In this stunning collaboration, stories and words written by Michael Harding throughout the years are brought to life by illustrator Jacob Stack in an exploration of ordinary moments of Irish life and thus the reader is held in moments of belonging, solitude, love, loss and healing. From the beauty of the dawn of a new day, to the pain and love in goodbyes, to the shared lives and deaths of neighbours, and the sweeping landscape of Ireland, A Cloud Where the Birds Rise is a celebration of what it means to love, and live with hope in the beauty of the ordinary, everyday.
This is the first climate change adaptation plan produced for a national faunal group anywhere in the world.
... birds rise behind the fort, so do the clouds rise behind the birds, almost as it seems, stroking with their bagging bosoms the uppermost flyers. The profile of the whole stupendous ruin, as seen at a distance of a mile eastward, is ...
For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Hardy’s complete works, with scarce texts, numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 8) Features: * ...
... rises...against the south sky' well before we are told that 'as the birds rise behind the fort, so do the clouds rise behind the birds'. The vegetation seems to have a motion of its own, independent of the wind: 'The dead heads of these ...