Candlestick press nottingham (366 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Round a bend at the end of a deep lane where trees lean in over the track we find ourselves in a hidden Gloucestershire valley. This richly lyrical essay by leading naturalist Miriam Darlington brings us owls and wrens, hibernating ladybirds and an old orchard where windfall crab apples melt i…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Spring can creep up on us; when it's grey and chilly it's easy to miss the early signs that a new season is on the way. In her lyrical evocation of a pond on Dartmoor, leading naturalist Miriam Darlington pays close and loving attention to the quiet changes that take place at the very start of…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. There's a fragrant, peachy-yellow rose called 'poetry in motion' proof (if needed) of poetry's love affair with roses, this most sumptuous of flowers. Our gorgeous mini-anthology contains all manner of roses. You'll find a climbing rose that longs for another life, a meditation on the simple p…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Childhood must be one of poetry's very favourite subjects. Countless poems try to capture the light and shade of being very young moments that lodge vividly in our adult memories. This beautiful mini-anthology ventures off the beaten track with poems that will be new to many readers. From a gr…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. What could be more evocative of heady summer days than a meadow in all its blowy, flowery glory? In this exquisite prose essay, leading naturalist Miriam Darlington takes us deep into the heart of a local meadow in her beloved Devon. She describes how a drained and threadbare place is regenera…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. A bouquet is a welcome and beautiful thing, but the beauty is inevitably short-lived. This delightful mini-anthology, however, is guaranteed never to wither. Roses, fritillaries, daisies, gentians and the humble ragwort are celebrated here by poets ranging from Mimi Khalvati to William Wordswo…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Coco Chanel declared a hat to be essential when lunching with people one didn't know very well. These days such pretensions may seem old hat but we still set store by this quintessentially personal item of clothing. In these pages we encounter hats of all shapes and sizes. There's a grandfathe…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Nearly all of us have an 'auntie' or 'aunty' even if the person in question isn't actually a relative. In these entertaining and touching poems we meet story-telling aunts and aunts who spin their own yarn, aunts who send gifts from afar and an aunt with a crew cut who knows far more about lov…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Vikings, Romans, Normans. Grand industrial cities and national parks. Yorkshire encompasses so much that it probably takes poetry to do it justice. And who better to choose the poems than the 'Bard of Barnsley' Ian McMillan, who still lives in the Yorkshire town where he was born. The poems tr…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Owls are birds that fascinate us, seeming to exist at the shadowy margins of our human lives. More often heard than seen, their nocturnal cries can be both haunting and exhilarating. These ten poems celebrate the elusiveness of owls, as well as the thrill of a rare sighting; when a little owl…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Everyday treat, indulgent luxury or an addiction we can't or won't break many of us have a passionate relationship with chocolate, making it perfect subject matter for poetry. This luscious mini-anthology celebrates preferences for milk or plain, pralines or fondants, rich truffles or the swee…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This mini anthology belongs to our popular series of UK regional titles, and features poems that capture the vivid landscapes and atmospheres of the Dark and White Peaks. There's a celebration of the very particular Derbyshire tradition of well dressing, alongside poems that take us up onto th…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This celebration title offers light in many glorious guises, helping mark one million pamphlet sales for Candlestick Press. We encounter celestial light in the form of the sun, moon and stars as well as the miracle of the Northern Lights. There's the dazzle of the sea and mysterious biolumines…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In this delightful mini anthology we find touching and uplifting poems exploring sons as babies and sons as young men, as well as everything in between. We meet a boy daydreaming in bed on a summer's evening, his mother delighting in his wakefulness as his imagination roams in the dark. There'…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This addition to our series of UK regional titles brings the drama and beauty of the Lake District landscape into glorious focus. We encounter dry-stone walls, sublime heights, lakes (of course) and experience an evening dip in the cooling waters of a tarn. The selection wouldn't be complete w…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. With an Introduction by Catherine Kay, Education Officer at The Wordsworth Trust, Ten Poems by The Romantics covers a lot of ground in a short space (not quite William Blake's a world in a grain of sand but something along those lines). The Romantics shared a passionate belief in the transform…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In this vivid selection of poems we enter museums both real and imaginary to discover a host of beguiling artefacts. Museums manage to contain whole worlds. They can show us life as it was lived in past centuries or prompt us to imagine how the future might unfold. Some of the objects in a mus…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Many of us still love the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree to bring the light indoors during the darkest days of winter. This festive mini-anthology captures their special magic, so symbolic of family and spending time with loved ones. There are poems about choosing the right tree and…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Twelve beautiful poems for the months of the year: poems for birthdays, for special anniversaries, poems to simply say I'm thinking of you this month, and isn't nature wonderful? Our Almanac for 2026 starts with a sleeping world waiting for all the coloured retinue of spring and ends with busy…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. The old name for Somerset is Summerlands a word that seems to contain the pastoral and slightly nostalgic atmosphere of this lovely area of Britain. These poems celebrate the intimacy of hidden valleys and tumbling rivers, and there's a woodland walk which makes Samuel Taylor Coleridge long fo…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. We begin on Exmoor and end with a frosted window in this glorious addition to our ever-popular series of Almanacs. On the way, we encounter wild roses and pipistrelle bats, the green-god Lud and violet lightnings during a summer storm. The twelve poems take us through the year, noticing the pa…