Nightingales Are Singing

Author : Sam Lee
Publisher : Century
ISBN 13 : 9781529124835
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nightingale written by Sam Lee and published by Century. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come to the forest, sit by the fireside and listen to intoxicating song, as Sam Lee tells the story of the nightingale. Every year, as darkness falls upon woodlands, the nightingale heralds the arrival of Spring. Throughout history, its sweet song has inspired musicians, writers and artists around the world, from Germany, France and Italy to Greece, Ukraine and Korea. Here, passionate conservationist, renowned musician and folk expert Sam Lee tells the story of the nightingale. This book reveals in beautiful detail the bird's song, habitat, characteristics and migration patterns, as well as the environmental issues that threaten its livelihood. From Greek mythology to John Keats, to Persian poetry and 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', Lee delves into the various ways we have celebrated the nightingale through traditions, folklore, music, literature, from ancient history to the present day. The Nightingale is a unique and lyrical portrait of a famed yet elusive songbird. 'Wondering and wonderful. The nature book of the year.' JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL'This lovely book is almost as thrilling as the bird's immortal song - balm for a troubled soul and a glimpse of paradise.' JOANNA LUMLEY' Sam Lee has brought the poetic magic that has long enchanted so many of his musical fans into the written word. Allow yourself to glimpse the world Sam sees, to be part of his love affair with the nightingale, and you will no doubt be delighted.' LILY COLE'A wonderful book.' STEPHEN MOSS'A magical marriage of the lyrical and practical: a book that makes us want to seek out the nightingale and then reveals how we can.' TRISTAN GOOLEY

Author : David Rothenberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022646718X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nightingales in Berlin written by David Rothenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrated figure in myth, song, and story, the nightingale has captivated the imagination for millennia, its complex song evoking a prism of human emotions,—from melancholy to joy, from the fear of death to the immortality of art. But have you ever listened closely to a nightingale’s song? It’s a strange and unsettling sort of composition—an eclectic assortment of chirps, whirs, trills, clicks, whistles, twitters, and gurgles. At times it is mellifluous, at others downright guttural. It is a rhythmic assault, always eluding capture. What happens if you decide to join in? As philosopher and musician David Rothenberg shows in this searching and personal new book, the nightingale’s song is so peculiar in part because it reflects our own cacophony back at us. As vocal learners, nightingales acquire their music through the world around them, singing amidst the sounds of humanity in all its contradictions of noise and beauty, hard machinery and soft melody. Rather than try to capture a sound not made for us to understand, Rothenberg seeks these musical creatures out, clarinet in tow, and makes a new sound with them. He takes us to the urban landscape of Berlin—longtime home to nightingale colonies where the birds sing ever louder in order to be heard—and invites us to listen in on their remarkable collaboration as birds and instruments riff off of each other’s sounds. Through dialogue, travel records, sonograms, tours of Berlin’s city parks, and musings on the place animal music occupies in our collective imagination, Rothenberg takes us on a quest for a new sonic alchemy, a music impossible for any one species to make alone. In the tradition of The Hidden Life of Trees and The Invention of Nature, Rothenberg has written a provocative and accessible book to attune us ever closer to the natural environment around us.

Author : Nikki Loftin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1595146237
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nightingale's Nest written by Nikki Loftin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award winning modern fairy tale about friendship and family, for fans of Bridge to Terabithia Twelve-year-old John Fischer Jr., “Little John” as he’s always been known, is spending the hot Texas summer helping his father to clear trees for Mr. King, the richest and most powerful man in town. Then one day he hears a song through the brush, one so beautiful that it stops him in his tracks. He follows the melody and finds, not a bird, but a young girl sitting in the branches of a tall sycamore tree. There’s something magical about this girl, Gayle, especially her soaring singing voice. Little John's home is full of sorrow over his sister’s death and endless stress over money troubles. But his friendship with Gayle quickly becomes the one bright spot in tough times . . . until Mr. King forces Little John into an impossible choice: risk his family’s wages and survival, or put Gayle's future in danger. Inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen story, Nightingale's Nest is an unforgettable novel about a boy with the weight of the world on his shoulders and a girl with the gift of healing in her voice. "Magical realism meets coming of age in this sensitive and haunting novel."—BCCB, starred review "Smart and beautiful . . . Once you’ve read it, you’ll have a hard time getting it out of your head.”—Elizabeth Bird, School Library Journal Blog

Author : Robert Timberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684826739
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nightingale's Song written by Robert Timberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996-09-11 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of five top graduates of Annapolis who served heroically in Vietnam and rose to national prominence during the Reagan years.

