Exploring the London-Edinburgh highway, the narrative weaves together elements of beauty and haunting themes. Cowen's inventive approach crafts a unique literary experience that captivates the reader, merging personal journey with broader reflections on landscape and memory. This work stands out for its radical perspective and lyrical prose, inviting deep contemplation on the connections between place and identity.
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- 2025
- 2021
From two bestselling and award-winning writers onlandscape comes a luminously illustrated meditation on our relationship withthe natural world and each other through four unprecedented seasons & aglobal pandemic.
- 2016
leading us into a whole new way of looking at the world' Michael Palin'Touched by genius' John Lewis-Stempel 'Absolutely mesmerizing, utterly beautiful and engrossing' Joanne HarrisAfter moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, and about to become a father for the first time, Rob Cowen finds himself in unfamiliar territory.
- 2013
Skimming Stones
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
This is a book of simple skills that can help us to interact with nature, achieve a deeper connection with it and even step inside another dimension. Rob Cowen and Leo Critchley teach us how to make and fly a kite, make an elder whistle and build a den - and at the same time teach us about life