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Together they form an elegant testament to David Whyte's most closely-held understanding - that human life cannot be apportioned out as one thing or another; rather, it is best seen as a living conversation, a way between and beyond, made beautiful by darkness as well as light, at its essence both deeply solitary and profoundly communal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This updated edition includes poems from his 2021 collection, \u003ci\u003eStill Possible\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43128026366130,"sku":"9781838858124","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781838858124.jpg?v=1786028423"},{"product_id":"9780415556378","title":"The Corporate Criminal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book interrogates the concept of corporate 'personhood' to understand the nature of corporate criminality and the prospects for more effective corporate control. Linking debates in criminology to broader claims around corporate social responsibility, it provides an understanding of the key ideas that explain the role of the corporation in the global economy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56289007894901,"sku":"9780415556378","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780415556378_97995157-e9c6-47d5-a4be-871537c22ed7.jpg?v=1786014073"},{"product_id":"9781526146984","title":"Ecocide","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe have reached the point of no return. The existential threat of climate change is now a reality. The world has never been more vulnerable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet corporations are already planning a life beyond this point. The business models of fossil fuel giants factor in continued profitability in a scenario of a five-degree increase in global temperature. An increase that will kill millions, if not billions.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the shocking reality laid bare in a new, hard-hitting book by David Whyte. \u003ci\u003eEcocide\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear the problem won't be solved by tinkering around the edges, instead it maps out a plan to end the corporation's death-watch over us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will reveal how the corporation has risen to this position of near impunity, but also what we need to do to fix it.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13, Climate action\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302768456053,"sku":"9781526146984","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781526146984_12be62b9-3585-4fd7-8978-8f3c80e47415.jpg?v=1786021936"},{"product_id":"9781786897633","title":"Consolations","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConsolations\u003c\/i\u003e David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Withdrawal', each piece in this life-affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsolations\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305005756789,"sku":"9781786897633","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781786897633.jpg?v=1786025575"},{"product_id":"9781837263486","title":"Consolations II","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Whyte's \u003ci\u003eConsolations\u003c\/i\u003e use everyday words to present us with a prism through which to better understand ourselves and the lives we walk through. At the request of readers globally, Whyte returns with fifty-two short, elegant meditations on a single word ranging from 'Anxiety' to 'Body', 'Freedom', 'Shame' and 'Moon'. He embraces their nuances, amplitudes and depths, and, in doing so, confronts realities that many of us would spend a lifetime trying senselessly to avoid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConsolations II\u003c\/i\u003e, anxiety might be more mercifully understood as the preparation for being hurt, fixed beliefs are recognised as the very places where we do not wish to understand, guilt is a friend compassionately waiting for us to catch up and routine becomes a form of ritual and worship. Each piece in this life-affirming book is an invitation to slow down, shift our perspective and find comfort. 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Drawing on the experiences of writers from Dante to Jane Austen as well as his own, he invites readers to ask themselves: How do I belong, without abandoning myself? How do I give myself to my work, without losing my soul? How do I remain true to my inner life, without turning away from the world?In an ever more frenetic and demanding world, Whyte's enduring wisdom shows that the art of living lies not in finding perfect balance, but in learning how to move honestly between these tensions, each enlightening and emboldening the other. Through every stage of life, he reminds us that the goal is not to get it right, but to stay in the conversation - listening, adapting, recommitting and beginning again.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510003605877,"sku":"9781837267354","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781837267354.jpg?v=1787130220"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-david-whyte.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}