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In the second volume of his beloved Connemara trilogy, cartographer Tim Robinson continues to unearth the stories of this rich landscape in Ireland--weaving placelore, etymology, geology, and the meeting of sea and shore into the region's mythologies.From the northern fiord waters of Killary Harbour... Read More about The Last Pool of Darkness: The Connemara Trilogy (Seedbank)

New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young readers the causes and curses that divided America into Union and Confederate nations in Two Miserable Presidents: The Amazing, Terrible, and Totally True Story of the Civil War, illustrated by Tim Robinson. A ... Read More about Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War

"A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing, and an incomparable and enthralling meditation on times past."--John Banville"He knows this world as no one else does, and writes about it with awe and love, but also with measured grace, an artist's eye and a scientist's sensibility."--Colm T ib n... Read More about A Little Gaelic Kingdom (Seedbank)

Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Tim Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history. We begin with the earth right in front of his boots, as Robinson unveils swat... Read More about Listening to the Wind (Seedbank #2)

New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young readers an American history lesson they'll never forget in the fun and funny King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution, featuring illustrations... Read More about King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution

Tim Robinson’s Stones of Aran is one of the most striking and original literary undertakings of our time. Robinson’s ambition is to find out both what it is to know a landscape, know it as extensively and intimately as possible, and what it takes to make that knowledge, the sense of the landscape it... Read More about Stones of Aran: Labyrinth