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In which the author writes about her journey into beekeeping, and what it means to "keep" wild creatures. She meditates on how to live alongside beings whose laws and logic are so different from our own, and delves into the history of beekeeping, writing about discovering the ancient, haunting, sometimes disturbing relationship between keeper and bee. This is an inspiring, up-close portrait of tending to a honey-bee hive--a year of living dangerously--watching...
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"Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo--until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. But what Afra has seen is so terrible she has gone blind, and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain. As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken...
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Beekeeping is nothing new-the ancient Egyptians were well versed in the benefits of living with bees-but in recent years, there has been a surge of folks struck with the desire to build and nurture a hive of their own. Beekeeping has become the passion of farmers in rural Vermont, urbanites with rooftops in LA, and thousands of people in between. This book is for beginners and experts alike, with all the basic information you need to get started,...
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""If I could only read one writer from now until the end of my life, it would be Dorothea Benton Frank."--Elin Hildebrand, the New York Times bestselling author of Summer of '69, The Perfect Couple, and The Identicals Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank's Carolina Lowcountry in this evocative tale that returns at long last to her beloved Sullivan's Island. Beekeeper Holly McNee Kensen...
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In The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, prose magician Michael Chabon conjured the golden age of comic books, interwining history, legend and story-telling verve. In The Final Solution, he has condensed his boundless vision to create a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that re-imagines the classic 19th-century detective story.
In deep retirement in the English countryside, an 89-year old man, vaguely recollected
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Captures the essence of a man who escapes one war only to find himself at battle with his wounded spirit. He methodically tends his bees, carefully provides for those that need him and vigilantly keeps his emotions at bay, buts finds that he must break through his emotional walls when everything is threatened by a long-buried secret.
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