Robert Macfarlane

Eerie, unsettling and hauntingly beautiful - a new collaboration from the bestselling creators of Holloway'Ness goes beyond what we expect books to do. Beyond poetry, beyond the word, beyond the bomb - it is an aftertime song. It is dark, ever so dark, nimble and lethal. It is a triumphant libretto of mythic modernism for our poisoned age. Ness is something else, and feels like it always has been' Max Porter, author of LannySomewhere on a salt-and-shingle island, inside a ruined concrete structure known as The Green Chapel, a figure called The Armourer is leading a ritual with terrible intent. But something is coming to stop him. Five more-than-human forms are traversing land, sea and time towards The Green Chapel, moving towards the point where they will converge and become Ness. Ness has lichen skin and willow-bones. Ness is made of tidal drift, green moss and deep time. Ness has hagstones for eyes and speaks only in birds. And Ness has come to take this island back. What happens when land comes to life? What would it take for land to need to come to life? Using word and image, Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood have together made a minor modern myth. Part-novella, part-prose-poem, part-mystery play, in Ness their skills combine to dazzling, troubling effect.

*Foreword by Robert Macfarlane, bestselling author of The Lost Words.*If you're worried about climate change, this book is an essential and reassuring read. We often feel like we don't have the power to make real change. But our small changes can add up to something BIG. Packed with reassuring step by step actions and easy to follow DIY activities, How You Can Save The Planet is the perfect gift for young activists who want to make a difference. With simple explanations, practical tips and stories from children across the world, this guide is ideal for young people who are worried about climate change and want to help our planet! Crafted by Hendrikus van Hensbergen, whose work is featured on BBC Bitesize[JP2] , this inspiring read is perfect for children at KS2. 'Every young person in the country should be given this book' Sir Tim Smit, Founder of The Eden Project'It's enlightening, inspiring and empowering' Kate Humble, TV presenter'Wonderfully informative, fun and practical [. . .] A great source of inspiration' The Rich Brothers, TV presenters

Since its publication in 2017, The Lost Words has enchanted readers with its poetry and illustrations of the natural world. Now, The Lost Spells, a book kindred in spirit and tone, continues to re-wild the lives of children and adults. The Lost Spells evokes the wonder of everyday nature, conjuring up red foxes, birch trees, jackdaws, and more in poems and illustrations that flow between the pages and into readers' minds. Robert Macfarlane's spell-poems and Jackie Morris's watercolour illustrations are musical and magical: these are summoning spells, words of recollection, charms of protection. To read The Lost Spells is to see anew the natural world within our grasp and to be reminded of what happens when we allow it to slip away.

In Holloway, "a perfect miniature prose-poem" (William Dalrymple), Macfarlane, artist Stanley Donwood, and writer Dan Richards travel to Dorset, near the south coast of England, to explore a famed "hollowed way"--a path used by walkers and riders for so many centuries that it has become worn far down into the soft golden bedrock of the region. In Ness, "a triumphant libretto of mythic modernism for our poisoned age" (Max Porter), Macfarlane and Donwood create a modern myth about Orford Ness, the ten-mile-long shingle spit that lies off the coast of East Anglia, which the British government used for decades to conduct secret weapons tests.

UNDERLAND er udråbt af The Guardian til at være en af de bedste bøger i det 21. århundrede. Vinder af Wainwirght-prisenVinder af National Outdoor-prisen Robert Macfarlane tager læserne med på en natur- og kulturhistorisk rejse ned gennem jordlag, hvor rødder fra træer og planter er forankret, og videre ned gennem grundfjeldet, ned i de grønlandske gletsjere, parisiske katakomber, underjordiske gravkamre og ind i huler og sprækker under havet og på landjorden, hvor fortidsfolk skabte deres kunst for tusinder af år siden. UNDERLAND er en storslået udforskning af underverdenen i litteraturen, myterne, vores bevidsthed og i naturen. Den rækker tilbage til jordens begyndelse, ud i universet og er på samme tid forhistorisk og nødvendig nu og her – det er en bog, der forandrer den måde, vi ser verden på.“Undergrunden har tre gode og nyttige funktioner på tværs af kulturer: Den giver os værdifulde ting, vi skal bruge, vi kan skaffe ting af vejen i den, for eksempel atomaffald, og den giver os beskyttelse.” Robert MacfarlaneRobert Macfarlane, født 1976, har modtaget et hav af priser for sine bøger og regnes som en af sin generations allerstørste forfattere inden for naturhistorie, rejsebeskrivelser og bøger om landskaber og de mennesker der befolker dem. Flere af Macfarlanes bøger danner grundlag for serier på BBC. Han er tilknyttet Emmanuel College på University of Cambridge.” Lad mig begynde anmeldelsen af Robert Macfarlanes UNDERLAND med trusler og advarsler: Det ville være dumt ikke at læse den, virkelig dumt. (…) I jorden under os ligger helvede og de døde, tab, sorg, sindets dunkle afkroge, atomaffald. Alt det, vi vil ære og bevare – eller af med. Robert Macfarlane rejser derned i en suveræn bog.” Pernille Stensgaard, Weekendavisen"En smuk, dragende og uhyggeligt klaustrofobisk bog, der handler om både mennesket og jordens indre. Sproget er poetisk og med en svimlende række referencer fra både poesi, historie og forskning, og rejserne til underverdenen formidles formidabelt. Man fornemmer faren og mørket overalt i underlandet. En natur- og kulturhistorisk tour de force, med en stærk personlig vinkel." DBC

