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The Living Mountain
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Author : Nan Shepherd
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2008-11-15
The Living Mountain written by Nan Shepherd and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-15 with Nature categories.
AS SEEN ON BBC’S WINTERWATCH WITH CHRIS PACKHAM AND MICHAELA STRACHAN 'The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain' Guardian In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the 'essential nature' of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.
The Living Mountain
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Author : Nan Shepherd
language : en
Publisher: Canons
Release Date : 2019-08
The Living Mountain written by Nan Shepherd and has been published by Canons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08 with History categories.
A beautiful, collectible gift edition of quintessential Scottish nature writing. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson
The Living Mountain
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Author : Nan Shepherd
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2011
The Living Mountain written by Nan Shepherd and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Literary Collections categories.
A masterpiece of nature writing, now in a Canons edition.
The Living Mountain
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Author : Nan Shepherd
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2008
The Living Mountain written by Nan Shepherd and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Cairngorms (Scotland) categories.
The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Nan Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places. Drawing on different perspectives of the mountain environment, Shepherd makes the familiar strange and the strange awe-inspiring. Her sensitivity and powers of observation put her into the front rank of nature writing.
In The Cairngorms
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Author : Nan Shepherd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03-10
In The Cairngorms written by Nan Shepherd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-10 with Poetry categories.
Hill-walking was Shepherd's great love; her single collection of poetry, 'In the Cairngorms', expresses an intensity of deep kinship with nature. They are poems written with the perception of one who has climbed the mountains and truly knows them.
The Grampian Quartet
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Author : Nan Shepherd
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The Grampian Quartet written by Nan Shepherd and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Fiction categories.
Edited and introductions by Roderick Watson. The Quarry Wood, although published well before Sunset Song, inhabits a similar world; the progress of its heroine could almost be the alternative story of a Chris Guthrie who did go to university. Compassionate and humorous, the grace and style of Shepherd’s prose is heightened by a superb ear for the vigorous language of the north-east. The Weatherhouse, Shepherd’s masterpiece, is an even more substantial achievement which belongs to the great line of Scottish fiction dealing with the complex interactions of small communities, and especially the community of women – a touching and hilarious network of mothers, daughters, spinsters and widows. It is also a striking meditation on the nature of truth, the power of human longing and the mystery of being. The third and final novel, A Pass in the Grampians, describes Jenny Kilgour’s coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather’s life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all. The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Shepherd’s knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places. This is the first omnibus edition of Shepherd’s prose works – her sensitivity and powers of observation raise her work far above the status of regional literature and into the front rank of Scottish writing.
The Living Mountain
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2022-05-12
The Living Mountain written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-12 with Fiction categories.
A new story from internationally renowned author Amitav Ghosh, The Living Mountain is a cautionary tale of how we have systematically exploited nature, leading to an environmental collapse. Recounted as a dream, this is a fable about Mahaparbat, the Living Mountain; the indigenous valley dwellers who live and prosper in its shelter; the assault on the mountain for commercial benefit by the Anthropoi, humans whose sole aim is to reap the bounty of nature; and the disaster that unfolds as a result. The Living Mountain is especially relevant today when we have been battling a pandemic and are facing a climate catastrophe: both of which are products of our insufficient understanding of mankind's relationship with nature, and our sustained appropriation and abuse of natural resources. This is a book of our times, for our times, and it will resonate strongly with readers of all ages.
Into The Mountain
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Author : Charlotte Peacock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Into The Mountain written by Charlotte Peacock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with categories.
In the 1930s, the writer and poet, Nan Shepherd was one of North-East Scotland's best known literati. Her image now graces the new Scottish £5 note; The Living Mountain has become a classic and sells in its thousands. Nan Shepherd lived all her life in Deeside, yet few people, even in Scotland, seem to have heard of her. But then, indifferent to celebrity, Nan Shepherd had a talent for silence. Long overdue, this first biography, unravels some of the mysteries, dispels some of the rumours and gives insight into the life and work of this perceptive and intensely private woman.
The Quarry Wood
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Author : Nan Shepherd
language : en
Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
Release Date : 2024-04-12T00:00:00Z
The Quarry Wood written by Nan Shepherd and has been published by Rare Treasure Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-12T00:00:00Z with Fiction categories.
First published in 1928, now public domain in the US. When Martha accepts a place at university, her decision is met with a mixture of hostility and pride by her uncomprehending family. This is the story of a young woman's journey to maturity and independence, struggling to cope with the intellectual and emotional challenges that surround her, at a time when such space was rarely given freely to women. In The Quarry Wood,Nan Shepherd's subtle prose is matched with intense and memorable descriptions of the natural world, and a dry sense of humour. Ninety years after the first publication, it remains as fresh and original today.
The Weatherhouse
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Author : Nan Shepherd
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The Weatherhouse written by Nan Shepherd and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Fiction categories.
The women of the tiny town of Fetter-Rothnie have grown used to a life without men, and none more so than the tangle of mothers and daughters, spinsters and widows living at the Weatherhouse. Returned from war with shellshock, Garry Forbes is drawn into their circle as he struggles to build a new understanding of the world from the ruins of his grief. In The Weatherhouse Nan Shepherd paints an exquisite portrait of a community coming to terms with the brutal losses of war, and the small tragedies, yearnings and delusions that make up a life.