{"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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