{"product_id":"across-a-waking-land-a-1-000-mile-walk-through-a-british-spring","title":"Across a Waking Land: A 1,000-Mile Walk Through a British Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA veteran nature writer walks the length of Britain in pursuit of spring, and of hope for the natural world--from the author of \u003ci\u003eShearwater\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTaking Stock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFed up with bleak headlines of biodiversity loss, acclaimed nature writer Roger Morgan-Grenville sets out on a 1,000-mile walk through a British spring to see whether there are reasons to be hopeful about the natural world. His aim is to match the pace at which the oak leaves emerge, roughly 40 kilometers north each day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFighting illness, blizzards and his own aging body, he visits every main habitat between Lymington and Cape Wrath in an epic eight-week adventure, encountering, over and over again, the kindness of strangers and the inspiring efforts of those fighting heroically for nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA life-affirming--and life-changing--journey about the resilience of the natural world and how spring is changing across Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger Morgan-Grenville\u003c\/b\u003e was a soldier from 1978-86. In 2007, he helped to set up the charity Help for Heroes, and in 2020 he was a founding member of the conservation charity, Curlew Action. His earlier titles, Liquid Gold, Shearwater and Taking Stock, are also published by Icon. He lives in West Sussex.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521574146322,"sku":"9781785789762","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60edc813-aa30-44fd-8f5a-e0c8fa29b30a.jpg?v=1731108233","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/across-a-waking-land-a-1-000-mile-walk-through-a-british-spring","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}