Outlandish Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes

In Outlandish, acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that should<br> <br> not be there, wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far-off continents:<br> <br> a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; the continent's largest surviving remnant of primeval<br> <br> forest in Poland and Belarus; Europe's only true desert in Spain; and the fathomless<br> <br> grassland steppes of Hungary.<br> <br> From snow-capped mountain range to dense green forest, desert ravines to threadbare,<br> <br> yellow open grassland, these anomalies transport us to faraway regions of the world.<br> <br> More like pockets of Africa, Asia, the Poles or North America, they make our own<br> <br> continent seem larger, stranger and more filled with secrets.<br> <br> Against the rapid climate breakdown of deserts, steppes and primeval jungles across the<br> <br> world, this book discovers the outlandish environments so much closer to home - along<br> <br> with their abundant wildlife: reindeer; bison; ibex; wolves and herds of wild horses.<br> <br> Blending sublime travel writing, nature writing and history - by way of Paleolithic cave art,<br> <br> reindeer nomads, desert wanderers, shamans, Slavic forest gods, European bison, Wild<br> <br> West fantasists, eco-activists, horseback archers, Big Grey Men and other unlikely spirits<br> <br> of place - these desolate and rich environments show us that the strange has always been<br> <br> near.