Mountains of the Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane

Mountains of the Mind: A History Of A Fascination

Robert Macfarlane

320 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history nature travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. In this ground-breaking, classic work, Robert Macfarlane takes us u...

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Moods

adventurous 89%
informative 87%
reflective 68%
inspiring 50%
challenging 18%
emotional 10%
dark 6%
relaxing 6%
sad 6%
mysterious 4%
hopeful 2%
lighthearted 2%
tense 2%

Pace

slow 53%
medium 44%
fast 2%

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