{"product_id":"eccentric-islands-travels-real-and-imaginary-9781571312594","title":"Eccentric Islands: Travels Real and Imaginary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBill Holm, often called \"the bard of the Midwest,\" takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a modern-day literary Darwin, Bill Holm travels to Isla Mujeres, an exceptional island east of the Yucatán Peninsula; Moloka'i, whose history is graced by the example of Father Damien; Iceland, with a human genetic code nearly unmatched in its purity; Madagascar, an island of musical and botanical eccentricities; and Mallard Island, tucked in Rainy Lake, near the Canadian border. He also visits islands of ideas, including the Necessary Island of the Imagination, the Piano Island--located in the man-made lake under the atrium sky of an upscale hotel in the far interior of China--and the acute isolation of the Island of Pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with the mindset of a 19th-century traveler for whom the journey is as important as the destination, Holm appeals to the traveler and the philosopher in everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873605718290,"sku":"9781571312594","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_566761eb-7539-4ced-b1b6-ca3f4e4c9aec.jpg?v=1737943519","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/eccentric-islands-travels-real-and-imaginary-9781571312594","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}