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The Garden Against Time
- In Search of a Common Paradise
- De: Olivia Laing
- Narrado por: Olivia Laing
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we share it while there's still time? Moving between real and imagined gardens, from Milton's Paradise Lost to John Clare's enclosure elegies, from a wartime sanctuary in Italy to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery, Laing interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A thrill of discovery
- De JGE en 09-14-24
- The Garden Against Time
- In Search of a Common Paradise
- De: Olivia Laing
- Narrado por: Olivia Laing
Dropped me in the world of Gardens
Revisado: 07-30-24
I have decided to come to gardening as I turn “middle age” and this gave me more of that vision of a garden steeped with history and personal transformative process that comes with it. I had no idea what to expect and this was such a great listening experience that let me to the poetry of Henry Clare, the dairies of Isis Otis, and to finally tackle Milton’s piece. I plan to buy this book now but I could listen to it over again and plan to.
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Two Women Walk into a Bar
- De: Cheryl Strayed
- Narrado por: Cheryl Strayed
- Duración: 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 384
Twenty-one years after Cheryl Strayed set off on the Pacific Crest Trail to heal from the death of her beloved mother, Cheryl’s mother-in-law, Joan, is given weeks to live. As she and her husband help see Joan through her final days, Cheryl reckons with their complicated relationship, determined to connect with a woman who both showed her love and (sometimes hilariously) held her at a distance. Cheryl reflects on their two decades together as she comes to a deeper understanding of the secrets and sorrows in Joan’s complicated past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cheryl tells a great story!
- De Amazon Customer en 01-01-24
- Two Women Walk into a Bar
- De: Cheryl Strayed
- Narrado por: Cheryl Strayed
Timeline of Grief, Loss and Dying
Revisado: 07-29-24
This short story addresses the complexity of relationships between women over time as well as grief and loss. This reminds me how teach person has a different timeline for experiencing both and how detached we are in the western world from this part of ourselves. I appreciate the author’s honesty with showing her life. I am glad she was able to write about empathy, love, and hope which it seems she experienced in this part of her life.
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Love, Teach
- Real Stories and Honest Advice to Keep Teachers from Crying Under Their Desks
- De: Kelly Treleaven
- Narrado por: Kelly Treleaven
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 19
Every teacher will tell you the first years are the hardest, and even the most confident of the pack sometimes ask themselves, Am I cut out for this? Kelly Treleaven, the teacher behind Love, Teach, wants you to know that you're not alone, and that yes, she has cried under her desk, too. Treleaven's blog has become a sensation in the education world, known for its heartfelt, high-spirited dispatches straight from the trenches and its practical advice. Here, she gives rookie teachers the advice she wishes she'd had when she started out in a large district in Houston.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Teaching Guidance Book Ever!!!
- De Anonymous User en 11-07-23
- Love, Teach
- Real Stories and Honest Advice to Keep Teachers from Crying Under Their Desks
- De: Kelly Treleaven
- Narrado por: Kelly Treleaven
Before you quit, listen to this
Revisado: 02-25-22
I came to the teaching profession indirectly and found my place. However, because of personal and professional challenges I found myself about to quit. I was crying when I did a search and found Treleaven’s book. Yes, I was thisclose to crying under my table. Then I listen to this book and applied anything I could to one of my classes that felt impossible to teach. It made a difference in my attitude and that small change has started shifting that class. She is honest and upfront about teaching which hard to find. Thank you for saying out loud the balance truth about teaching.
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