Book description
From world-famous lifestyle brand Flamingo Estate--a luxurious, visually rich guide to filling each day with radical pleasure, including illuminating wisdom on wellness, food, décor, nature, and more. Perched high above Los Angeles and nestled within a lush orchard and verdant gardens sits Flamingo Estate, a pleasure-filled enclave of nature worship, folk mythologies, and powerful healing remedies. At Flamingo, Mother Earth is the ultimate luxury and pleasure is a human right. In this enchanting guide, Flamingo Estate's visionary founder Richard Christiansen invites you to immerse yourself in the alluring magic of the estate. Presenting fifteen pleasure principles inspired by nature's wisdom, Christiansen reveals how a deep relationship with earthly delights offers a life of transcendent pleasure and beauty. Discover how to flirt like an orchid, embrace winters like a plum tree, work like wisteria, and court your shadow like the fern. Combining hundreds of sumptuous images and luxurious rituals for well-being with stories from Christiansen's own journey of awakening, Flamingo Estate: The Guide to Becoming Alive is a rousing call to reject a life of tedium and luxuriate in the radical pleasures of the natural world. Featuring contributions from luminaries in food, activism, wellness, and the arts, including: Jane Fonda John Legend Chrissy Teigen Jane Goodall Alice Waters Martha Stewart David de Rothschild Elise Loehnen Erica Chidi Ellen DeGeneres Terry Tempest Williams Dr. Nigma Talib + More CELEBRATED AUTHOR AND BRAND: Richard Christiansen is a beloved and respected leader in food and wellness. His world-renowned brand Flamingo Estate has been covered by a wide range of outlets, including the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Food + Wine, Vogue, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, goop, Forbes, and many others. He cultivates more than 150 varieties of flowers, fruits, and vegetables at Flamingo Estate and produces a range of luxury apothecary products including candles, lotions, soaps, honey, and more--all celebrated for their quality and sustainability. BELOVED CONTRIBUTORS: The book features captivating original interviews with leaders from food, wellness, conservation, and the arts, including Jane Fonda, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Martha Stewart, Alice Waters, Jane Goodall, and more. LUXURY PACKAGE TO GIFT AND DISPLAY: This visually stunning, sumptuous book is a gorgeous gift and a statement décor object. An eye-catching coffee table book filled with hundreds of lush images, it invites readers to experience their own decadent slice of the Flamingo Estate lifestyle while providing tools and inspiration for creating a more authentic, connected, sustainable lifestyle. Perfect for: Fans of Flamingo Estate Wellness enthusiasts Anyone experiencing burnout or seeking stress relief Decor enthusiasts and readers of Architectural Digest and NYT Style People interested in slow living and sustainability Flower lovers and gardeners Mother's Day gift shoppers Readers of Michael Pollan, Peter Attia, Arthur C. Brooks, and Natalie Walton
About the Author
Richard Christiansen is a beloved and respected leader in food and wellness. His world-renowned brand Flamingo Estate has been covered by a wide range of outlets, including the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Food + Wine, Vogue, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, goop, Forbes, and many others. He cultivates an immense variety of plants, flowers, fruits, and vegetables at Flamingo Estate and works with a collection of over 120 farms to produce a range of luxury apothecary products, including candles, lotions, soaps, honey, and more--all celebrated for their quality and sustainability.
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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