About this title: In the late British nature writer's glorious meditation on what he has called the fifth element, or wood--as it exists in nature, in the soul, in culture, and in life--the reader is swept along on a quest through the woods in search of what lies behind humankind's profound and enduring connection with trees.
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Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2009-01-06
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Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 2008
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Date Published: 2008
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 416 pages. Celebrates the transforming magic of trees, exploring the 'fifth element' of wood as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives. integrated line drawings (Paperback) read more
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Publisher: Free Pr
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Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2009
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Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Date Published: 2007
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Date Published: 2007
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Date Published: 2009
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Description: Fine. Free Press 2009 SOFTCOVER. Prerelease version. Plain green wraps. From Starred Review. In this last before his death in 2006, Deakin (Waterlog) delights with his curiosity and affection for rambling forests in Europe and Australia. The is as much about the woodland animals and humans engaged with forest life as it is about the trees, the rooks flinging themselves into a strong wind and somersaulting wildly upward, then diving straight down again into the woods like bungee jumpers; the ... read more
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Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2009-01-06
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780141010014ISBN:0141010010
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"Not only has this book made me feel guilty about my lack of knowledge of the names of trees but more importantly it has inspired me to put books down and try and spend more time in the countryside, which was surely one of Deakin's major aims."
"I read this book on the recommendation on the recommendation of Geoff Manaugh, the founder of BLDGBLOG.com (which is fantastic, by the way,a blog devoted to 'architectural conjecture, urban speculation and landscape futures') I am very glad that I found it. Not only is it fantastically well written, but it is such a simple and honest book about the pleasures of the woodlands, and of the experience of being in and around trees. For a seemingly limited topic, he covers a remarkable amount of ground, literally in some cases, visiting walnut forests in Kazakhstan, picking bush-plums with Aborigines in Australian outback, and even visiting the wood veneer production at the Jaguar factory in Coventry, UK. I wonderful, gentle, life-affirming book, made bittersweet by the death of the author, Roger Deakin, shortly after he finished writing it."
"This beautifully written book is something of a love letter to Deakin's home in Suffolk, though he also travels to Australia, Spain, Ukraine, Poland, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan (the latter two sounding very much like an arboreal Eden). Reminiscent of Tolkien's descriptions of the Shire--absolutely lovely."
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