Jako dítě byla Helen Macdonald rozhodnuta stát se sokolníkem, učila se odbornou terminologii a četla všechny klasické knihy. O několik let později, když její otec zemřel a ona hluboce truchlila nad jeho ztrátou, umanula si, že vycvičí vlastního... Zobraziť viac
The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life. How do we carry on when someone close to us dies? Is it simply a case of putting one foot ... Zobraziť viac
Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best-loved writing along with new pieces covering a thrilling range of subjects. There are essays here on headaches, on catching swans, on hunting mushrooms, on twentieth-century spies... Zobraziť viac
Animals don't exist to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes Vesper Flights... Zobraziť viac
