“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”
What comforting words for the idle among us! Like many of the best essayists, Stevenson is very much the genial fireside companion: opinionated, but never malicious; a marvellous practitioner of the inclusive monologue.
In this collection of nine pieces he discusses the art of appreciating unattractive scenery, traces the complex social life of dogs, and meditates in several essays upon the experience of reading literature and writing it. Perhaps his most personal passages concern death and mortality. Here we meet him at his ...
The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stories is as complex, charismatic and clever as a cat.
Brødrene Jacob og Wilhelm Grimm, samlede og nedskrev mere end tohundrede folkeeventyr tilbage i 1820’erne. Mange af os erindrer, at have fået de mest berømte af disse historier læst højt som børn.
Også som voksen, kan man imidlertid have glæde af et genhør af disse fortællinger og dermed opleve, eller genopleve, moralerne, humoren og dramaet i et anderledes perspektiv, end det man ser mens man er barn. Denne samling rummer et lille udvalg af både kendte og mindre kendte Grimm eventyr.
By conservative estimates, more than 6.8 million out of earth's population of 7 billion have access to cell phones. This has happened in just over 20 years. It's safe to assume that almost all these people would prefer to communicate via their phones rather than by snail-mail, post or courier. Which leads us to the question: “Does this mean the death of the love letter?”
For those of us who still remember the joys of receiving and sending romantic epistles, couched in purple prose, expressing our deepest feelings, these little messages were the most delightful way of keeping in touch with those we loved. The Love Letter Collection 2008 by Various takes us back to a mo...