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 enlarge | Author: Roger Deakin
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
Buy New: £4.30
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 400
Media: Paperback
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0141010010
EAN: 9780141010014
ASIN: 0141010010
Publication Date: June 26, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW - ***Delivery usually * 2 - 3 * working days - From Aphrohead of SOUTHPORT, Lancs, uk *** . Priority Airmail used Worldwide on International orders. Thanks from all at Aphrohead.
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 Well, it's not that good... August 23, 2007
31 out of 42 found this review helpful
After reading the uncritical praise heaped on 'Wildwood', I had to try and take a more measured approach to try and balance things out. Don't get me wrong, I loved Deakin's previous book, where he seemed incapable of putting a word out of place, and everything was relevant to the central premise.
Here, I could have quite happily missed out 150-200 pages from the middle and not blinked. Oh, for the benefit of hindsight.
In this middle part, Deakin wanders around central Europe, adding nothing to what has gone before, making no impression on what is to follow...Look, its worth reading, after Deakin's sad death last year I recommend people get hold of what they can, but don't expect the masterpiece everyone thinks it is.
Jay Griffith's 'Wild', now thats much better...
 Joyful discoveries June 26, 2007
53 out of 58 found this review helpful
I have read 'Wildwood' in delighted instalments, each night before drifting off to sleep, mundanely abed, unlike the 'Boys'Own' adventurer that Roger Deakin obviously was. Never happier, it seems, than camping out in the depths of an ancient wood listening to the rookery above.
This is no dull natural history book but a series of blissful nuggets of information strung together on a thread of gleaming prose. Poetry, delightful humour, child-like glee and a profound erudition illuminate this work and make it a pure joy to read. I cannot recommend it highly enough & have bought copies for all my friends!
Fascinating! June 22, 2007
14 out of 23 found this review helpful
What is about trees that fascinates us? I have always felt a special connection akin to something spiritual and mysterious to the woodlands where I live. This book is a fascinating journey into trees that takes you through Britain, Europe, Asia and Australia in an exploration of our connection with trees.
I love WILDWOOD along with THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES, NEXUS: A NEO NOVEL and books by Jay Griffiths.
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