Mountains of the Mind: How Desolate and Forbidding Heights Were Transformed into Experiences of Indomitable Spirit by Robert Macfarlane

Mountains of the Mind: How Desolate and Forbidding Heights Were Transformed into Experiences of Indomitable Spirit

Robert Macfarlane

320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history nature travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Three centuries ago, mountains were considered forbidding and forbidden?the abodes of dragons and other ill-tempered grotesque beasts. But with the growing recognition that the Earth?s surface had not been created once and for all but was slowly e...

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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%

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medium 44%
fast 2%

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