Combining on-the-slopes experience with off-trail research, author Charlie English follows in the footsteps of the Romantic poets across the Alps, ...
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May 31, 2011
It is snowing again, so it seems appropriate to write this review now. This was another of the snow-themed books I read during Britain’s “Big Freeze.” I enjoyed it, and as a compendium of many disparate snow-related themes it’s quite fascinating—Charlie English’s rather crazed (and somewhat ill-prepared) snow-seeking trips set him up to discuss igloo-building, classical European paintings and modern snow crystal photography, climate change and ice age history, and the science of snowflakes and
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May 08, 2010
Michelle
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This book is great!
I grabbed this book at random from the library shelf and I love it!
It's everything a nature experience on paper should be. The descriptions are well crafted, exciting and well written. I get caught up in the author's travel story and then suddenly realize that I just learned how to survive a blizzard, the history of the Inuit and how snowflakes are made.
Normally, as I read this type of travel-story book, I skip around and get bored after a couple chapters. I More...
I grabbed this book at random from the library shelf and I love it!
It's everything a nature experience on paper should be. The descriptions are well crafted, exciting and well written. I get caught up in the author's travel story and then suddenly realize that I just learned how to survive a blizzard, the history of the Inuit and how snowflakes are made.
Normally, as I read this type of travel-story book, I skip around and get bored after a couple chapters. I More...
Jun 18, 2010
Liss
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Didn't actually finish reading it . . but that was because Spring arrived and I just couldn't bring myself to read about snow some more. As memoirs go this one is more original than most.
Mar 05, 2011
Laura
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A very interesting book about the author's fascination with snow. There is history, science, culture, tradition and travel in this book which is divided into chapters based around each trip made by the author in pursuit of the perfect experience of snow. The topics range from the molecular makeup of a snowflake and how that was discovered to igloo building, skiing and mountaineering.
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Jan 11, 2010
sisterimapoet
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Such apt reading. I started this on the day the snow fell, and assumed it would have melted long before I finished the book - I was wrong.
Glad I got to read it with the white stuff surrounding me. It helped to feel less resentful towards it while reading of someone's genuine passion for it. Although it felt a little odd when he talked about the lack of recent UK snow!
Nicely written throughout, and broken down into decent sections that didn't dwell to long on any one th More...
Glad I got to read it with the white stuff surrounding me. It helped to feel less resentful towards it while reading of someone's genuine passion for it. Although it felt a little odd when he talked about the lack of recent UK snow!
Nicely written throughout, and broken down into decent sections that didn't dwell to long on any one th More...
Jan 14, 2011
Ellie
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An informative read about the history, science and cultural impact of snow. It's more interesting facts than 'story' so wouldn't recommend if you don't really like snow!
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