Bøger udgivet af Blue Dot Books

Bill Stucky's debut poetry collection, WHO AM I TO SAY GOODBYE, contemplates experiences of transformation, growth, and loss, on the eve of his 70th year of life. In an age where there are mobile apps for meditation, and spirituality is packaged in posts on social media designed to 'get the most clicks, ' Stucky's deeply sincere, almost guileless approach to the divine strikes a pure chord throughout much of this book-reminiscent of Hafez's ecstatic poems, and Kabir's lyric calls of devotion. In that sense, many of these poems feel at home in the Bhakti movement of Eastern religious traditions -alternately meditating on both the forms and the formlessness of God, in a lifelong pursuit of knowing truth. Stucky can also be funny, though, with a sense of humor that can run the gamut from unabashedly silly to incredibly dry-and that can be seen in some of these poems too. From the book, here is the poem "I Dreamt," in its entirety: I dreamt I was beheaded and my first thought was, Not a bad way to begin my seventies. Perhaps now I will wake up and think up only great after head poems.

In the sweet Swiss village of Muttenz, a little girl named Francyli dreams of candy all year long -- but especially at Christmas! Her vivid imagination turns everything she sees to candy - from her ice skates to the houses around town. But her favourite dream of all? Turning the Muttenz village Christmas Tree into a magical tree covered in candies! Just a few nights before Christmas, with the help of a magical snow squirrel named Sugar, Francyli's sweet dream comes true. This whimsical and magical tale also offers a reminder of the importance of sharing and caring for our neighbors.

What happens when you find yourself turning into the thing you despise? Becoming a sprite has come with the consequence of learning how to be tricky, a trait Nathanial has never respected but now relies on for his survival. He must use this skill to navigate the castle walls in which young sprites are learning how to properly dominate the planet.Having come here to free Aliya, Nathanial must now save her from a fate worse than her imprisonment, but she may not be the only one in need of a rescue. A voice is calling to him from within the diamond veins of the volcanic walls, and if he isn’t careful, Nathanial could find himself trapped within the diamond forever.Join Nathanial on this third exciting book in the Nathanial Thatcher Series

Be careful what you wish for. We’ve all heard it, right? Nathanial only recalls ever wishing to be well. How could that possibly go wrong? He had been stuck in his bedroom hacking up a lung for twelve years, and as it had miraculously stopped about a year ago, the wishing seemed to have worked without consequence.But on his thirteenth birthday that old rule of wishes comes back to bite. He is whisked away, clear across the country, to a school for sprites in a giant tree called Hyperion. His new mentor, Boss, claims that he’s getting what he wished for!  But sprites are tricky, dishonest, selfish creatures that horridly use humans like factories. He couldn’t possibly have wanted to be like them, so why on earth is this happening to him?Classes such as Factory Safety and Nature Tuning challenge Nathanial while new allies emerge to help him puzzle out missing memories.  All the while his human origins must be kept a secret if he’s to survive in this sprite world, and it’s important that he succeeds... he has a promise to keep.