Robert Macfarlane

Stunning picture book collaboration from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, actor Johnny Flynn and illustrator Emily SuttonOn my way through the wood wound a thread through the dream... Take a lyrical journey with a father and son who walk together through an ever-changing landscape and discover a world to come that's filled with hope. This beautiful book sings with a love of words and rhythm, and vividly conjures the magic of nature.Astonishing artwork makes this picture book an instant classic· An all-star collaboration created by actor-musician Johnny Flynn, bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and award-winning illustrator Emily Sutton· An instant classic showcasing the beauty of nature· Wonderful read-aloud text that sings with a love of words and rhythm· Stunning illustrations for a picture book filled with hope and wonder

Eerie, unsettling and hauntingly beautiful - a new collaboration from the bestselling creators of Holloway'Ness goes beyond what we expect books to do. Beyond poetry, beyond the word, beyond the bomb

Eerie, unsettling and hauntingly beautiful - a new collaboration from the bestselling creators of Holloway'Ness goes beyond what we expect books to do. Beyond poetry, beyond the word, beyond the bomb

BAMB Beautiful Book Award 2017Hay Festival Book of the YearTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'My top book of the year' Susan Hill, Spectator 'Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to b

In these painterly essays Davidson reflects on art, place, history and landscape. Distance and Memory is his testament to the cold, clear beauty of the north.

From two of the UK's best-known book makers, Robert Macfarlane and Luke Adam Hawker, comes a stunning picture book to ignite wonder in readers everywhere.In the darkness of December,Through the winter's deepest snowing,When the world is steep in camber,And all hope is downwards-flowing -Then's the time to seek what's glowing...Written in lyrical verse, this story follows one light-seeking child who discovers a meadow illuminated by fireflies: "fallen constellations" that dance like stars among the summer grasses, setting fears to flight. Enchanting to read aloud and exquisite to hold in the hand, each scene is rendered in spellbinding detail, showing the power of hope in a world steeped in darkness.The first in an upcoming trilogy, Firefly is sure to appeal to all ages-An uplifting and lyrical story of light, hope and wonder-With words from beloved and bestselling author, Robert Macfarlane, creator of The Lost Words and The Lost Spells-Stunning artwork created from original etchings by

In 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature

British artist and designer Stuart Haygarth gathers discarded or overlooked objects and elevates them into art. He makes exquisite designs and stunning installations out of common detritus and everyda

In the summer of 1869, the author set out from California's Central Valley with a flock of sheep and trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His journals describe the summer he spent in what

From J.G. Ballard, author of Crash and Cocaine Nights comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal.

A classic eulogy to the beauty and magnificence of the mountainsA?lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms, this prose meditation testifies to the author's love of the hills and her knowledge of

Set in the south of England, this book captures the soft-handed, city-dweller's naivety and wonder both at the workings of nature and the toughness of life on a farm. It contains sections on whatever

The Aran Islands, in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland, are a unique geological and cultural landscape, and for centuries their stark beauty and their inhabitants’ traditional way of life have

Stunning picture book collaboration from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, actor Johnny Flynn, and illustrator Emily Sutton On my way through the wood wound a thread through the dream... Take a lyrical journey with a father and son who walk together through an ever-changing landscape and discover a world to come that's filled with hope. This beautiful book sings with a love of words and rhythm, and vividly conjures the magic of nature. Astonishing artwork makes this picture book an instant classic. - An all-star collaboration created by actor-musician Johnny Flynn, bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, and award-winning illustrator Emily Sutton - An instant classic showcasing the beauty of nature - Wonderful read-aloud text that sings with a love of words and rhythm - Stunning illustrations for a picture book filled with hope and wonder

An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2019, collected by esteemed guest editor Robert Macfarlane, author of Mountains of the Mind and Underland. The Best American Trave

J. G. Ballard's fourth novel, which established his reputation as a writer of extraordinary talent and imaginative powers, tells the story of a physician specializing in the treatment of leprosy who i

The sketchbook has been the one constant in explorers' kits for centuries of adventure. Often private, they are records of immediate experiences and discoveries, and in their pages we can see what the

Fired by his abiding love of the English landscape, the poetry of Edward Thomas is some of the most astonishing of the twentieth century. By 1917, when he was killed on the Western Front, he had earne

This comprehensive evaluation showcases Smith’s 1815 hand-coloured map, A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland, displayed in its original 15 sheets with explanatory co

Acutely sensitive to rhythms of the countryside, Edward Thomas's lyrical, passionate, and sometimes political writing merges natural history with folk culture, and gives us a free-form record of the f