The Wild Places
by MACFARLANE ROBERT
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1862079412
- ISBN 13
- 9781862079410
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
?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 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. A unique travelogue that will intrigue readers of natural history and adventure, The Wild Places solidifies Macfarlane?s reputation as a young writer to watch.
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- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490719401
- Title
- The Wild Places
- Author
- MACFARLANE ROBERT
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1862079412
- ISBN 13
- 9781862079410
- Publisher
- Granta
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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