This sumptuous and comprehensive evaluation showcases Smith’s 1815 hand-coloured map, A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland, and illustrates the story of his career, from apprentice to fossil collector and from his 1799 geological map of Bath and table of strata to his detailed stratigraphical county maps. The introduction places Smith’s work in the context of earlier, concurrent and subsequent ideas regarding the structure and natural processes of the earth. The book is then organized into four geographical sections, each beginning with four sheets from the 1815 strata map, accompanied by related geological cross sections and county maps (1819–24), and is followed by displays of Sowerby’s fossil illustrations (1816–19) organized by strata. Interleaved between the sections are essays by leading academics that explore the aims of Smith’s work, its application in the fields of mining, agriculture, cartography, fossil collecting and hydrology, and its influence on biostratigraphical theories and the science of geology. Concluding the volume are reflections on Smith’s later work as an itinerant geologist and surveyor, plagiarism by his rival – President of the Geological Society, George Bellas Greenough – receipt of the first Wollaston Medal in 1831 in recognition of his achievements, and the influence of his geological mapping and biostratigraphical theories on the sciences, culminating in the establishment of the modern geological timescale.

In Come By The Hills Cameron McNeish shares his journeys through Scotland on foot, by bike and in his wee red campervan. He is still an adventurer, but these days things are a bit different. Reaching summits is still enjoyed, but no longer a priority. Instead, he takes us on a wide exploration of Scotland’s hills, forests, and coastlines, and the ancient tales that bring a turbulent history to life. He takes us into the loveliest of glens, Etive and Lyon, to our most distant islands in the Hebrides and Shetland, and reminisces on wonderful characters such as Dick Balharry, Finlay MacRae, and the early working-class climbers when they first took to the hills.

The perfect companion to the internationally bestselling collection of poems and illustrations The Lost Words, this 500-piece special-edition jigsaw puzzle brings to life Jackie Morris's magical watercolour painting of magpies. Since its publication, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris's stunning collection of poems and art The Lost Words has enchanted the lives of children and adults alike with its depictions of the beauty of the natural world. Through the magic of word and paint, the book celebrates the wonder and importance of everyday nature and has inspired grassroots rewilding movements around the world. This jigsaw puzzle gives readers a chance to explore The Lost Words further by recreating Jackie Morris's stunning artwork that accompanies Robert Macfarlane's spell-poem for magpie.

Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. Each "spell" conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower -- from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw -- with which we share our lives and landscapes. Moving, joyful and funny, The Lost Spells above all celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy. Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring its readers to attention, love and care.

Brought to you by PenguinThe Lost Spells is an audio treasure, a new collection of 'spells' - acrostic poetry and artwork - by writer Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris. For those who loved The Lost Words - this is its little sister. Captivatingly read, calling to forest, field, riverbank, ocean and also to the heart, these 'spells' summon back what is often lost from sight and care. From Jay to Jackdaw, Oak to Barn Owl, Silver Birch to Grey Seal, they evoke the special spirit of each plant and creature. Above all, they celebrate a sense of wonder at nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy. Across a bewitching natural soundscape by renowned wildlife recordist Chris Watson, readers Yrsa Daley-Ward, Johnny Flynn and Julie Fowlis bring the magic of both nature and language to listeners in an immersive and unique audio experience. Praise for The Lost Words:'Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language' Jeanette Winterson, Guardian'Breathtaking, magical... Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at' New Statesman'Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Observer© Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

The highly anticipated new book from the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old Ways 'You'd be crazy not to read this book' The Sunday Times 'Underland is a magnificent feat of writing, travelling and thinking that feels genuinely frontier pushing, unsettling and exploratory' Evening Standard Discover the hidden worlds beneath our feet... In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future. Global in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, Underland is a work of huge range and power, and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane's long-term exploration of landscape and the human heart.

In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time--from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a deep-sunk "hiding place" where nuclear waste will be stored for 100,000 years to come--Underland takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Global in its geography and written with great lyricism, Underland speaks powerfully to our present moment. At once ancient and urgent, this is a book that will change the way you see the world.

På reisen gjennom «dyp tid» beveger forfatteren seg fra universets fødsel til en post-human fremtid, fra den førhistoriske kunsten i norske sjøgrotter til de blå dypene under iskappen på Grønland, fra bronsealdergravkamre til katakombelabyrinten under Paris, og fra de underjordiske soppnettverkene som gjør at trær kan kommunisere med hverandre, til et dyptliggende «gjemmested» der atomavfall vil bli lagret de neste 100 000 år. Innvevd i denne skyggesøkende reisen er uforglemmelige historier om nedstigninger til «underlandet», foretatt av oppdagelsesreisende, kunstnere, huleforskere, dykkere, sørgende, drømmere og mordere. Fra sitt dyptidsperspektiv stiller Macfarlane et essensielt og ubehagelig spørsmål: Er vi gode forfedre for våre etterkommeres jordklode? Underverden er en reise i undre, tap, frykt og håp.