The Wild Places
Jul 2009 · Granta Books
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Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we tarmacked, farmed and built ourselves out of wildness?
In his vital, bewitching, inspiring classic, Robert Macfarlane sets out in search of the wildness that remains.
In his vital, bewitching, inspiring classic, Robert Macfarlane sets out in search of the wildness that remains.
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4.9
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Katherine Strong
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28 June 2014
I love this guy's books. I get so absorbed and transported by them i feel i've been on holiday every time a return to real life from time spent with his writing. Highly highly recommended.
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About the author
Robert Macfarlane was born in Nottinghamshire in 1976. He is the author of Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Old Ways and Landmarks. Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. The Wild Places won the Boardman-Tasker Award and the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Non-fiction Award. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature and travel for publications including the Guardian, the Sunday Times and The New York Times.
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