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Affiche du document The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding: A sweeping and beautiful novel about the far reaches of sisterly

The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding: A sweeping and beautiful novel about the far reaches of sisterly

Holly Ringland

3h12min45

  • SF et fantasy
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257 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h13min.
From the author of ´The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart´, now a major Amazon Prime series.The last time Esther Wilding’s beloved older sister Aura was seen, she was walking along the shore towards the sea. In the wake of Aura’s disappearance, Esther’s family struggles to live with their loss.To seek the truth about her sister’s death, Esther reluctantly travels from Tasmania to Copenhagen, and then to the Faroe Islands. On her journey, Esther is guided by the stories Aura left behind in her treasured journal; seven fairy tales about selkies, swans, and women, alongside cryptic verses Aura wrote and had secretly tattooed on her body.´The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding´ is about the far reaches of sisterly love, the power of wearing your heart on your skin, and the way life can transform when we find the courage to feel the fullness of both grief and joy.‘It’s impossible to come away from this magical story unchanged’ - Sally Piper‘Richly immersive. A mysterious and magical journey through loss and grief´ - Fiona ValpyHolly Ringland is the author of two internationally best-selling and multi-award-winning novels, ´The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart´ and ´The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding´, and one nationally bestselling work of non-fiction, ´The House that Joy Built´. Her books have sold over 500,000 copies and have been published in over 30 international territories. ´The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart´ was adapted for an award-winning seven-part series starring Sigourney Weaver.
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Affiche du document The Seaweed Revolution: How Seaweed Has Shaped Our Past and Can Save Our Future

The Seaweed Revolution: How Seaweed Has Shaped Our Past and Can Save Our Future

Vincent Doumeizel

1h27min00

  • Ecologie
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116 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h27min.
The seaweed revolution is a fresh hope for tomorrow.Seaweed develops in water everywhere, from the eternal glaciers to lagoons heated by the sun, from seas saturated with salt to the fresh water of our rivers. Yet we only know how to cultivate a few dozen varieties, at most. Incredibly diverse, seaweed could help to bring back balance in our ecosystems through a wide range of applications. It could allow us to better feed human beings and animals, replace plastic and fertilizers, boost medical innovations, mitigate global warming, repair biodiversity and support economies in coastal communities where fish stocks are declining.Although seaweed has supported our development for millions of years, we have lost our connection with it and focused our efforts purely on land cultivation. Today a fast-growing global population, combined with climate, social and environmental crises, gives us compelling reasons to reconsider this forgotten treasure.‘This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about our planet's future’ Mark Lynas, journalist and author of Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency‘An essential read for anyone who is curious about the extraordinary powers of seaweed to change the world, ’ Alexandra Cousteau, Head of Oceans 2050, and Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter‘Seaweeds and algae have an essential role to play in the solutions available to us and Vincent Doumeizel’s The Seaweed Revolution shows us how’ Ambassador Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean and former President of the UN General Assembly‘Seaweed holds the key to help solve many of the crises the world is facing’ Carlos M. Duarte, Executive Director of the Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform‘A powerful read which will enlighten, enthuse and inspire in equal measure’ Ocean Challenge Magazine'The potential of seaweed, or marine algae, to transform our world is huge… excellent book' New ScientistVincent Doumeizel is Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact as well as director of the Food Programme at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
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Affiche du document The Arctic Convoys

The Arctic Convoys

World History

3h53min15

  • Histoire
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311 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h53min.
As World War II raged across the Russian steppes, in Africa and especially in the skies over Europe, elite German and Soviet forces fought a bitter battle in an isolated northern corner of Europe. Here, the battle was for control of the ice-free port of Murmansk, where the Soviet Union received convoy after convoy loaded with British and American tanks, guns, fuel, small arms, food and aircraft. Supplies from the Allied convoys kept the Soviet Union alive at a critical time during the early stages of the war, and Hitler therefore tried every means to stop the convoys. At the beginning of the campaign against the Soviet Union, he hoped to capture Murmansk and thus weaken his archenemy. Later, when he realised that fighting in the barren, mountainous terrain of the north was unwinnable, he set his sights on destroying the convoys. The Luftwaffe and U-boats attacked the Allied sailors throughout the perpetual daylight of polar summer while crushing ice and raging storms threatened during the dark winter months. The men aboard the Arctic convoys dreaded the voyages, and it was with good reason that the crews dubbed them “suicide convoys”. If they fell overboard in a storm, a quick death awaited them in the icy sea, and if the ships’ holds, filled with fuel and ammunition, were hit by a torpedo or a bomb, everything exploded in a sea of flames.The Arctic convoy trips and the fighting on the Northern Front challenged some of the war’s toughest men. Read their stories here.World History invites you on a fascinating journey to bygone eras, allowing you to explore the greatest events in history. Take a trip back in time - to the frontlines of World War 2, to the Viking raids, and to the religious rituals of ancient Egypt. World History is for everyone who would like to know more about the exciting and dramatic events of the past.
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