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Yunkaporta brings down to earth knowledge of indigenous thinking and embodies it in the very writing of this book. Its thoroughly readable, engaging and with loads of insight and food for thought around wide ranging topics, as well as containing some deep indigenous wisdom. Another must read.
Winner, Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards 2020
This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s cat.
Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?
Sand Talk provides a template for living. It’s about how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
A beautiful exploration of bees from the perspective of the bees. I loved learning so many of the inner workings of the hive/ bees as well as natural beekeeping practices that the author explains so beautifully alongside the communications and teachings directly from bees. As I work with plants and flowers, this book filled in so many missing pieces which ended up confirming so much of my work with flowers in the world, adding a rich extra texture of layers to the everyday workings of the natural world. This book is for everyone!
The most joyful emanation produced by a colony of bees is known as the "song of increase"-declaring that the hive is flourishing and the bees are happy in its abundance. Song of Increase takes us inside the world of the honeybee to glean the wisdom of these fascinating creatures with whom humanity has shared a sacred bond for millennia.
Within these pages is a bee-centric approach to living with honeybees, rather than advice for simply maximizing the products they provide. Jacqueline Freeman takes us beyond traditional beekeeping and offers a way to work in harmony with honeybees for both their…
