{"product_id":"listening-to-the-wind-paperback","title":"Listening to the Wind - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Tim Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe begin with the earth right in front of his boots, as Robinson unveils swaths of \u003cem\u003efiontarnach\u003c\/em\u003e--fall leaf decay. We peer from the edge of the cliff where Robinson's house stands on rickety stilts. We closely examine an overgrown patch of heather, a flush of sphagnum moss. And so, footstep by footstep, moment by moment, Robinson takes readers deep into this storied Irish landscape, from the \"quibbling, contentious terrain\" of Bogland to the shorelines of Inis Ní to the towering peaks of Twelve Pins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as wild and essential as the countryside itself are its colorful characters, friends and legends and neighbors alike: a skeletal, story-filled sheep farmer; an engineer who builds bridges, both physical and metaphorical; a playboy prince and cricket champion; and an enterprising botanist who meets an unexpected demise. Within a landscape lie all other things, and Robinson rejoices in the universal magic of becoming one with such a place, joining with \"[t]he sound of the past, the language we breathe, and our frontage onto the natural world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSituated at the intersection of mapmaking and mythmaking, \u003cem\u003eListening to the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e is at once learned and intimate, elegiac and magnificent--an exceptionally rich \"book about one place which is also about the whole world\" (Robert Macfarlane).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cartographer and writer, \u003cb\u003eTim Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e studied mathematics at Cambridge and then worked for many years as a teacher and visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna and London, among other places. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands. In 1986 his first book, \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran: Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e, was published to great acclaim. The second volume of \u003ci\u003eStones of Aran\u003c\/i\u003e, subtitled \u003ci\u003eLabyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1995. He has also published collections of essays and maps of the Aran Islands, the Burren, and Connemara. \u003ci\u003eConnemara: Listening to the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 2006, won the Irish Book Award for Nonfiction. Robinson divides his time between London and Roundstone, Connemara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284038795513,"sku":"9781571313706","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dE5MS2NRMFdkQlI2MkFMaCtwSEdqZz09.webp?v=1769083521","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/listening-to-the-wind-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}