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Featuring a new foreword by Margaret Atwood!In this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher Graeme Gibson offers an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birds.   From the Aztec plumed serpent to the Christian dove to Plato''s vision of the human soul growing wings, religion and philosophy use birds to represent our aspirational selves. Winged creatures appear in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as Ovid, Thoreau, and T. S. Eliot. They''ve been omens, allegories, and guides; they''ve been worshipped, eaten, and feared. Birds figure tellingly in the work of such nature writers as Gilbert White and Peter Matthiessen, and are synonymous with the science of Darwin. Gibson spent years collecting this gorgeously illustrated celebration of centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes. The Bedside Book of Birds is for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity creates to represent its soul.

A high quality paperback edition of the beautiful and successful hardback.

Many people are interested in writing their life stories, though lack of confidence and knowing how to approach the task can hold them back. This guide might be the confidence booster to get started, to overcome a hurdle along the way, or act as a refresher. Along with a focus on major principles of memoir, such as narrative writing, ethics and structure, this guide provides tips and writing techniques aimed at creating an engaging true story out of the remembered facts of a life. Embedded throughout the guide are suggested writing exercises which provide structured but flexible support to a writer, whether novice or more advanced. Surprisingly comprehensive given its brevity, A Pocket Guide to Memoir Writing may either stand alone, or act as a companion to the memoir, In Life There is Luck: A memoir of an ordinary life with reflections on memoir writing.