's own life to explore issues of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown. The result is a distinctive, stimulating, and poignant voyage of discovery.
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meditation on the 'other' side of life
- De Audy Meadow Davison LMT en 09-05-16
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Forest Walking
- Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America
- De: Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst
- Narrado por: Sean Sonier
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When you walk in the woods, do you use all five senses to explore your surroundings? For most of us, the answer is no—but when we do, a walk in the woods can go from pleasant to immersive and restorative. Forest Walking teaches you how to engage with the forest by decoding nature’s signs and awakening to the ancient past and thrilling present of the ecosystem around you.
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More than meets the eye
- De movinon en 01-30-23
De: Peter Wohlleben, y otros
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100 Love Sonnets
- Cien sonetos de amor
- De: Pablo Neruda, Stephen Tapscott - translator
- Narrado por: Neil Hellegers
- Duración: 1 h y 40 m
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"The happiness I feel in offering these to you is vast as a savanna," Pablo Neruda wrote his adored wife, Matilde Urrutia de Neruda, in his dedication of 100 Love Sonnets. Set against the backdrop of his beloved Isla Negra, these joyfully sensual poems draw on the wind and tides, the white sand with its scattering of delicate wildflowers, and the hot sun and salty scent of the sea to celebrate their love.
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Nerudas Masterpiece 🩷
- De Rossina Prince en 08-29-24
De: Pablo Neruda, y otros
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The Abundance
- Narrative Essays Old and New
- De: Annie Dillard
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins, Maggi-Meg Reed
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
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Carefully culled from her past work, The Abundance is quintessential Annie Dillard, delivered in her fierce and undeniably singular voice, filled with fascinating detail and metaphysical fact. The pieces within will exhilarate both admiring fans and a new generation of readers and listeners, having been “re-framed and re-hung”, with fresh editing and reordering by the author, to situate these now seminal works within her larger canon.
De: Annie Dillard
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The Open-Air Life
- Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day
- De: Linda Åkeson Mcgurk
- Narrado por: Laura Jennings
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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In The Open-Air Life, Swedish-American writer Linda McGurk introduces listeners to a wide array of Nordic customs and practices that focus on slowing down and spending more and more of ones’ time outdoors. An outdoorsy cousin of hygge, friluftsliv is what Nordic people do outside all day before they cozy up in front of the fireplace with their wool socks on and a cup of hot cocoa.
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Good content and audio recording
- De Kayla Gibson en 01-01-25
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
- De: Elisabeth Tova Bailey
- Narrado por: Renee Raudman
- Duración: 3 h y 10 m
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Elisabeth Tova Bailey tells the intimate and inspiring story of her year-long encounter with a snail. While an illness keeps her bedridden, she becomes an astute and amused observer of the snail's surprising nocturnal adventures as it lives in a flowerpot on her nightstand. Intrigued by the snail’s clear decision making abilities, hydraulic locomotion, mysterious courtship, and molluscan anatomy, Bailey takes the listener deep into the life of this tiny amazing animal. With wit and grace, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating recounts a remarkable journey of human and gastropod survival and resilience, and shows how the natural world illuminates our own human existence. Winner of the William Saroyan International Prize for Nonfiction, the John Burrough Medal Award for Natural History, and a National Outdoor Book Award. If you enjoyed Wesley the Owl, The Guest Cat, and Marley & Me, you'll enjoy this unique interspecies audiobook listen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is an unexpected wonder. The quiet virtues of the snail reflect the quiet voyage of the author.
- De Frances en 08-03-15
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How to Read a Tree
- Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves
- De: Tristan Gooley
- Narrado por: Tristan Gooley
- Duración: 7 h y 53 m
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Tristan Gooley helps listeners reconnect with nature by finding direction and searching for hidden clues in stars, clouds, water and more. Now, he turns his attention to perhaps nature’s most beloved feature – the stately, majestic tree. Every single tree tells us an epic story – if we know how to read it! Here you’ll discover hundreds of astonishing secrets hiding in plain sight among the living network of branches, trunks, roots, bark, leaves, buds, flowers, stumps and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For nature lovers
- De Rochester, MN en 03-05-24
De: Tristan Gooley
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Upstream
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- Luckileebob
- 10-18-23
Hala is the perfect reader for Oliver’s work
This work is soothing as it pulls you into the act of self evaluation- with no urgency just heightened curiosity
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- M. Gordon
- 01-19-24
An invitation to see with new eyes
The essays are consistently gorgeous, inviting and calling and pushing and pricking to wider vistas. Thank you, Mary.
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- jessica
- 10-17-23
Beautiful essays
Mary Oliver’s thoughts on nature, Edgar Allen Poe, Thoreau, classical music, the town and house where she lived. Beautiful prose. Listen while you go on an autumnal stroll.
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- Ellery Littlefield
- 04-04-24
Feet in the water and in the right direction
A woman like very few I’ve been privileged enough to meet who knew and let us grow. Those that needed someone with an open door and open mind. I wasn’t ready to lose my way but without her it’s hard to find the right path.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-22-25
Her love of nature.
This is a listen I will return to again and again in between other one time must reads.
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