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22 produkter
Night Vision
In search of the true dark
Häftad, 2026
157 kr
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‘An elegant and deeply sensory exploration of darkness in all its forms’ Katherine May, author of WinteringAn exhilarating leap into darkness: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean SpracklandIn her search for a new, more intimate relationship with darkness, acclaimed …
Strands
A Year of Discoveries on the Beach
Häftad, 2013
198 kr
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Strands describes a year's worth of walking on the ultimate beach: inter-tidal and constantly turning up revelations: mermaid's purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bottles, buried cars, beached whales and a perfect cup from a Cunard liner. This is a series of meditations prompted by walking …
These Silent Mansions
A life in graveyards
Häftad, 2021
133 kr
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'A refreshingly original meditation... I wish I had written it myself' Literary ReviewGraveyards are oases: places of escape, peace and reflection. Liminal sites of commemoration, where the past is close enough to touch. Yet they also reflect their living community - how in our restless, …
Poetry by Heart
A Treasury of Poems to Read Aloud
Av Andrew Motion, Julie Blake m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
190 kr
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Familiar poems and almost unknown poems. Love poems and war poems. Funny poems and heartbroken poems. Poems that re-create the world we know and poems written on the dark side of the moon. Poetry by Heart is an essential collection of over 200 poems, from Geoffrey Chaucer to Emily Dickinson, from …
Poetry by Heart
Poems for Learning and Reciting
Av Andrew Motion, Julie Blake m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
125 kr
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Poetry by Heart - based on the hugely successful nationwide schools competition, 200 magical poems to learn by heart'The poems we learn stay with us for the rest of our lives. They become personal and invaluable, and what's more they are free gifts - there for the taking' Simon ArmitageTwo years …
Strands
A Year of Discoveries on the Beach
E-bok, 2012
147 kr
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Strands describes a year's worth of walking on the ultimate beach: inter-tidal and constantly turning up revelations: mermaid's purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bottles, buried cars, beached whales and a perfect cup from a Cunard liner. This is a series of meditations prompted by walking …
Tilt
E-bok, 2010
167 kr
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Jean Sprackland's third collection describes a world in free-fall. Chaos and calamity are at our shoulder, in the shape of fire and flood, ice-storm and hurricane; trains stand still, zoos are abandoned, migrating birds lose their way - all surfaces are unreliable, all territories unmapped. These …
Hard Water
E-bok, 2011
170 kr
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Though firmly rooted in the domestic, natural world, Jean Sprackland's poems are thrilling excursions into the lives that we live alongside our everyday ones: the lives we are aware of in dreams, in grief, in love. She shows us the vertigo and vulnerability of human experience with great clarity …
Sleeping Keys
E-bok, 2013
102 kr
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In her first collection since the Costa-winning Tilt, Jean Sprackland looks back at endings and beginnings: the end of a life, or of a marriage; old homes lived in and left, new homes discovered. There are poems that speak of the paralysis and bewilderment of knowing something is over, and of the …
These Silent Mansions
A life in graveyards
E-bok, 2020
108 kr
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'A refreshingly original meditation... I wish I had written it myself' Literary ReviewGraveyards are oases: places of escape, peace and reflection. Liminal sites of commemoration, where the past is close enough to touch. Yet they also reflect their living community - how in our restless, …
Green Noise
E-bok, 2018
100 kr
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Jean Sprackland is celebrated for her tactile, transformative poetry which makes the miraculous seem familiar and the domestic other-worldly. Her new collection is tuned to new and deeper frequencies. ‘Green noise’ is the mid-frequency component of white noise – what some have called the background …
Night Vision
In search of the true dark
E-bok, 2025
205 kr
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‘An elegant and deeply sensory exploration of darkness in all its forms’ Katherine May, author of WinteringAn exhilarating leap into darkness: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean SpracklandIn her search for a new, more intimate relationship with darkness, acclaimed …
Night Vision
In search of the true dark
Ljudbok, 2025
175 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin.An exhilarating leap into darkness in all its forms, enchantments and history: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean SpracklandDarkness can make the most ordinary activity feel adventurous. Open a door and step through it. You can't see a …
Goyle, Chert, Mire
E-bok, 2026
229 kr
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A vital and vivid poetry collection about place, time, illness and recovery'This is a profound, enduring collection' Guardian, Best New PoetryEach of the three sections in Goyle, Chert, Mire focuses on one of the distinctive elements characteristic of the Blackdown Hills – a little-known, sparsely …
Green Noise
Häftad, 2018
179 kr
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Jean Sprackland is celebrated for her tactile, transformative poetry which makes the miraculous seem familiar and the domestic other-worldly. Her new collection is tuned to new and deeper frequencies. ‘Green noise’ is the mid-frequency component of white noise – what some have called the background …
Night Vision
In search of the true dark
Inbunden, 2025
214 kr
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'Elegant and deeply sensory' Katherine May, author of WinteringAn exhilarating leap into darkness in all its forms, enchantments and history: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean SpracklandDarkness can make the most ordinary activity feel adventurous. Open a door and …
Goyle, Chert, Mire
Häftad, 2026
175 kr
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A vital and vivid poetry collection about place, time, illness and recovery'This is a profound, enduring collection' Guardian, Best New PoetryEach of the three sections in Goyle, Chert, Mire focuses on one of the distinctive elements characteristic of the Blackdown Hills – a little-known, sparsely …
Tilt
Häftad, 2007
160 kr
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Jean Sprackland's third collection describes a world in free-fall. Chaos and calamity are at our shoulder, in the shape of fire and flood, ice-storm and hurricane; trains stand still, zoos are abandoned, migrating birds lose their way - all surfaces are unreliable, all territories unmapped. These …
Sleeping Keys
Häftad, 2013
149 kr
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In her first collection since the Costa-winning Tilt, Jean Sprackland looks back at endings and beginnings: the end of a life, or of a marriage; old homes lived in and left, new homes discovered. There are poems that speak of the paralysis and bewilderment of knowing something is over, and of the …
Elsewhere
Stories from Small Town Europe
Av Jean Sprackland, Olga Tokarczuk m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
149 kr
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Hinterland
Place Writing Special
Av Jean Sprackland, Adam Farrer m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
126 kr
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Published quarterly from the University of East Anglia, Hinterland brings you the best new creative nonfiction. Issue 11 is a Place Writing special in collaboration with the Centre for Place Writing, Manchester Metropolitan University.
