This anthology features a curated selection of nature poetry, offering a poem for each day of summer. It invites readers to immerse themselves in the beauty of the season, making it perfect for leisurely evenings. The collection celebrates the themes of nature and the changing landscapes, providing a reflective and inspiring experience throughout the summer months.
This poetry collection serves as an enchanting companion for autumn evenings, offering a selection of sublime verses that capture the essence of the season. Each poem evokes the beauty and introspection associated with fall, making it perfect for cozy reading moments. The anthology invites readers to immerse themselves in the rich imagery and emotional depth of autumn, enhancing the ambiance of their evenings with thoughtful reflections and lyrical expressions.
Featuring a collection of soothing and uplifting poems, this anthology serves as a nighttime companion for those seeking peaceful rest. Designed to calm the mind and inspire sweet dreams, the poems provide a meditative escape, making it an ideal resource for anyone looking to enhance their sleep experience.
A joyful collection of 100 poems to provide a dose of happiness in times of need.
365 prompts for noticing nature every day of the year. Arranged in day-by-day format, this beautiful gift book is a celebration of the nature you can find in your city or town, such as urban foxes prowling in your garden, weeds sprouting from a crack in the pavement, butterflies on your balcony, and the joys of wandering along a canal path. Learn how to put up a bug hotel on January 5, search for cherry blossom on April 4, and have a picnic underneath a willow’s branches on June 11. There are cloud formations to spot, avenues of trees to walk down, and elder berries to harvest. Over the past few years, city dwellers have all learned to appreciate the nature on their doorsteps, as part of the lasting legacy of lockdown. This timely book is a celebration of the vast variety of wildlife around us, proving that you don’t need a trip to the countryside to enjoy the natural world.
A mouthwatering anthology of food in literature, encompassing fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year. This absorbing book is a literary feast for every food lover—and who isn’t? You’ll discover a wealth of foodie extracts from around the world and throughout the centuries, from marchpane and posset in Shakespeare to Nigella Lawson on how much cheese to buy for a dinner party. It includes literary greats like Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Maya Angelou; stellar food writers such as Elizabeth David, Madhur Jaffrey, and Anthony Bourdain; and some intriguing curiosities such as the surreal recipes in 1932’s Futurist Cookbook. And, of course, Mrs. Beeton makes an appearance. Also on the menu are: Delicious baked apples in Jane Austen’s Emma Ingenious wartime solutions in MFK Fisher’s How to Cook a Wolf The joys of Caribbean cooking in Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners Lashings of ginger beer for Enid Blyton’s Famous Five and much, much more. Keep this delectable book by your bedside and savor a whole world of delicious food writing every night of the year—and it also makes the perfect gift for the foodie in your life!
Poems to celebrate spring. A sublime bedside companion to enjoy as the frost melts and days grow longer, with poems to immerse yourself in the season. From William Blake and Emily Dickinson to Robert Browning and Eleanor Farjeon, some of the finest poets that ever put pen to paper describe this wondrous season of new beginnings. With one entry for every day through spring, from March 1 until May 31, this collection of 91 poems will invigorate you in the warmer and wetter months of spring, from Robert Herrick’s first drops of March dew and the breaking blossoms of Laurence Binyon’s April day to William Blake’s meadow-sweet May and Emily Dickinson’s promise of light to come. This beautiful and collectable anthology of poems derives from the popular A Poem for Every Night of the Year and features poems inspired by springtime by Laurence Binyon, Margaret Cavendish, Amy Lowell, William Wordsworth, and many more.
These days we're all in need of a little nugget of happiness to help soothe our weary souls at the end of the day. A Happy Poem to End Every Day provides just one sublimely happy poem for every day of the year, from cosy fireside idylls in winter to outdoor adventures in summer, encounters with the beauty of nature in spring and moments of quiet reflection in autumn. It features some of the greatest poets ever to put pen to paper, from William Wordsworth on the joy of skating and Emily Brontë enjoying life on the moors to Simon Armitage catching a cricket ball and Wendy Cope sharing an orange, with a good smattering of classic jolly verse such as Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat.Beautifully illustrated with contemplative scenes of pure happiness, this wonderful book is the perfect way to give yourself a little lift every evening. Keep it by your bedside and it's sure to bring restful sleep and sweet dreams.
A wonderful bedside poetry companion on a winter's evening. Enjoy our place in nature, even on a cold frosty night.
An eclectic collection of fact and fiction, fantasy and experience, this fascinating book incorporates prose, poetry and practical advice for every day of the year.