{"product_id":"local","title":"Local","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Agile, wryly funny and wise’ Robert Macfarlane\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSHORTLISTED: Wainwright Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"2ed52dc8-e454-9323-9149-af234f4b74f9\" data-wf-id='[\"2ed52dc8-e454-9323-9149-af234f4b74f9\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"2ed52dc8-e454-9323-9149-af234f4b74f9\" data-wf-id='[\"2ed52dc8-e454-9323-9149-af234f4b74f9\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eAfter years of cycling continents, rowing oceans and trekking across deserts and ice caps, adventurer Alastair Humphreys turns his attention to a single Ordnance Survey map around his own home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"4b9eafb5-5c75-1d12-ad50-b112cded502f\" data-wf-id='[\"4b9eafb5-5c75-1d12-ad50-b112cded502f\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eCan this unassuming landscape marked by the glow of city lights and the hum of busy roads hold any surprises for the world traveller? Could a single map be enough exploration for a lifetime?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"aa3129a5-fa19-dded-1679-3dbfb40d9bb5\" data-wf-id='[\"aa3129a5-fa19-dded-1679-3dbfb40d9bb5\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eHe finds peace and solitude in abandoned factories, discovers beauty on neglected marshland and encounters landowners frustrated by public footpaths crossing their land. Once he slows down enough to really observe his neighbourhood, Alastair realises that a landscape will never become completely familiar, no matter how long you live there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"46d9eadf-2bca-11a8-3a00-cfa16966cebd\" data-wf-id='[\"46d9eadf-2bca-11a8-3a00-cfa16966cebd\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cem data-w-id=\"177c7e0b-1bfa-8797-3db6-1aefa0f84343\" data-wf-id='[\"177c7e0b-1bfa-8797-3db6-1aefa0f84343\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eLocal\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of nature and curiosity, and a call to arms to explore and protect the wild places on our doorsteps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"46d9eadf-2bca-11a8-3a00-cfa16966cebd\" data-wf-id='[\"46d9eadf-2bca-11a8-3a00-cfa16966cebd\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Alastair Humphreys shows us that space is deep as well as wide, and that one need travel only a few hundred yards to become an explorer of the undiscovered country of the nearby’ \u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Alastair Humphreys is the consummate roamer: big of heart, curious of mind, light of step’ \u003cb\u003eAmy-Jane Beer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A paean to the benefits of determined noticing. Humphreys’ omnivorous curiosity really shines through’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Genuinely thoughtful writing about planet, place and political purpose’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A vivid, wry, angry, passionate read from Mr Adventure’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaga Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 368pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Eye (January 2024)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785633676\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42296261804229,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/coverfinal.jpg?v=1691158878","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/local","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}