Author : Helen Berhane
Publisher : Authentic Media Inc
ISBN 13 : 1850789207
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Song of the Nightingale written by Helen Berhane and published by Authentic Media Inc. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational and challenging true story of one woman's faith, so strong it could not be broken even in the face of imprisonment and torture. Song of the Nightingale is the true story of Helen Berhane, held captive for over two years in appalling conditions in her native Eritrea. Her crime? Sharing her faith in Jesus, and refusing, even though horrendously tortured, to deny him. A sobering, painful, heart-rending account of true faith in the face of evil, this book makes for uncomfortable and yet inspirational reading. Helen says, 'I want to give a message to those of you who are Christians and live in the free world: You must not take your freedom for granted. If I could sing in prison, imagine what you can do for God's glory with your freedom.' A real challenge for the church in the West.

Author : James Fearn
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469199203
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nightingales are Singing written by James Fearn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Fearn Francis, the Overseer of slaves on Jesse Godbehere's plantation in Mansfield, Louisiana before the American Civil War, was a highly successful manager who had an outstanding reputation for high productivity with the slaves in his charge. John's strongly-held Christian values of love, self discipline and empowerment motivated him to teach others such values by word and example. As a result Moses Bailey and his daughter, Frances were steeped in this same spirit which became a driving force for good in the emerging mixed society of the South.

Author : Robert Timberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416571884
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John McCain written by Robert Timberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Naval Academy to the POW camps of Vietnam to Capitol Hill and possibly to the White House -- one of America's most remarkable men In 1998, at the dedication of the National Prisoner of War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia, former Attorney General Griffin Bell, a Democrat, introduced Senator John McCain, the featured speaker and a Republican, with these words: "We often hear people now say, where are our heroes, where have all our heroes gone? Well, Senator McCain is an authentic, living American hero." So begins Robert Timberg's gripping and penetrating biography of Senator John McCain, the man who may someday be President of the United States. In John McCain: An American Odyssey, Timberg provides a riveting account of McCain's remarkable life -- from his rambunctious childhood and his madcap escapades as a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman to his grim experiences as a combat pilot and POW in Vietnam, where he was held prisoner by the North Vietnamese for five and a half years. Most importantly, the author illuminates Senator McCain's postwar evolution into one of our country's most distinguished political leaders and a formidable presidential candidate. Inspired by the success of The Nightingale's Song (selected by The New York Times as a "Notable Book of the Year" in 1995 and by Time as one of that year's five best nonfiction books), John McCain: An American Odyssey probes more deeply into the life of this hugely colorful, straight-talking American original. It is a rich and captivating portrait of one of America's most fascinating and provocative public figures -- a man who has captured the imagination of millions of Americans and who will continue to be a most prominent figure on the American political landscape.

Author : Monica Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nightingales are Singing written by Monica Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of the marriage of an English woman and an American naval officer.

Author : William Gaminara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848428027
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nightingales written by William Gaminara and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny, touching and thought-provoking, Gaminara's The Nightingales was first seen at the Theatre Royal Bath in 2018, before a UK tour.

Author : Kate Pennington
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1444909622
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nightingale's Song written by Kate Pennington and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The setting is Whitby in the mid 1700s...Maggie Nightingale spends her evenings singing in her father's tavern, the Anchor Inn, on the rugged east Yorkshire coastline. The inn is a haunt for local ruffians, thieves and smugglers, and Maggie overhears many a dark plan hatched over ale at night. She never imagined that such plans could threaten her very existence, and see her wrongly accused of murder. Togther with notorious smuggling villain, Thomas Hague, Maggie's only escape from public hanging comes in the form of a ship bound for America. The New World. but will the shadow of death follow Maggie Nightingale across the ocean, and haunt her for the rest of her life?