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Flower is a book of realistic admissions, likes, dislikes, memories and no-brainer observations, treating personal truth as unavailable – something that must be made up and convincing. Taking cues from confessional literature, his daughter’s improvised games, poor internet writing and shitty AI, Ed Atkins, in his first work of non-fiction, equivocates between inanity and divinity, ease and pain, sentimentality and sterility.

Property developer Vivien Young thought she’d finally rebuilt her life. After a messy divorce, she’s returned to her childhood sanctuary, the grand Georgian home she now shares with her ageing father. Landing the contract to redevelop the Valley Park housing estate feels like the icing on the cake – a chance to prove she can succeed and keep her floundering business afloat.

Embark on a captivating journey into the heart of Africa with "Allan and the Holy Flower," where the allure of adventure and the quest for the extraordinary converge. This podcast delves into themes of exploration, the struggle against nature’s wild forces, and the moral dilemmas faced by those who seek power and knowledge. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, transporting listeners to untamed jungles filled with peril and wonder, where the pursuit of a rare sacred flower becomes a metaphor for humanity's deeper desires and conflicts. This is not a single story but a series of ...

Flowers, Meaning & Moments is the podcast from Fabulous Flowers and Gifts, a South African florist and gift company founded by Josie van Aswegen in Cape Town in 1999 and led today by Managing Director Nicholas James. Josie has worked in floristry since 1983. From its Claremont studio, Fabulous Flowers hand-ties fresh bouquets and arrangements and hand-packs gift boxes and hampers, with a retail store in Sea Point and a studio in Johannesburg. A new Cavendish Square store opens on 1 October 2026. The company offers same-day flower and gift delivery in Cape Town and Johannesburg for orders ...

Why flowers? Why do they exist, how do we live around them, thanks to them, or with them? In the fields, in florists' stores or in the intimacy of our homes, flowers bridge the gap between our urban world and nature, and give rise to poetry and respect for all living things. In the Kenzo Parfums "Flowers" podcast, we meet the actors and actresses of the flower world. Each in their own field, they work to build an imaginary flower that is as realistic as it is poetic, and to inspire the respect that flowers deserve. We discover their work, in France and abroad, with Masami-Charlotte Lavault,...

Pourquoi les fleurs ? Pourquoi existent-elles, comment vivons-nous autour d'elles, grâce à elles, ou avec elles ? Dans les champs, les boutiques de fleuristes ou dans l'intimité de nos intérieurs, les fleurs font le pont entre notre monde urbain et la nature, et laissent éclore poésie et respect envers tout ce qui vit. Dans le podcast “Flowers” de KENZO Parfums, nous allons à la rencontre d'acteurs et d'actrices du monde de la fleur. Chacun et chacune dans leur domaine, ils et elles œuvrent à construire un imaginaire de la fleur aussi réaliste que poétique, et à inspirer ...

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Shakespearean flora with Flowers of Shakespeare. This delightful collection explores the various flowers that grace the pages of William Shakespeares works, beautifully categorized by the seasons in which they bloom. Each brief chapter invites you to appreciate the symbolism and significance of these blossoms, revealing how they enhance the themes and emotions of Shakespeares timeless tales. Join KevinS as he guides you through this lyrical journey, blending literature and nature in a way that will captivate both fans of the Bard and flower ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of To Flowers From Italy In Winter by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 25, 2021. ------This Weekly Poem features some of the Poet's thoughts on imported flowers. ( a curious subject) - Summary by David Lawrence

Piolet, Exploring Galaxies!Enjoy, Music, light show. With fog machine in the background. I have been a musician, since 1979. I have been playing music for 47 years. I am an experimental musician.

"Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage... Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence... It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the...

