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He has also written operas, plays, and films including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRiver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMountain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, both narrated by Willem Dafoe. He has collaborated with artists including Olafur Eliasson and Stanley Donwood, and with the artist Jackie Morris he co-created the internationally best-selling books of nature-poetry and art, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is the recipient of the E. M. Forster Prize for Literature and the Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence. 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Apparently they were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe list of these \"lost words\" included: \u003cem\u003eacorn\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eadder\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebluebell\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003edandelion\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003efern\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eheron\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ekingfisher\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003enewt\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eotter\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewillow\u003c\/em\u003e. Among the words taking their place were\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eattachment\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eblog\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebroadband\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebullet-point\u003c\/em\u003e, cut-and-\u003cem\u003epaste\u003c\/em\u003e, and voice-\u003cem\u003email\u003c\/em\u003e. The news of these substitutions -- the outdoor and natural being displaced by the indoor and virtual -- became seen by many as a powerful sign of the growing gulf between childhood and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen years later, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to make a \"spell book\" that will conjure back twenty of these lost words, and the beings they name, from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eacorn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewren\u003c\/em\u003e. By the magic of word and paint, they sought to summon these words again into the voices, stories, and dreams of children and adults alike, and to celebrate the wonder and importance of everyday nature.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis that book -- a work that has already cast its extraordinary spell on hundreds of thousands of people and begun a grass-roots movement to re-wild childhood across Britain, Europe, and North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Art, verse, and nature are combined with entertaining elegance in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e . . . This large, quality hardcover allows words and watercolour to shine and results in a work that can be left open at any page to stunning effect.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Stylish and melancholy, The Lost Words is a book to savour.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A sumptuous, nostalgic ode to a disappearing landscape.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This union of natural history, poetry, art, and whimsy is, indeed, a truly enchanting all-ages book of life to contemplate, read aloud, and share.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"My top book of the year.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language - and its scope.\" -- Jeanette Winterson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eROBERT MACFARLANE is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the author of a number of bestselling and prize-winning books, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Places\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHolloway\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has been translated into many languages and widely adapted for film, television, and radio. The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E. M. Forster Award for Literature in 2017. He is a word-collector and mountain-climber -- and he has three young children who have taught him more about the world than any book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJACKIE MORRIS grew up in the Vale of Evesham and studied at Hereford College of Arts and at Bath Academy. She has illustrated for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e, and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, collaborated with Ted Hughes, and has written and illustrated over forty books, including beloved classics such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Snow Leopard\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ice Bear\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSong of the Golden Hare\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTell Me a Dragon\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEast of the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWest of the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Swans\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream a mile from Macfarlane's house, a stream who flows through his own years and days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers--and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Macfarlane is a once-in-a-generation virtuoso, and I don't know when his kaleidoscopic language and world-expanding scholarship have been used to more potent effect than in this impassioned, resounding affirmative to the title's urgent question.--\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Vaillant, author of Fire Weather\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is itself a river of poetic prose, an invitation to get onboard and float through the rapids of encounters with places and people, the eddies of ideas, to navigate the resurgence of Indigenous worldviews through three extraordinary journeys recounted with a vividness that lifts readers out of themselves and into these waterscapes. Read it for pleasure, read it for illumination, read it for confirmation that our world is changing in wonderful as well as terrible ways.--\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Solnit, author of Orwell's Roses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is a beautiful, wild exploration of an ancient idea: that rivers are living participants in a living world. Robert Macfarlane's astonishing telling of the lives of three rivers reveals how these vital flow forms have the power not only to shape and reshape the planet, but also our thoughts, feelings, and worldviews. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a breathtaking work that speaks powerfully to this moment of crisis and transformation.--\u003cstrong\u003eMerlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the best books I've read in a very long time--exciting, brilliantly comprehensive, mind-altering. In one of its many stunning moments, Macfarlane describes the myriad rivers trapped and buried under the concrete of our cities. 'Daylighting' occurs on those rare occasions when these ghost-rivers are dug out \u0026amp; released to the surface to feel the sun, to expand--majestic creatures--and spread life once again. To read this book is to feel your ghosted soul undergo such daylighting--metaphysical, political, emotional, linguistic. Any soul going dormant, any citizen going numb, will be revivified and propelled back to their essential core, where rage, wonder, and imagination intertwine, and a powerful hope for the earth arises. A spellbinding, life-changing work.--\u003cstrong\u003eJorie Graham, author of To 2040\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a beautifully written, poetic testament to the vitality of the Earth and the forms of politics that can be based upon that premise.--\u003cstrong\u003eAmitav Ghosh, author of Sea of Poppies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike its subject, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is work of flow and counter-flow. It is lyrical, evocative, closely observed, and deeply moving. Robert Macfarlane offers new ways to think and, just as importantly, feel about the majestic and mysterious non-human world.--\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rich and visionary work of immense beauty. Robert Macfarlane is a memory keeper. What is broken in our societies, he mends with words. Rarely does a book hold such power, passion, and poetry in its exploration of nature. Read this to feel inspired, moved and, ultimately, alive with the world.--\u003cstrong\u003eElif Shafak, author of There Are Rivers in the Sky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Macfarlane is a magician with words. His writing is like a vortex ... once caught, you're pulled deeper and deeper with each page.--\u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Wulf, author of The Invention of Nature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the big publishing events (if not the biggest) of 2025--a new book by Robert Macfarlane ... Personal as well as political, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is almost as certain to shift readerly perspectives as it is to be a bestseller.--\u003cstrong\u003e \"Guardian\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Macfarlane is one of earth's keenest celebrants.--\u003cstrong\u003eDiane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is internationally renowned for his writing on nature, people, and place. 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But for many, their allure is beyond reason; their extraordinary beauty offset by the immense risks involved in climbing them. In this groundbreaking and now classic work, Robert Macfarlane answers the enduring 'why' of mountaineering. He explores how mountains have come to grip the Western imagination and hold so many of us spellbound, drawing us up into the high places--sometimes at the cost of our lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBraiding history, geology, human stories, and glittering accounts of his own journeys in high, wild landscapes from the Rockies to the Himalayas, Macfarlane unfurls the mysteries and passions of mountaineering's imaginative evolution. His account begins in the mid-1700s, when a fascination for mountains was sparked by the work of both poets and scientists in Europe. It ends with a vivid re-creation of George Mallory's three, ill-fated expeditions in the 1920s, as Mallory sought to be the first to summit Mt. Everest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wonderfully illuminating. . . . An exhilarating blend of scholarship and adventure, displaying dazzling erudition, acute powers of analysis, a finely honed sense of cultural history and a passionate sense of the author's engagement with his subject.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Early mountaineers were lost for words to describe the splendor of the mountains, but Robert Macfarlane is not; in particular, he has a gift for arresting similes.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Of all the books published to mark the 50th anniversary of climbing Mount Everest Robert Macfarlane's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands out as by far one of the most intelligent and interesting. . . in a style that shows he can be as poetic as he is plucky.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"At once a fascinating work of history and a beautifully written meditation on how memory, imagination, and the landscape of mountains are joined together in our minds and under our feet.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForbes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A compelling meditation. . . Macfarlane is. . . the perfect mountain guide through blue crevasse fields, ice walls, prayer flags, Sherpas and Shangri Las. He's been up there, and come back down through the foothills to offer us his thoughtful and gracious elegy, telling us eloquently the secret of it all, which is that no one can ever truly conquer a mountain.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eBenedict Allen, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Faber Book of Exploration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Macfarlane writes with tremendous maturity, elegance and control. . . . A powerful debut, a remarkable blend of passion and scholarship.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Evening Standard\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Part history, part personal observation, this is a fascinating study of our (sometimes fatal) obsession with height. A brilliant book, beautifully written.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eFergus Fleming, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNinety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A new kind of exploration writing, perhaps even the birth of a new genre, which doesn't just defy classification-it demands a whole new category of its own.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Telegraph\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"There are many books on climbing and climbers, and this is one of the best and most unusual I have read.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An imaginative, original essay in cultural history-a book that evokes as well as investigates the fear and wonder of high places.