Book description
Eighteen poems exploring the ancient and complicated relationship of help and harm between bees and humans, from Stone Age honey hunters to modern beekeepers.Bee reflects on biodiversity loss and climate breakdown, seeking to honour individual bee species, while connecting to the wider context in which we all live, whether human or more-than-human. Poems of praise celebrating the wonder of ultra-specific species adaptations mix with elegy and loss, including a lament for the fragile Cullum's Humblebee specimen collected by the Natural History Museum before the bee went extinct in 1941.Drawing on careful research and practical knowledge, Rachel Bower explores tangled histories, such as the export of European honey bees (Apis mellifera) to Australia, or the work of pioneering women beekeepers and suffragettes who represented defining moments of female scientific activity.Both hopeful and despairing, Bee meditates on the sweetness and sting of human interaction with the rest of the natural world.Rachel Bower is a poet and novelist based in Sheffield. Her poems and stories have been widely published in literary magazines, including The White Review, Magma, The Rialto and The London Magazine. She had a poem Highly Commended in the Ginkgo Prize 2023 and was shortlisted for the Best Poem of UK Landscape 2023. Her first novel It Comes from the River is published by Bloomsbury. Bee is her third poetry collection.Eco-print paperback made of 100% recycled paper, printed in Suffolk with non-GM vegetable inks.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience