?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 Mc Kibben 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.
Penguin Books The wild places, paperback/robert macfarlane
