{"product_id":"macfarlane-the-old-ways-1","title":"MacFarlane: The Old Ways","description":"About the Author\n\nRobert Macfarlane is the author of Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Old Ways and Landmarks. Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Award and The Wild Places won the Boardman-Tasker Award. Both books have been adapted for television by the BBC. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature and travel for publications including the Guardian, the Sunday Times and The New York Times. His most recent book is The Lost Words, a spell-book for adults and children alike, illustrated by Jackie Morris.\n\nProduct description\n\nThe Old Ways is the stunning fourth book by acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize 2012 Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations. This paperback book has 436 pages and measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.7cm","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40597528445013,"sku":"9780241982211N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/e5d08b81-cb8e-43cc-8b0f-1b66b611dbd8.jpg?v=1682530139","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/macfarlane-the-old-ways-1","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}