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Fiennes, author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Snow Geese\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is internationally renowned for his writing on nature, people, and place. His bestselling books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs a River Alive?, Underland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; they have been translated into more than thirty languages, won many prizes around the world and been widely adapted for film, music, theatre, radio, and dance. He has also written operas, plays, and films including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiver\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, both narrated by Willem Dafoe. He has collaborated with artists including Olafur Eliasson and Stanley Donwood, and with the artist Jackie Morris he co-created the internationally bestselling books of nature-poetry and art, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In 2017, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E. M. Forster Prize for Literature. Macfarlane lives in England, where he is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eJuly 13, 2004\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.7\" H x 7.9\" L x 5.1\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e336 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45492358316218,"sku":"9780375714061","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/910S21Jdk_L._SL1500.jpg?v=1767665133"},{"product_id":"landmarks-landscapes-4-by-robert-macfarlane","title":"Landmarks (Landscapes #4) by Robert MacFarlane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Robert Macfarlane, the acclaimed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e--a celebration of the language of landscape and the power of words to shape our sense of place\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor years now, the British writer Robert Macfarlane has been collecting place-words: terms for aspects of landscape, nature, and weather, drawn from dozens of languages and dialects of the British Isles. In this, his fifth book, Macfarlane brilliantly explores the linguistic and literary terrain of the British archipelago, from the Shetlands to Cornwall and from Cumbria to Suffolk, offering themed glossaries of hundreds of these rare, deeply local, poetical terms, organized by such geographical terrains as flatlands, uplands, waterlands, coastlands, woodlands, and underlands. Interspersed with this archive of place words are biographical essays in which Macfarlane writes of his favorite authors who have paid close attention to the natural world and who embody in their own work the huge richness of place language--from Barry Lopez and John Muir to Nan Shepard, J. A. Baker, and Roger Deakin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book about the power of language and how it can become a way to know and love landscape, from a writer acclaimed for his own precision of utterance and distinctive, lyrical voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise from America and England for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is wildly ambitious, part outdoor adventure story, part literary criticism, part philosophical disquisition, part linquistic excavation project, part mash note. . . It's an argument for sitting down with a book; it's also an argument for going outside and paying attention.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[A] magnificent meditation on the words we have for describing the natural world. . . [Macfarlane] is the great nature writer, and nature poet, of this generation.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Tom Shippey,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Simply one of the best nature history books I have read in years, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a stunning paean to the beauty of language, the craft of writing and the power of nature. It is truly a book that will force you to rethink your relationship to the world around you.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This joyous meditation on land and language is a love letter to the British Isles.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Lyrical, charged with a monumental strength. Surely no one since the young Ted Hughes has written about British landscape and wildlife with such fierce enthusiasm. Few writers today have such power to make you look afresh at the familiar . . . making a British countryside come alive as the most exotic place on earth.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Astonishing and revelatory. Please read Landmarks, encounter its wonderful words, let them open your mind . . . start looking at the world in the dazzlingly receptive way they have taught you.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Nicolson,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"As teeming and complex as an ecosystem, rawly moving, enormously pleasurable, historically important and imaginatively compelling, elegant and scholarly.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Harrison,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Passionate and magical...A deep scholarship of the countryside with an adventurous approach, all rendered in immaculate, delicious prose. Macfarlane offers an enriched nature. A kind of manual of how people in love with place and language are created by landscape.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoratio Clare,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"So important, enriching. Ought to be read by policymakers, educators, armchair environmentalists and active conservationists the world over.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the author of prizewinning books about landscape and the human heart: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways, Landmarks,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderland .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e He has contributed to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(London), the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(London), and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenguin Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eAugust 02, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.2\" H x 7.7\" L x 5.0\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e448 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45492370407610,"sku":"9780241967874","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail_70c0d6b1-3531-4bca-a253-a7dc13439237.gif?v=1767665898"},{"product_id":"the-old-ways-a-journey-on-foot-landscapes-3-by-robert-macfarlane","title":"The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (Landscapes #3) by Robert MacFarlane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexamines the subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we move\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eas one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this exquisitely written book, which folds together natural history, cartography, geology, and literature, Robert Macfarlane sets off to follow the ancient routes that crisscross both the landscape of the British Isles and its waters and territories beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the voices that haunt old paths and the stories our tracks tell. Macfarlane's journeys take him from the chalk downs of England to the bird islands of the Scottish northwest, from Palestine to the sacred landscapes of Spain and the Himalayas. He matches strides with the footprints made by a man five thousand years ago near Liverpool, sails an open boat far out into the Atlantic at night, and commingles with walkers of many kinds, discovering that paths offer a means not just of traversing space but also of feeling, knowing, and thinking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor's Note -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart I. Tracking (England) -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 1. Track -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 2. Path -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 3. Chalk -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 4. Silt -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Part II. Following (Scotland) -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 5. Water-South -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 6. Water - North -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 7. Peat -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 8. Gneiss -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 9. Granite -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Part III. Roaming (Abroad) -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 10. Limestone -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 11. Roots -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 12. Ice -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Part IV. Homing (England) -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 13. Snow -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 14. Flint -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 15. Ghost -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 16. Print -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Glossary -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Notes -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Select Bibliography -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Acknowledgements -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e- Index of Selected Topics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eChosen by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eas one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"With a steady command of the literature and history of each place he visits, [Macfarlane] tries 'to read landscapes back into being.' His sentences bristle with the argot of cartographers, geologists, zoologists, and botanists.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Macfarlane explores the meditative aspects of being a pedestrian...not so much a travelogue as a travel meditation, it favors lush prose, colorful digressions...if you've ever had the experience, while walking, of an elusive thought finally coming clear or an inspiration surfacing after a long struggle, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will speak to you - eloquently and persuasively.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A backpack of assorted expeditions charted by a writer whose poetic and scientific skills are equal to one another...there are some splendid set pieces.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A wonderfully meandering account of the author's peregrinations and perambulations through England, Scotland, Spain, Palestine, and Sichuan...Macfarlane's particular gift is his ability to bring a remarkably broad and varied range of voices to bear on his own pathways and to do so with a pleasingly impressionist yet tenderly precise style.\" --Aengus Woods, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ethemillions.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Macfarlane seems to know and have read everything...his every sentence rewrites the landscape in language crunchy and freshly minted and deeply textured. Surely the most accomplished (and erudite) writer on place to have come along in years.\" --Pico Iyer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In Macfarlane, British travel writing has a formidable new champion... Macfarlane is read above all for the beauty of his prose and his wonderfully innovative and inventive way with language...he can write exquisitely about anywhere.\" --William Dalrymple, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In this intricate, sensuous, haunted book, each journey is part of other journeys and there are no clear divisions to be made...the walking of paths is, to [Macfarlane], an education, and symbolic, too, of the very process by which we learn things: testing, wandering about a bit, hitting our stride, looking ahead and behind.\" --Alexandra Harris, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A wonderful evocation of Britain's natural beauty and a reminder of our need to connect with the wilderness\" ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes (London) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A beautifully modulated call from the wild, that will ensorcell any urban prisoner wishing to break free.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e― Will Self\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the author of prizewinning books about landscape and the human heart: \u003c\/span\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eThe Wild Places\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eThe Old Ways, Landmarks,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003eUnderland .\u003cspan\u003e He has contributed to \u003c\/span\u003eHarper's\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eGranta\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003eObserver\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(London), the \u003c\/span\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(London), and the \u003c\/span\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003cspan\u003e. 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