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The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Wild Places

by Robert Macfarlane

Searching for wildness in Britain and Ireland, from remote islands to a hedge near home, and finding it everywhere. The book that made his name.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Wildness is close.
  2. Sleep outside once.
  3. Map by attention.

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Read the final chapters on the near wild.

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Wildness, nearby.

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