MacFarlane, Author, Robert Macfarlane, Author . Pantheon $24 (320p) ISBN 978-0-375-42180-8
Mountains haven't always been viewed as magnificent tests of bravery or even as scenic vacation spots—only in the last few centuries have Westerners found them worthy of attention. As British writer Macfarlane (the London Review of Books;
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Robert Macfarlane, Author . Penguin $15 (340p) ISBN 978-0-14-311393-5
In this eloquent travelogue, Macfarlane (Mountains of the Mind
) explores the last undomesticated landscapes in Britain and Ireland in a narration that blends history, memoir and meditation. Macfarlane journeys to salt marshes, mountaintops, forests,
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Robert MacFarlane. Viking, $26.95 (412p) ISBN 978-0-670-02511-4
This scintillating travelogue is a celebration of well-worn footpaths and ancient sea routes. Naturalist MacFarlane (The Wild Places) traipses across Britain via Stone-Age trails, sand flats that briefly emerge between daily tides, and sea lanes to...
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Robert Macfarlane. Penguin/Hamilton, $18 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-241-96787-4
Macfarlane’s (The Old Ways) beautifully written blend of nature writing and lexicon connects the work of his favorite writers to the British Isles’ natural settings and the distinctive, lyrical vocabulary used to describe them. Each chapter is...
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Robert Macfarlane, illus. by Jackie Morris. Anansi International, $35 (128p) ISBN 978-1-4870-0538-2
A deeply reflective and gorgeously illustrated oversize volume lists natural words that were excluded from the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary, among them dandelion, heron, willow, and wren (replacement words in that text include
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Robert Macfarlane. Norton, $27.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-393-24214-0
Nature writer Macfarlane (The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot) expands readers’ horizons while delving into the various “worlds beneath our feet” in an eye-opening, lyrical, and even moving exploration. His look at the network of roots below London’s...
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Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood, and Dan Richards. Norton, $15.95 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-1-324-01582-6
This uneven but ultimately pleasing book collects two short, collaborative works from nature writer Macfarlane, Holloway and Ness, both about unusual features of the southern English landscape where, in various ways, humans have left marks on nature
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Robert Macfarlane, illus. by Jackie Morris. Anansi International, $26 (120p) ISBN 978-1-487007799
Macfarlane and Morris reunite to conjure the wonder of goldfinches and gorse, foxes and snow hares in this second volume of illustrated poems designed to spark a deeper love and appreciation for the natural world. But where their The Lost Words...
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Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn, illus.
by Emily Sutton. Magic Cat, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-917044-25-7
Contemplating the presence of ancient cycles, Macfarlane (The Lost Words) and musician Flynn supply the incantatory lyrics of their song-turned-picture book. Sutton (Betty and the Mysterious Visitor)
pictures a pale-skinned parent and child across...
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