Sea Bird

Humans are embedded in rhythms and frequencies that determine their lives: Day and night, waking and sleeping, the seasons, the breathing rhythm, the heartbeat frequency and hormonal rhythms that determine our biological clock. Nowadays, some of these rhythms have become confused, and the relationship between tension and relaxation is often no longer correct. Due to our modern world we often do not experience the seasons intensively enough, we often work against the inner bioryhthmic clock e.g. in shift work and have little time for harmonization and energy reflux.

An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water ‘Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.’ Roddy Doyle ‘Remarkable. Lively … Gower writes beautifully [and] the book is profoundly popular.’ Times Literary Supplement The Turning Tide is a hymn to a sea passage of...

Join a retired couple from Maine as they break outside of their comfort zone in an effort to see Every Bird From Sea to Shining Sea. Follow Ethan and Ingrid Whitaker as they spend an entire year traveling around the Continental United States doing a Big Year . . . a contest to identify as many species of birds as possible in a calendar year.

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series following remarkable mysteries in a birdwatching community—now available for the first time in the US. A rare and unrecorded sea bird captures all the birders attention while right under their noses the most...

The storm isn’t hunting them. It’s judging them. Aboard the Northern Star, journalist Elena Ramirez expects Alaska’s Inside Passage to give her a story. Instead, an impossible storm closes around the ship—and something enormous moves inside the clouds. Then the counting begins. Passengers disappear. Fear spreads through the decks. Desperate survivors divide between those who believe Elena can save them and those convinced sacrificing her will end the nightmare. But Elena is beginning to understand something far more terrifying: whatever commands the storm is not asking for blood. It...

A queen and a god will join forces to save their kingdom in the second book of this gorgeous and tempestuous slow-burn romantic fantasy tale that started with The Trident and the Pearl. Coralys has made the ultimate sacrifice. She has saved the former sea god Okeonos and lost forever the chance...

***If you loved Songbird Cottage Beginnings (available for free on Amazon), grab the rest of the series in this special boxed set.*** Amazon bestselling author Sylvia Price’s Pleasant Bay series is a feel-good read about family loyalties and second chances set on Canada’s picturesque Cape Breton Island. This series is perfect for those who enjoy sweet romances and countryside landscapes. Enjoy all these sweet romance books in one collection for the first time! Emma Copeland and her daughters, Claire and Isabelle, spend their summers at Songbird Cottage in Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia. ...

A beautifully lyrical memoir and examination of natural music that will leave you hearing—and seeing—nature as never before. "A passionate amalgam of science and autobiography." —New York Times Book Review Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in...

The sounds of the nature: A hammock for the soul. With this audiobook, experience the power of nature like on a dreamlike vacation. Nature Sounds - with over 4 hours of ambient sounds, recorded all over the world. Using state-of-the-art recording technology, with extremely high fidelity, and the best spatial atmosphere. Gentle to powerful sounds (without music), perfect for use in and meditation, or soft background noise.

Set on the island of Okinawa today and during World War II, this deeply moving and evocative novel tells the entwined stories of two teenage girls - an American and an Okinawan - whose lives are connected across 70 years by the shared experience of both profound loss and renewal. And as these two stories unfold and intertwine, we see how war and American occupation have shaped and reshaped the lives of Okinawans.

'A fantastic writer.' Donald Ray Pollock 'Nigel Bird is fast becoming one of the top writers in his genre.' Luca Veste DIRTY OLD TOWN is the debut collection from the prize-winning writer Nigel Bird. His brilliantly observed slices of life allow us to visit places we may not normally choose to enter and to walk a few miles in the shoes of others. Though his tales have darkness at their core, they are also full of a heart and spirit that one rarely finds in the world or ‘noir’ or ‘crime-writing’. There are 9 stories here: Drinking Wine (Spo-Dee-Oh-Dee); Dirty Old Town; Sea Minor; ...

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Perfect for fans of Newbery winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon, the “inventive, bewitching” (Kirkus Reviews) second book in the haunting and magical New York Times bestelling Thirteen Witches series from Jodi Lynn Anderson follows Rosie as she hunts the remaining witches. After...

Nigel Bird and his stories have appeared in so many places that it’s about time the best of them were brought together in one collection. His work has also received so much praise that this collection should be a must for the fan of the short story, particularly those fans with a taste for noir, crime or unusual fiction. Praise for his work and, indeed, for some of the stories collected here includes: 'A tremendous writer.' Donald Ray Pollock (The Devil All The Time) 'A rare talent.' Allan Guthrie (Bye Bye Baby) ‘I was surprised by every story. These are short, punchy, thoughtful, hard ...

With Will Reisner recovering from his near-death encounter with Roland while battling his own demons, the remaining elements of the U.S. fleet in the Gulf are undertaking last-ditch efforts to secure the remaining fuel supply for their vessels amidst growing hordes of Paras along every seaside port. Unknown to them all is the presence of a new, hybrid alpha living in their midsts and watching their every move. Doctor Selene Munroe is heading to a new facility in the Bahamas to continue large-scale development of the bioweapon when she learns of a potential method for eliminating the alphas,...

Detective Murdoch is fresh out of the hospital and flat broke when a strange phone call sounds promising. A grieving patriarch, a missing granddaughter, and a private investigator who is immediately in over his head with birds, booze, and a talking pill bottle.

A sea-swimmer’s account of the remarkable seabirds that inhabit our shores Living on the coast for most of her life, Marianne Taylor has spent a lot of time in the company of wild seabirds. Whether she's swimming in the sea, doing some coastal birding or looking out of her window at home, she...

Instant Bestseller From #1 bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping novel set in Toronto and Vietnam during the turbulent sixties about two women caught up in powerful social movements and the tragedy that will bring them together—perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah’sThe Women...

NEW RELEASE ~ WITH FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS! Britain is supposed to be a tame island. Eight wild carnivores, eighteen kinds of bat, and a predator brought back from nothing say otherwise. Every fact is sourced from peer-reviewed academic research and official scientific records. This True Verified Facts book brings together 300+ separate facts about the creatures of these islands, past and present, built to educate, entertain, and arm you with knowledge worth sharing at any dinner table. Inside This Book: What was living under Trafalgar Square long before anyone built London. The only ...

"McCaughrean takes the bones of a real event, wraps it in immersive, imaginative detail and thoroughly real emotion, and creates an unforgettable tale of human survival. A masterpiece." - Kirkus Reviews Winner of the 2018 Carnegie Medal! New from Michael L. Printz Award winner Geraldine...