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12 Birds to Save Your Life
- Nature's Lessons on Happiness
- Narrated by: Charlie Corbett
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Discover the healing power of nature through the stories of these characterful birds.
Can you recognise the cheerful chirrups of the house sparrow? A song thrush singing out at winter's darkest hour? Or the beautiful, haunting call of the curlew?
At a time of great anxiety and uncertainty, while coping with the untimely death of his mother, Charlie Corbett realised his perspective on life was slipping. In a moment of despair, he found himself - somewhat damp - lying on the side of a lonely hill staring up at a leaden sky, a melancholy drizzle seeping into his bones.
Suddenly he hears the song of a single skylark - that soaring, tinkling, joyous sound - and he is transported away from the drizzle and dark thoughts. Grounded by the beauty of nature, perspective dawns. No longer the leading role in his own private melodrama, but merely a minor part in nature's great epic.
Such is the power of these creatures to raise you from life's periodic depths. Through 12 characterful birds, Charlie show us that there is joy to be found in the very smallest of events - if we know where to look and how to listen. From solitary skylarks to squabbling sparrows, he explores the place of these birds in our history, culture and landscape, noting what they look like and where you're most likely to meet them.
By reconnecting with the wildlife all around him, through learning to understand, love, and begin to move with the rhythms of the natural world outside his door, Charlie discovered nature's powerful ability to heal.
These birds can help you too. Every day.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-04-23
I loved this book more than I can say
It’s not often I finish a book and then go straight back to the beginning and listen again. Warm, funny and made me cry a river over the loss of my own mum. Wonderful book.
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- J. A. Croucher
- 19-07-21
Enchanting
I have read this whilst being a full time carer for a terminally ill relative. It has moved and inspired me. I can’t remember who recommended it but they were spot on. In my shrunken world I am appreciating this years baby birds with their constant noise and enthusiasm.
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- M. L. Travers
- 25-06-24
Moving and informing
Wonderfully written and narrated, a moving tale of loss and anxiety with ways to pull yourself through. Put down the phone, grab a dog and head into the countryside, listening as you go.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-01-23
Amazing
This is a fabulous book!! I want to buy copies for everyone I know .. if you do nothing else today download and listen!!
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- customer
- 20-07-23
Made my heart soar!
A beautiful book, even better when read by the author.
Love the title too!
Highly recommend
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- LE RUGG
- 08-06-23
Heartfelt and inspiring
Enjoyed the personal narrative interwoven with information about different birds. Moving, brave, and it definitely fuelled my love of birds. This work is a reminder how a connection with nature is so important for our mental health and for its survival.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-03-22
12 birds to save your life
the author/narrator was brilliant. I couldn't stop listening. really recommend. especially for nature lovers.
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- Bunnyhunt
- 13-03-23
Highly recommended
As a lifelong lover of watching and appreciating birds, listening to this book brought back many memories of my own experiences. It crystallises many ideas that are becoming increasingly recognised around the value of appreciating the beauty of the world around us in improving the quality of human life. Over the past few years I have spent a lot of time at home and watching and listening to birds in my own back garden has kept me sane. Stop, look and listen wherever you are and you will be amazed what you will find. My apologies to the author but I think I would have preferred a different narrator with a slightly softer voice.
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- mumsy
- 01-07-21
It pulls you under it’s magical spell
This has become one of my favourite audiobooks that I return to time and time again. Beautiful narrated by the author it speaks of love, joy, families, wondrous nature, sorrow and hope. Stunning ❤️
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- P P-G
- 15-07-21
Too sad
Beautiful regarding the birds but ohh so depressing. Why does it have to focus so much on illness and misery. Not uplifting 😢
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