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256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
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"Fifty landscape wonders of Britain" -- Jacket |
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Rock of Ages. The Sacred Mountain ; Suilven and Stac Pollaidh, Highlands --
A light on the past ; South Head, Anglesey --
Alive with the sound of music ; Malvern Hills, Hereford and Worcester --
Nailing the Forge ; An Teallach, Wester Ross --
A little bit of heaven on earth ; Harris and Lewis, Outer Hebrides --
Out of the Freezer. Arctic Britain ; The Cairngorms, Highlands --
The chair of Idris ; Cwm Cau, Cadair Idris, Gwynedd --
Sam's epiphany ; Scafell Pike and Wasdale, Lake District --
The Castle of the Wings ; Tryfan, the Glyders and Cwm Idwal, Snowdonia --
High Land - Scotland. Corries with a fringe on top ; Beinn Eighe and Liathach, Upper Loch Torridon, Highlands --
Spaniards' blood ; Glen Shiel and Loch Duich, Highlands --
A lesson learned ; Glencoe, Argyll --
The fortress by the loch ; Slioch and Loch Maree, Highlands --
'The Ben' and Glen ; Ben Nevis and Glen Nevis, Highlands --
High Land - Wales. A lucky escape ; Snowdon, Gwynedd --
The beckoning Beacons ; Pen y Fan, Brecon Beacons --
Arrow mountain ; The Rhinogs, Gwynedd --
High Land - England. Grand Canyon of the Pennines ; Upper Teesdale and High Cup Nick, Cumbria --
Kinder surprise ; The Woolpacks and Downfall, Kinder Scout, Derbyshire --
A cathedral to karst ; Ingleborough and Gaping Ghyll, Yorkshire Dales --
To the Green Chapel ; The Roaches and Lud's Church, Staffordshire --
Loveliest in the Lakes ; Derwent Water and Borrowdale, Lake District --
Sublime lime ; Malham Cove and Gordale Scar, Yorkshire Dales --
Wildwood. Beautiful beech ; Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire --
Unforgettable yew ; Kingley Bottom, Sussex --
Acorn antiques ; Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor
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The Edge. Landscape of memory ; Pentire Head and Rumps Point, Cornwall --
To the Dragon's Head ; The Gower, Swansea --
Digging for dinosaurs ; Jurassic Coast, Dorset --
Onions and ammonites ; Robin Hood's Bay, Staithes and Whitby, North Yorkshire --
The Gold Coast ; Heritage Coast, Glamorgan --
Chalk and cheese ; Dover, Beachy Head and Seven Sisters, South Downs --
Small Worlds. Small Isles, big hills ; Rum, Eigg and the Small Isles, Inner Hebrides --
Stacked against the odds ; The Old Man of Hoy and Rackwick Bay, Orkney Islands --
Mendelssohn's inspiration ; Iona and Staffa, Inner Hebrides --
The Vikings are coming ; Lindisfarne and the Farne Islands, Northumberland --
Highlands in miniature ; Goat Fell, Arran --
Over the sea to Skye ; The Cuillin and Trotternish, Skye, Inner Hebrides --
To the end of the world ; Hermaness and Unst, Shetland --
Monuments and Memories. Megalithic cathedral ; Avebury, Wiltshire --
Town of Giants ; The Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd --
Stony synod ; Calanais Stone Circle, Lewis --
Edge of Empire ; Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland --
Everywhere serenity ; Rievaulx Abbey and Terrace, North Yorkshire --
Working Landscapes. On the slate ; Dinorwig Slate Quarries, Gwynedd --
The lead rush hills ; Swaledale, North Yorkshire --
Otherworldly Orford ; Orford Ness, Suffolk --
A landscape turned inside out ; Rosedale, North York Moors --
No stone unturned ; Dungeness, Kent --
The widow's curse ; Magpie Mine, White Peak --
Odin's hill ; Roseberry Topping, North Yorkshire --
Cousin Jack country ; Penwith, Cape Cornwall and Porthcurno, Cornwall --
Held in Trust ; The National Trust -- Revolution and Inspiration ; Reflections by the photographer -- Photographic index
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Joe Cornish is widely acknowledged as Britain's finest landscape photographer. In this new collection he explores fifty of the most amazing landscapes in Britain. Taking its cue from these Isles' extraordinarily diverse geology, This Land ranges from the ancient quartzite rocks of the Scottish Highlands to the gritstones and limestones of the English Pennines and the rolling chalk downs of Southern England. There are sections on Mountains, Islands, Forests and Coasts, and the book concludes with a fascinating look at the ways in which British people have shaped the landscape over thousands of years. Accompanying text by leading outdoors writer and campaigner Roly Smith explains how each type of rock creates its own distinctive landforms and vegetation, and how these have often been made the subject of local folklore and legend. There is room for some personal recollections from Joe and Roly about their own experiences in these magical places |
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Landscape photography -- Great Britain
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Landscape photography.
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Great Britain -- Pictorial works
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Great Britain
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Landskapsfotografier
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Landskapsbilder
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Storbritannien
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Pictorial works.
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| Classmark |
779.3641
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| Alt Auth |
Smith, Roland, 1944- author
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| ISBN/ISSN |
071123504X |
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9780711235045 |
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