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Nan Shepherd's star continues to rise, year on year, and her meditation on the Cairngorms, The Living Mountain, has established itself as an all time classic of nature literature. Selected Prose and Poetry of Nan Shepherd brings together the two Galileo books, In the Cairngorms (the poetry) and Wild Geese (A novella, 'The Descent of Man, ' and a collection of prose pieces, some biographical, some general). Both books will continue to be availa...

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Auf ihren unzähligen Reisen in die schottischen Cairngorm Mountains begegnete Nan Shepherd einer atemberaubend schönen wie schockierend harten Natur. In ihrem wichtigsten Buch - ein Kondensat der aufwühlendsten Erfahrungen - gelingt es ihr, diese Naturerlebnisse auf unvergleichliche Weise zu schildern: Felsen, Wiesen, Weiden und Tiere sowie dem menschlichen Auge zuweilen verborgene Geheimnisse der Natur einer unvergleichlichen Landschaft. Imme...

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Charlotte Peacock selects unpublished gems from the work of the resurgently popular Scottish modernist writer and poet, well known for novels in the interwar years as well as her 1977 work of literature "The Living Mountain". Includes a short story, a series of 'field writings', fifteen poems, criticism and more.

A beautiful, collectable gift edition of the masterpiece of Scottish nature writing. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson

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Nato dal fuoco, scolpito dal ghiaccio, rifinito dal vento, dall'acqua e dalla neve: il massiccio dei monti Cairngorm, nella Scozia nordorientale, chiamato anche «l'Artico della Gran Bretagna», è il protagonista di questo capolavoro della letteratura di alpinismo. L'autrice, la scrittrice scozzese Nan Shepherd, lo ha esplorato per tutta la vita, percorrendolo in lungo e in largo in un eterno ritornare, scoprire, ricordare. «Eterno» perché muove...

A new edition containing four previously unpublished poems, fist published in 1934.

Anna (Nan) Shepherd was born in 1893 and died in 1981. Closely attached to Aberdeen and her native Deeside, she graduated from her home university in 1915 and for the next forty-one years worked as a lecturer in English. An enthusiastic gardener and hill-walker, she made many visits to the Cairngorms with students and friends. She also travelled further afield - to Norway, France, Italy, Greece and South Africa - but always returned to the hou...

Auf ihren unzähligen Reisen in die schottischen Cairngorm Mountains begegnete Nan Shepherd einer atemberaubend schönen wie schockierend harten Natur. In ihrem wichtigsten Buch - ein Kondensat der aufwühlendsten Erfahrungen - gelingt es ihr, diese Naturerlebnisse auf unvergleichliche Weise zu schildern : Felsen, Wiesen, Weiden und Tiere sowie dem menschlichen Auge zuweilen verborgene Geheimnisse der Natur einer unvergleichlichen Landschaft. Imm...

Anna (Nan) Shepherd was born in 1893 and died in 1981. Closely attached to Aberdeen and her native Deeside, she graduated from her home university in 1915 and for the next forty-one years worked as a lecturer in English. An enthusiastic gardener and hill-walker, she made many visits to the Cairngorms with students and friends. She also travelled further afield - to Norway, France, Italy, Greece and South Africa - but always returned to the hou...

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Anna (Nan) Shepherd was born in 1893 and died in 1981. Closely attached to Aberdeen and her native Deeside, she graduated from her home university in 1915 and for the next forty-one years worked as a lecturer in English. An enthusiastic gardener and hill-walker, she made many visits to the Cairngorms with students and friends. She also travelled further afield - to Norway, France, Italy, Greece and South Africa - but always returned to the hou...