Robert Macfarlane

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1.		The Wild Places (Penguin Original) from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $10.20 Customer Review: I love books about travel, esp in Britain, and I love nature. So I thought this book might be the perfect match. I was not disappointed! First, the book is filled with detailed descriptions of what he is seeing, so that you are seeing it too. His writing reminds me much of Chet Raymo's. I was esp... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage (New York Review Books Classics) from NYRB Classics Price: $14.21 Customer Review: This collection of 14 shorter pieces by Tim Robinson, mathematician, teacher, artist and cartographer, gives a portrait of the west of Ireland which is unrivalled in recent writing from that country. Its' integrating device, and central metaphor, is the map. A map, stripped bare, is a distillation... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit from Vintage Price: $10.17 Customer Review: In this book, MacFarlane tries to trace the process by which humans - - well, European humans - - came to view mountains as places of beauty, glory, and adventure. He doesn't succeed in giving us an answer but he provides a lot of stories, and a little history, on these thems. He builds the... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		The Peregrine (New York Review Books Classics) from NYRB Classics Price: $11.96 Customer Review: This is nature, hard core. The line between Baker and his prey disappears during the year he spends with these birds. Magnificent, heart-stopping, sense-exploding writing. I read it slowly because it made me more observant of everything I miss when I rush. Makes you a better creature on the earth... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Diffusion of Innovations in Health Service Organisations: A Systematic Literature Review (Studies in Urban and Social Change) from BMJ Books	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		Mountains of the Mind: How Desolate and Forbidding Heights Were Transformed into Experiences of Indomitable Spirit from Pantheon Customer Review: I have read the edition entitled "Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination," an English 2004 Granta Publication bought in Kathmandu. This is an interesting series of essays following the development and transitional phases of Western European conceptions of the "mountains" and exploring the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Wild Swim: River, Lake, Lido and Sea: the Best Places to Swim Outdoors in Britain from Guardian Newspapers Ltd Price: $24.86 Customer Review: I love this book- it makes you want to swim in every place she writes about, and until then feel like you have through the evocative and playful prose. I have so far given two as gifts and they've both been loved.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.	[no image]	EPOCH: Arm; Angel of Truth; Mazes; For All Poor Folks at Picketwire; Growing Up in Edge City; Durance; The Ghost of a Model T; Planet Story; Graduation Day; Timetipping; Encounter with a Carnivore; Lady Sunshine and the Magoon of Beatus from Putnam - G. P. Putnam's Sons	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		Rick Mather Architects from Black Dog Publishing Price: $31.91	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.	[no image]	Vital Corporation: How American Businesses -- Large And Small -- Double Profits in Two Years or Less from Diane Pub Co Price: $20.00 Customer Review: Garry Jacobs is a straight forward guy that has helped turn around MANY companies like Navistar,Intel, Phillips Petroleum and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream. Although you may not be able to follow the instructions exactly, the book has alot of great information for company growth and how to focus your... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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