| The Wild Places Contributor(s): MacFarlane, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143113933 ISBN-13: 9780143113935 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: aAn eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though weare laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earthas surface.a aBill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archipelagoas most remarkable landscapes. He climbs, walks, and swims by day and spends his nights sleeping on cliff-tops and in ancient meadows and wildwoods. With elegance and passion he entwines history, memory, and landscape in a bewitching evocation of wildness and its vital importance. A unique travelogue that will intrigue readers of natural history and adventure, "The Wild Places" solidifies Macfarlaneas reputation as a young writer to watch. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Travel | Europe - Great Britain - Travel | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 914.104 |
| LCCN: 2008017162 |
| Series: Landscapes |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.54" W x 7.48" (0.58 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the author of The Old Ways and Underland, an eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we're laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth's surface. --Bill McKibben Winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and a finalist for the Orion Book Award Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archipelago's most remarkable landscapes. He climbs, walks, and swims by day and spends his nights sleeping on cliff-tops and in ancient meadows and wildwoods. With elegance and passion he entwines history, memory, and landscape in a bewitching evocation of wildness and its vital importance. |