{"product_id":"book-bliy","title":"Landmarks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of \u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e by Robert Macfarlane, read by Roy McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTHE LOST WORDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly'  \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Enormously pleasurable, deeply moving. A bid to save our rich hoard of landscape language, and a blow struck for the power of a deep creative relationship to place' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book that ought to be read by policymakers, educators, armchair environmentalists and active conservationists the world over'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gorgeous, thoughtful and lyrical' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Feels as if [it] somehow grew out of the land itself. A delight'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWords are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. \u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49385245868336,"sku":"BDbliy","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/bliy-cover.jpg?v=1758840885","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bliy","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}