{"product_id":"the-living-mountain-paperback","title":"The Living Mountain - 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\u003eNan Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert MacFarlane\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eJenny Odell\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn internationally bestselling classic on the power of the natural world--\"part memoir, part field notebook, part lyrical meditation on nature and our relationship with it, evocative of Rachel Carson and Henry Beston and John Muir\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(\u003cb\u003eMaria Popova, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow with a new introduction by Robert Macfarlane and a new afterword by Jenny Odell, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ethis masterpiece of nature writing by Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into \"the high and holy places\" of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world of spectacular cliffs, deep silences, and lakes so clear that they cannot be imagined. As she walks through clouds, endures blizzards, and watches the great spirals of eagles in flight, Shepherd comes to know something about the hidden life of this remarkable landscape--and also herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Living Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of one woman's lifetime spent in search of the essential nature of the wild world around her. Composed during World War II, Shepherd's manuscript lay untouched for almost four decades, nearly lost to time, before it was finally published. In the decades since, audiences and critics of all generations have embraced it as a classic, an enduring testament to the magnificence of mountains and our communion with the environment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNan Shepherd (1893-1981) was a Scottish writer, educator, and poet. An intrepid hiker throughout her life, she spent hundreds of days and journeyed countless miles on foot in the Caingorms of Scotland. She published three novels--\u003ci\u003eThe QuarryWood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Weatherhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Pass in the Grampians\u003c\/i\u003e--and a volume of poetry--\u003ci\u003eIn the Cairngorms\u003c\/i\u003e--in an extraordinary six-year burst between 1928 and 1934. After a period of creative silence, she composed \u003ci\u003eThe Living Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e during the Second World War. However, the manuscript was stashed away in a drawer for nearly four decades before its publication in 1977. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Macfarlane is the author of prizewinning and bestselling books about landscape, nature, people, and places, including \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into many languages and his books have been widely adapted for film, television, stage, and radio. In 2017, he was awarded the EM Forster Prize for Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJenny Odell is a multidisciplinary artist and author. Her first book \u003ci\u003eHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sierra\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and other publications. She lives in Oakland, California.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47192560271609,"sku":"9781668066591","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wLvL1s4wdk9781668066591.webp?v=1767899280","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-living-mountain-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}