The Living Mountain (Canons): A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland: 6

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Opgetekend in de jaren 40, gepubliceerd in 1977 en nu pas vertaald: de vitale ode van Nan Shepherd aan haar beminde Schotse bergketen Cairngorms bewandelde een talmend pad.

como se fosse um novo elemento, e se a água ainda se fizer ouvir num murmúrio baixo e distante, esse silêncio não é mais do que a orla de um elemento que estamos a deixar para trás, tal como a orla de terra paira suspensa no horizonte do marinheiro. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. But it's a keenly observed and deeply felt piece of writing that makes me want to a) visit the Cairngorms myself and b) turn off my computer and visit my own (rather less dramatic) wooded hills. Considering it was barely 100 pages long, this book took a long time to read, even taking into account the 2 week break when I left it behind when going on holiday. But looking at photos, I can just imagine all the little nuances and details hiding there, ready to share with anyone attentive enough to take their time.You, who is an individual in your own right, who sees nature in your unique way and who reacts to prose work with distinctly differing reflections. I will quote the bit that made me realise what I was strongly suspecting – that I was reading a work of the highest calibre: "In no other way have I seen of my own unaided sight that the world is round. The greatest compliment I can give The Living Mountain as an album is that I have continued to hear it, echoing in my head as Nan Shepherd’s prose did before, long after the album has finished and I’ve left the house to go for a walk by the river or in the woods.

The first adventure in the Folio Society editions of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ series, Enid Blyton’s The Enchanted Wood features Jonathan Burton’s enchanting illustrations and a new introduction by Michael Morpurgo. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit.Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. A gap in a hedge, a smooth rock surfacing a narrow lane, a view of a woody meadow, the stream at the junction of four small fields – these are as much as a man can fully experience…’ this is really her doctrine, the beauty of the minutiae as much as what is visible through a wide angle lens. His next book, In the Pines, is a novella about a lifelong connection to the forest and will be published by Influx Press in 2021. Nan Shepherd travelled to countries around the world and yet it was the Cairngorms that endlessly inspired her and captured her imagination.