{"product_id":"underland","title":"Underland: A Deep Time Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You'd be crazy not to read this book' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated new book from the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLandmarks, The Lost Words \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the hidden worlds beneath our feet...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e past and future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobal in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of huge range and power, and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane's long-term exploration of landscape and the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eUnderland \u003c\/i\u003eis a magnificent feat of writing, travelling and thinking that feels genuinely frontier pushing, unsettling and exploratory' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellous... Neverending curiosity, generosity of spirit, erudition, bravery and clarity... This is a book well worth reading' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary... at once learned and readable, thrilling and beautifully written' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of an award-winning trilogy of books about landscape and the human heart: \u003ci\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Places\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Holloway\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into a dozen languages and is published in more than 20 countries, and his books have been widely adapted for TV, film, and radio by the BBC, among others. Macfarlane has contributed to \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer \u003c\/i\u003e(London), the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e(London), and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2012, and is currently a Fellow in English of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea brilliant, thrilling, terrifying work of literature, making me want to think more adventurously and live more deeply.—\u003ci\u003eAmy Liptrot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll Macfarlane's books are urgings to take a closer look at the environment we live in, and at the natural world especially. \u003cb\u003eThey are perception-shifters.\u003c\/b\u003e And with its darker, delving subject matter counter-weighing its lyricism, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderland \u003c\/i\u003eis a magnificent feat of writing, travelling and thinking that feels genuinely frontier-pushing, unsettling and exploratory\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane is a magician with words\u003c\/b\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e he shows us how to see in the dark. His writing is like a vortex... Once caught, \u003cb\u003eyou're pulled deeper and deeper with each page\u003c\/b\u003e—Andrea Wulf, best-selling author of 'The Invention of Nature'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevastating, lyrical, blazingly vivid... \u003c\/b\u003eAn examination\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eof the darknesses invisible beneath our feet. The book's great power comes from Macfarlane's deliberate turn away from despair and toward \u003cb\u003ea deliberate, loving, and luminous sense of awe\u003c\/b\u003e—Lauren Groff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Macfarlane's writing reminds us of the astonishing variety of things you can see when you go at walking speed, and of how strange and rich the world is—Philip Pullman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe great nature writer, and nature poet, of this generation\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExquisite\u003c\/b\u003e. [Robert Macfarlane] evokes so vividly places to which I and probably you will never go, and at the eeriness of the places themselves and the sense of vast scale they restore to us at a time when it can feel like the world has shrunken around us—Rebecca Solnit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn epic descent into a series of underground and underwater landscapes—\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written and wise, this haunting book is a treasure...\u003c\/b\u003e It reads like a seamless dive, crawl, and trek through deep time, in sense-rich landscapes, accompanied by fascinating views of the human saga. Its unique spell is irresistible—Diane Ackerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully and bravely balanced... This is a radical book in every sense.\u003c\/b\u003e It goes as deep as it can, unafraid of the risk that what it finds will turn everything on its head—\u003ci\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrilling and soulful, raw and erudite.\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Macfarlane writes of his astonishing subterranean explorations with wondrous, indelible power... \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound reckoning with humankind's self-imperiled position in nature's eternal order. \u003cb\u003eIt is a book of revelations\u003c\/b\u003e—Philip Gourevitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Macfarlane has long provided us with some of \u003cb\u003ethe most distinctive and sensitive \u003c\/b\u003ethinking about how humans understand and experience the terrestrial world. \u003ci\u003eUnderland \u003c\/i\u003e[is] \u003cb\u003ehis most urgent, universal, and expansive book yet\u003c\/b\u003e—Francisco Cantu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat a total delight.\u003c\/b\u003e Once again, so many enlivening encounters along paths less frequently trod. \u003cb\u003eMacfarlane remains our perfect guide\u003c\/b\u003e, reminding us there's so much in the world to wonder at—Benedict Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEye-opening\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003elyrical\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003emoving\u003c\/b\u003e...capturing the \u003cb\u003epoetry beneath the science\u003c\/b\u003e.—\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderland \u003c\/i\u003eis a startling and memorable book, charting invisible and vanishing worlds. 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