Landmarks

A. Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. It is a field guide to the literature of nature and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales to describe land, nature, and weather. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Landmarks, a fascinating exploration of the relationship between language and landscapes by Robert Macfarlane, read by Roy McMillan. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Finlay's voice is also used as a divider between chapters, and the other glossaries in the text are bracketed with appropriate sound effects.. Baker, Nan Shepherd, and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape and a vital means of coming to love it. The audiobook version contains an exclusive bonus chapter - a recording of Finlay MacLeod (novelist, histo

There is more than one way to climb a mountain Northern Wanderer This is a magical book. It is both a collection of landscape words from the British Isles and a meditation on writing, mountains and landscapes. It is not a quick read but something that satiates after a few pages, requiring digestion, or rereading. The place words are from a vanishing time when we knew our land like we now know how to get about town. The words shimmer with beauty even though I suspect I . Another fascinating topic from Robert MacFarlane macc This is a very interesting approach to nature and to language. Anything that R. Macfarlane writes is going to make me think, and probably point me in the direction of several other books to add to my list. After only 2 or 3 chapters of this book, I already have 2 other books to find and read. I wasn't sure what to expect. Much of this is about other writers and their approach to nature and outdoors. Each . A gift for your mind and soul What a wonderful, uplifting book this is. Landmarks is a tribute to extraordinary people and cultures that have carefully observed and described the natural world using words and language of astonishing richness, clarity and detail. I highly recommend it.