{"product_id":"9780141030586","title":"The Old Ways","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original bestseller from the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eUNDERLAND, LANDMARKS \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e THE LOST WORDS - \u003c\/i\u003eRobert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent and observant of contemporary writers about nature'  \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sublime... It sets the imagination tingling, laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Read this and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again'  \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'He has a rare physical intelligence and affords total immersion in place, elements and the passage of time: wonderful'  Antony Gormley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Macfarlane","offers":[{"title":"Penguin UK |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2013-06-25","offer_id":50537169486079,"sku":"9780141030586","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ab2c1320-868b-42b8-9f0a-1baf7e14d7ce.jpg?v=1790285396","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780141030586","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}