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John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of "Help!", "Come Together", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Imagine", and dozens more. But it was in his correspondences that he let his personality and poetry flow unguarded. Now, gathered for the first time in book form, are his letters to family, friends, strangers, and lovers from every point in his life. Funny, informative, wise, poetic, and sometimes heartbreaking, his letters illuminate a never-before-seen intimate side of the private genius.

Poetry has over the centuries grouped poets or poems into many different themes and movements. Amongst its most unusual movements are the English wordsmiths, The Silver Poets. This select band lived during the sixteenth century reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st. Amongst their storied ranks were Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Davies, Michael Drayton and Mary Sidney (Herbert), the Countess of Pembroke.

Ten principles to help you build well-being from within and permanently change your life for the better. Do you often feel anxious, overwhelmed, or angry? Do you frequently feel stuck and that you are living a life that doesn’t mean enough to you? Are you more attached to behaviors and substances than you know is really good for you? Taking you gently on an expansive journey, starting with where it all begins - yourself - through to relationships with others, this practical guide introduces 10 key principles intended to cultivate more contentment, purpose, and even joy, in your life.

John Lennon was a writer as well as a musician. It was entirely natural for him to put pen to paper whenever he had an idea, a thought, a reaction, or a desire to communicate. He lived - and died - in an age before emails and texts. Pen and ink was what he turned to. John wrote letters and postcards all of his life, most of which were funny, informative, campaigning, wise, mad, poetic, anguished, and sometimes heart-breaking. For the first time, John's widow, Yoko Ono, has given permission to publish a collection of his letters.

On this interesting, quite sweary, funny & non scripted show I talk to interesting people, we discuss geek culture, films, music, games, mental health, fitness, life, space as well as other interesting topics as they arise.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/a-friendly-conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/a-friendly-conversation

Seven entertaining audio readings of best-loved children’s springtime stories for children of three years and over to enjoy over Easter! This audio download is a heritage-rich collection showcasing some of the best-loved characters in children’s literature. Compiled by HarperCollins Children’s Books, it features popular stories by John Bond, Nick Butterworth, Judith Kerr, David Walliams and Rob Biddulph.

In this critical time, we need to balance the polarizing tendencies of power-based and rights-based approaches to peace and conflict with the integrative nature of human needs-based and spiritual approaches-to bring people together based on the common ground they share rather than in a struggle over who is right and wrong.

A fun word centric podcast with the english language in mind, a different word released in podcast form every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/word-of-the-day-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A mixture of podcasts about psychological and emotional well-being issues, the change of career to become a therapist and what it's actually like being therapist in private practice.John-Paul worked as a solicitor in the City of London for the first half of his career before retraining as a psychotherapist/counsellor in 2007. His YouTube channel (link below) features the videos of most of these episodes.If you find the podcast helpful, please do subscribe for future episodes. It would also be much appreciated if you could give it a review or rating if you enjoyed it, thanks in advance.YouTube...