Between the Sunset and the Sea

Science & Math

Ingram, Simon

Biological Sciences

HarperCollins, Publishers

Simon Ingram takes us high into Britain’s most forbidding and astonishing wild places through all the seasons of the year – from the first blush of spring to the darkest bite of the mountain winter.
In the late 18th century, mountains shifted from being universally reviled to becoming the most inspiring things on earth. Simply put, the monsters became muses – and an entire artistic movement was born. This movement became a love affair, the love affair became an obsession, and gradually but surely, obsession became lifestyle as mountains became stitched into the fabric of the British cultural tapestry.
In his compelling new book, Simon Ingram explores how mountains became such a preoccupation for the modern western imagination, weaving his own adventures into a powerful narrative which provides a kind of experiential hit list for people who don’t have the time nor the will to climb a thousand mountains.
For some of these mountains, the most amazing thing about them might be the journey they’ve taken to get here. Others, the tales of science, endeavour and art that have played out on their slopes. The mythology they’re drenched in. The history they’ve seen. The genius they’ve inspired. The danger that draws people to them. The life that clusters around them, human and otherwise. The extreme weather they conjure. The adventure they fuel. The way that some raise the hairs on the back of your neck, and trigger powerful, strange emotions. And moreover, what they’re like to be amidst, under, on – just what that indefinable quality is that the British mountains wield which takes possession of you so powerfully, and never goes away.
From Beinn Dearg to Ben Nevis, Ingram takes us on a journey spanning sixteen of Britain’s most evocative mountainous landscapes, and what they mean to us today.

Between the Sunset and the Sea: A View of 16 British Mountains

Sports & Outdoors

Biographies

William Collins

Rising a kilometre out of the storm-scoured waters around Scotlands Isle of Skye is a dark battlement of pinnacles and ridgelines: the Cuillin.Plagued by ferocious weather and built from rock that tears skin and confounds compasses, a crossing of the Cuillin is the toughest mountaineering expedition in the British Isles. But the traverse is only part of its lure. Hewn from the innards of an ancient volcano, this mountain range stands like a crown on an island drenched in intrigue. While nineteenth-century climbers flocked to the Alps, the ridge lay untrodden and unyielding. When a generation of mountaineers did come, they found a remarkable prize: the last peaks of Britain to be climbed peaks that would be named after those who climbed them. Along the way, many others, from artists and poets to mystics and wanderers, have been lured by the Cuillins haunting beauty and magic. Those who have been seduced by the deadly magic of these mountains attest to the complexity of humans relationship with the intrigue of our wildest, most dangerous places.The Black Ridge is a journey through the history and into the heights of the Cuillin of Skye from the ridges violent birth to the tales of its pioneers, its thrills, its myths and its monsters. From a night spent in a cave beneath its highest peak to the ascent of its most infamous pinnacle, this is an adventure on foot through all seasons across the most mesmerising mountain range in Britain.

Black Ridge

The Black Ridge: Amongst the Cuillin of Skye

History

World

Parkinson's Disease: Take a Walk With Me

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

New Generation Publishing

"I felt honoured to be involved in the production/proof reading of Simon's 4th book, Parkinson's - Take a Walk With Me. The book is written with humour on a subject which could very easily be melancholy, and whilst not avoiding the truth about this degenerative neurological condition, Simon takes you on a journey with earnest compassion. A great read for everyone, especially for anyone remotely connected to Parkinson's Disease, this is an uplifting, supportive and reaffirming read; life is still to be enjoyed no matter what the adversity." - Sharon Timms (35)

Take a Walk With Me: Parkinson’s Disease

The Gift of Failure: Teaching Your Kids to Embrace Risk

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Independently published

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