What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story
By: P.L. Travers
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of essays, stories and reminiscences, many of which were first published in the US mag…
Want to Read"And when, at last, .... I stood in London with ten pounds in my hand - five of which I promptly lost - the ancestors dwelling in my blood who, all my life, had summoned me with insistent eldritch voices, murmured together, like contented cats."-P.L. Travers, What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story
"And when, at last, .... I stood in London with ten pounds in my hand - five of which I promptly lost - the ancestors dwelling in my blood who, all my life, had summoned me with insistent eldritch voices, murmured together, like contented cats."-P.L. Travers, What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story
"On one occasion, an ancient great-aunt of mine, hieratically assuming a head-dress of feather and globules of jet, required me to accompany her to the beehives. ‘But you surely don't need a hat, Aunt Jane! They're only at the end of the garden.’ ‘It is the custom,’ she said, grandly. ‘Put a scarf over your head.’ Arrived, she stood in silence for a moment. Then — ‘I have to tell you,’ she said, formally, ‘that King George V is dead. You may be sorry, but I am not. He was not an interesting man. Besides,’ she added — as though the bees needed the telling! — ‘everyone has to die’."-P.L. Travers, What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story
"On one occasion, an ancient great-aunt of mine, hieratically assuming a head-dress of feather and globules of jet, required me to accompany her to the beehives. ‘But you surely don't need a hat, Aunt Jane! They're only at the end of the garden.’ ‘It is the custom,’ she said, grandly. ‘Put a scarf over your head.’ Arrived, she stood in silence for a moment. Then — ‘I have to tell you,’ she said, formally, ‘that King George V is dead. You may be sorry, but I am not. He was not an interesting man. Besides,’ she added — as though the bees needed the telling! — ‘everyone has to die’."-P.L. Travers, What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story
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4.15
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
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By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery
4.02
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By: Hans Christian Andersen , Anthea Bell , Lisbeth Zwerger
3.98
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4.30
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3.75
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3.87
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
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5.00
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3.99
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3.07
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3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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"Many things get broken in a war."-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
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"Many obscure women have been done to death merely for existing."-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
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4.05
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4.36
Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition
All’origine c’è Rosa. Nata nella Sicilia di inizio Novecento, cresciuta in un paesino arroccato sul… read more
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4.05
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.19
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"A Lucignana non abbiamo regine ma fate si, molte."-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
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4.26
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"What had brought him to this outpost of hell? Ferreira wondered while following Garces into the rain: fate or his own decisions?"-Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
"Her mother said fairy tales didn't have anything to do with the world, but Ofelia knew better. They had taught her everything about it."-Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
22. God: An Anatomy
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4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
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"How could I not be distracted? Here was a deity just like those I’d visited in museums as a child—a god of ancient myths, fantastic stories and long-lost rituals; a god from the distant past, from a …"-Francesca Stavrakopoulou, God: An Anatomy
23. Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
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"I have found that a fulfilling writing life is one in which the creative process merges with the other necessary processes of good living, which only the individual can define."-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
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4.13
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Longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize! For readers of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, … read more
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"Thoughts are like clouds moving in the sky, you know? Before you know it, they change shape or they just aren't there anymore."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"There is a word to describe someone who loses their spouse, and a word for children who are left without parents. There is no word, however, for a parent who loses their child."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
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25. Il rosmarino non capisce l'inverno
By: Matteo Bussola
3.81
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
«A cosa pensa una donna quando, assordata dalle voci di tutti, capisce all’improvviso di aver soffo… read more
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"Pensò che era tutto ridicolo e sbagliato e inopportuno. Che aveva scelto Tommaso solo come alibi e adesso invece lui era sduto di fronte a lei. Gli sembrò che lui ci tenesse davvero, che il suo esser…"-Matteo Bussola, Il rosmarino non capisce l'inverno
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"Le dico che non so se siano discorsi che convincono la gente a scendere dai cornicioni, ma che io alla sua età mi sentivo una merda in un corpo sbagliato e oggi invece mi sento un merda nel corpo giu…"-Matteo Bussola, Il rosmarino non capisce l'inverno
"Scrivo questa lettera per dire alla donna che ti ha strappato da me, da noi, che non ce l'ho più con lei. Perchè penso che sia già stata puntia abbastanza. E perchè, sì, l'ho odiata, insultata, immag…"-Matteo Bussola, Il rosmarino non capisce l'inverno
26. Initiated: Memoir of a Witch
By: Amanda Yates Garcia
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes meets Women Who Run With The Wolves in this "gorgeously written, fierce, po… read more
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27. Pane del bosco: 2020-2023
By: Chandra Livia Candiani
3.95
Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition
Questa nuova raccolta di poesie di Chandra Candiani nasce da un'esperienza l'abbandono di Milano e… read more
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28. El dique (Blackwater, #2)
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3.82
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, se propone la construcción de un dique que impida un… read more
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"Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie." "Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all right to play with Zaddie, but she's not your rea…"-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)
"Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her children's gratitude, and if she…"-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)
"That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor's house--was a slap in Mary-Love's fa…"-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)
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29. What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story
By: P.L. Travers
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of essays, stories and reminiscences, many of which were first published in the US mag… read more
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- philosophy
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- spirituality
- essays
- mythology
"And when, at last, .... I stood in London with ten pounds in my hand - five of which I promptly lost - the ancestors dwelling in my blood who, all my life, had summoned me with insistent eldritch voi…"-P.L. Travers, What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story
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30. La fortuna (Blackwater, #5)
By: Michael McDowell
4.04
Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition
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31. La riada (Blackwater, #1)
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3.74
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