12 Birds to Save Your Life: Nature's Lessons in Happiness

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I think most of us suffer from it,’ he argued, ‘it’s part of the cycle, part of the human condition. Losing our connection with nature makes it harder to understand that: ‘we are less able to deal with it today because we are less connected to the earth moving around the sun. Through twelve 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.

12 Birds to Save Your Life: How being close to nature helped 12 Birds to Save Your Life: How being close to nature helped

We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work. Having studied history at the University of Edinburgh he turned away from his farming roots and spent the next 20 years reporting on business and finance from cities all over the world. 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. It was a sudden and shocking demise for someone he loved dearly and in its aftermath, he struggled to cope.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. Through twelve 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.

12 Birds to Save Your Life - Penguin Books New Zealand 12 Birds to Save Your Life - Penguin Books New Zealand

He lives today at the foot of the Pewsey Downs in Wiltshire with his wife, two sons, and a field full of skylarks.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. Discover the healing power of nature through the stories of these characterful birds, whose song is never far away . 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.