{"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","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/landmarks-landscapes-4-by-robert-macfarlane","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}