"To-day we are at Willow Farm again, and I want to show you some of the flowers that grow there. I do not mean those which Mrs. Hammond, the farmer's wife, grows in her garden, pretty as they are. We will look rather at the wild flowers in the fields, the hedges, and by the road-side in the lane. No one sows their seed nor takes care of them in any way; yet they grow and blossom year after year, and nearly all of them are beautiful." - Arthur Owens Cooke

Journey into the complex interplay of beauty and darkness with "Flowers of Evil," a podcast that explores the duality of human experience through a rotating collection of audiobooks. Each episode invites listeners to confront the often hidden aspects of life, where the exquisite and the grotesque coexist in our urban landscapes. With a focus on themes of modernity, artistic expression, and the moral dilemmas of society, this series delves into the works that reflect the shifting nature of existence in a rapidly changing world. Discover a new complete audiobook with every episode, each offering...

Charles Baudelaire was a French poet whose work is described as combining an exoticism inherited from the Romantics with the Realism of other French writers of his time. The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du mal) is a book of lyric poetry and his most famous work. In it he expresses the changing nature of beauty in the rapidly industrialising Paris caused by Haussmann's renovation of the city during the mid-19th century. He coined the term modernity to designate the fleeting experience of life in an urban metropolis, and the responsibility of artistic expression to capture that experience. Les ...

ONCE upon a time there was a beautiful Princess named Fleurette, who lived in a white marble palace on the top of a high hill. The Princess Fleurette was very fond of flowers, and all around the palace, from the very gates thereof, a fair garden, full of all kinds of wonderful plants, sloped down to the foot of the hill, where it was snugly inclosed with a high marble wall. Thus the hill was like a great nosegay rising up in the midst of the land, sending out sweet odors to perfume the air for miles, bright with color in the sunshine, and musical with the chorus of birds and the hum of ...

In The Dark Flower, Galsworthy presents a profound exploration of love and desire. As spring heralds new beginnings, Lennan finds himself captivated by a love that is tantalizingly out of reach—a forbidden romance that challenges his very essence. As he navigates the complexities of life, he experiences two contrasting types of love one that offers comfort and companionship, and another that is wild, passionate, and fraught with peril. Ultimately, Lennan settles into a seemingly safe marriage, but the thrill of danger resurfaces with the arrival of a young mistress. He must confront a ...

Immerse yourself in the poignant reflections of youth amidst the turmoil of war, a theme beautifully captured in "Flower of Youth: Poems in War Time." This podcast invites listeners to explore the emotional landscape of World War I through a rotating collection of evocative poetry that conveys the profound experiences of loss, hope, and resilience. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, offering a diverse array of voices that articulate the struggles and aspirations of a generation grappling with the impact of conflict. These unique explorations reveal the delicate interplay between ...

This book is a good reference on the perennial flower gardening and landscaping. It contains information on growing the plants from seed and explains how to grow and care for the traditional garden flowering plants, bulbs, trees, and shrubs. There are sections covering all aspects of ornamental gardens including water gardens and caring for house plants in the winter. The author has lots of unexpected but good advice in her chapter of Don’ts, for example: “ Don’t supply with cut flowers, plants and the like, people who spend more money for unnecessary luxuries than you do for your whole ...

Immerse yourself in the delicate beauty of the human experience as "Blue Flower" unfolds a collection of stories that bloom with themes of introspection, connection, and the pursuit of inner joy. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, inviting you to explore narratives that resonate with the universal quest for happiness and understanding. Like flowers growing in a vibrant garden, these tales intertwine the old and the new, transcending time and place to reveal the intricacies of life’s journey. Through a rich tapestry of voices and perspectives, listeners are encouraged to reflect ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 27 recordings of The Red Flower by Henry van Dyke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 11, 2012.Dr. Henry van Dyke was an American author, lecturer, ambassador and pastor. He was in charge of the committee which wrote The Book of Common Worship of 1906, the first printed Presbyterian liturgy.He wrote many poems, short stories, hymns and essays, often with religious themes.This particular poem, written after the outbreak of World War I but set beforehand, contrasts the natural beauty of the summer before the war with the horror and destruction that is to ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 25 recordings of The Reaper And The Flowers by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 8, 2012.Longfellow predominantly wrote lyric poems which are known for their musicality and which often presented stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses. (Summary by Wikipedia)