Böcker av Isabel Davis

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of trying to conceive in both the past and the present.Inspired by the author’s own experiences, Conceiving Histories brings together history, personal memoir, and illustration to investigate the culturally hidden experience of trying to conceive. In elegant, engaging prose, Isabel Davis explores the combination of myth, fantasy, science, and pseudo-science that the (un)reproductive body encounters in pursuit of a viable pregnancy. The book chronicles the trying-to-conceive lifecycle arc from sex education at school, through the desire to be a parent, into the specifics of trying and struggling to conceive. It also looks back at conception throughout history to open a new vista on what we live with today.A central argument of Davis’s is that historical people lived with the unknown just like we do but were more explicitly able to acknowledge it. In an age of assistive reproductive technologies, the act of embracing uncertainty seems difficult. Although the topic of not conceiving is potentially painful, this is not a grim book; more than grief, it is motivated by curiosity, wonder, compassion, and even humor. With 108 full-color illustrations, Conceiving Histories is also a beautiful material object, an intentionally playful antidote and supplement to online search engines—the resort of so many embroiled in fertility challenges.

A battle between Froggit Froggins and discarded rubbish as he searches for his dreamy dream pond.This story with its quirky characters and delightful illustrations will appeal to 2 to 6 year olds. It will encourage them to think about how they can protect the environment and the animals in it! It explores issues of plastic waste, recycling and conservation, and comes with useful questions for parents and teachers to discuss with their children. Other themes explored are friendship, sharing and working together as a team. It''s a conservation classic!SynopsisFroggit Froggins dreams of finding his Dreamy, Dream Pond. He is bored with his pond as there are nocomfortable lily pads to sit on, or moths, etc, to eat as the HUMAN''S have been there. So he sets off in searchof his dreamy, dream pond. He thinks he has found it, and wants to keep it for himself. He sees an unusual lilypad and a beautiful flower but doesn''t realise that it is really an old onion bag and a sheet of bubble wrap.Betty the Badger wants to play, but Froggit says no. As Forggit plays he doesn''t notice that he is getting caughtup in the onion bag. Gus, a water vole, hears his cries for help and goes to help him, but he also gets tangledup in the bag. Degsey, a duckling, tries to help but also gets caught up in the onion bag. The more they wriggleand jiggle, the more they get tangled in the onion bag. Florrie, a dragonfly, flies by and sees what''s happening,but she thinks she is too small to help. However, when she sees that Froggit, Gus and Degsey are sinking , shebrings Betty the badger to help. Betty uses her sharp teeth bite through the strings of the onion bag and freesFroggit, Gus and Degsey. Florrie says that she has a surprise and tells them "now you''re free follow me".The final page shows Froggit Froggins lying on a lily pad. Beside the pond there is a sign showing that he is nowin the Paradise Conservation Park. Betty, Degsey, Gus and Florrie are gathered around an illustrated map on thesign that shows that he is now in the Dreamy Dream pond of his dreams.

The questions of fame and reputation are central to Chaucer's writings; the essays here discuss their various treatments and manifestations.