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In 2012 he won the roger deakin award from the society of authors for his first book skimming stones and other ways of being in the wild. In this book, over the course of a year, his close observation and imagination transforms an ordinary patch of common land on the outskirts of harrogate into something utterly unique. Rob cowen author common ground is a true account of that place and cowen s transformative journey through its layers and lives, but its much more too. And other ways of being in the wild, 2012 moved from london to yorkshire, in northern england, he felt disoriented and displaced. Buy common ground book online at best prices in india on. Rob cowen, common ground windmillpenguin random house, 2015 338pp in recent years, many writers in the anglophone world have taken over the mantle of the walkerdiscoverer from the european flaneur of the mid19th to early 20th century. A turbulent decade in the lives of three american families is a nonfiction book by j. This is a page all about common ground by rob cowen.
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Above all, common ground is about the transformative power of this unnoticed piece of land, if one can only take the time to stand and stare for long enough. Rob cowen is an awardwinning journalist and writer who has authored regular columns on nature and travel for the independent, independent on sunday and the telegraph. This was not some distant jungle or craggy peak, but half a square mile of wood, meadow, hedge and river on the edge of a northern town, to which hed. May 15, 2015 above all, common ground is about the transformative power of this unnoticed piece of land, if one can only take the time to stand and stare for long enough.
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Nov 15, 2016 common ground is an exploration of place that is in some ways endemic to the new nature writing of our age, and yet it is also riddled with originality, pronounced detail and a freshness to its vibe that only journalist rob cowen could produce. Buy common ground by rob cowen 9780226424262 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. Thanks to rob cowens remarkable book common ground, ive learned that theres a word for my woods. Common ground is a true account of that place and cowen s transformative journey through its layers and lives, but its much more too. For all book enquiries contact my agent, jessica woollard. Immersive, evocative and powerful, common ground is a unique evocation of how, over the course of one year, rob cowen discovered a. As the lands stories intertwine with events in his own lifeand he learns he is to become a father for the first timethe divisions between human and nature begin to blur and shift.
Jul 10, 2015 common ground by rob cowen talk and reading followed by book signing, brendon books, friday 24 july at 7. Encounters with nature at the edges of life rob cowen. Common ground by rob cowen at brendan books writers anon. Marcel kruger on walking, observation, global warming and the new flaneur in rob cowens common ground. Its an interesting scrapbook of various narratives and observations garnered over a ninemonth obsession with the nearby edgeland the common ground of the title that borders cowen s home in bilton, harrogate. Mabeys book is excellent and remains relevant today. Thanks to rob cowen s remarkable book common ground, ive learned that theres a word for my woods. Common ground by rob cowen im incredibly happy, says rob cowen over a crackling mobile line. Common ground by rob cowen overdrive rakuten overdrive. Common ground was voted the nations third most favourite nature book in a poll by the land lines project earlier this year and featured on bbcs winterwatch rob will be at. Immersive, evocative and powerful, common ground is a unique evocation of how, over the course of one year, rob cowen discovered a common though extraordinary square mile of wood, meadow, hedge and river on the edge of his northern town.
Visceral and gripping, common ground marks out cowen as a new writer who is both entertaining and. In bringing this edgeland to life, cowen offers both a both a unique portrait of people and place through time and an unforgettable exploration of the common ground we share with the natural world, the past and each other. Encounters with nature at the edges of life cowen, rob on. One of britains favourite nature books as featured on bbcs winterwatch by rob cowen, in very good condition. Encounters with nature at the edges of life by rob cowen 20161102. Common ground is about the transformative power of this unnoticed piece of land, if one can only stand and stare for long enough. Michael palin i am dreaming of the edgeland again after moving from london to a new home in yorkshire, rob cowen finds himself on unfamiliar territory, disoriented, hemmed in by winter and yearning for.
But, above all, this is a book that reasserts a vital truth. The wild and rather unusual book tethered inside this one is about what it is to be animal, how that might feel. May 20, 2016 common ground takes rob cowen back to bilton, yorkshire, where he grew up in the 1980s, and to the edgelands those areas between town and country where as a child he experienced moments of. Even if you dont go as far as that, youre sure to be intrigued by his book, common ground, and you may want to explore the small area of edge land which inspired it. Common ground by rob cowen, 9780099592037, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Common ground by rob cowen 9780226424262 boomerang. Common ground is an exploration of place that is in some ways endemic to the new nature writing of our age, and yet it is also riddled with originality, pronounced detail and a freshness to its vibe that only journalist rob cowen could produce. For it is not the wild expanses of the yorkshire dales or the majestic sweep of hill country with breathtaking views that cowen introduces here but the quiet, hidden corners that most people ignore. Common ground by rob cowen the wainwright prize golden.
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