Underland
A Deep Time Journey
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Narrated by:
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Roy McMillan
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Written by:
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Robert Macfarlane
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Shortlisted for the Best Nonfiction Audiobook at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020.
A Sunday Times bestseller
Winner of the Wainwright Prize 2019
Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of The Year Award 2020
A Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century
From the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old Ways
In Underland, 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 past and future. Global in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, Underland 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.
Shortlisted for the Rsl Ondaatje Prize 2020
©2019 Robert Macfarlane (P)2019 Penguin AudioYou may also enjoy...
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The Lost Spells
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- Narrated by: Julie Fowlis, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Johnny Flynn, and others
- Length: 40 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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- KH
- 2023-10-16
Absorbing and profound
Sometimes, when a wonderful book and sensitive voice talent collaborate, you are gifted with those immersive moments when you no longer see the world around you — you “see” the text. . . This is one of those partnerships.
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- jason brown
- 2019-09-21
Wonderful
Well written and well read. Such a glorious exploration of the human and earthly underlands. Thank you!
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- Janelle
- 2020-06-15
Beautiful audiobook!
This was a fantastic and rich book that I am glad to have listened to. The narrator is excellent and I believe the experience of listening to the audiobook greatly enhances an already lovely book.
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- Adam Drew
- 2019-10-13
Beautiful and deep and utterly gutting
MacFarlane is a brilliant writer, able to turn the driest and hardest of ideas into pure, beautiful prose. As with most of his books, this one is part travelogue, part memoir, part cry for the preservation of our world. It's perfectly read, and devastating in its impact on a receptive listener.
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- Letilynn
- 2021-03-07
Incredible journey!
Discovery and facts are interwoven with mythology and stories. Fascinating and exhilarating listen and read.
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- Jamie Levine
- 2020-06-07
Personal informative and entertaining
Loved this book. With enough interesting personal adventures, story and research to complete the fascinating text. The author’s journey into caves, forest below ground ecosystems, tunnels under cities, deep mines and into glaciers carry the reader with him on a wonderful search for knowledge and adventure.
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