The Wild Places

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The Wild Places
Author : Robert Macfarlane
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Publisher : Granta Books
Language : English
Release Date : 02 July 2009
ISBN : 9781847081599
Pages : 229 pages
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Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we tarmacked, farmed and built ourselves out of wildness? In his vital, bewitching, inspiring classic, Robert Macfarlane sets out in search of the wildness that remains.

The Wild Places

Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we tarmacked, farmed and built ourselves out of wildness? In his vital, bewitching, inspiring classic, Robert Macfarlane sets out in search of the wildness that remains.

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The Old Ways

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