{"product_id":"how-to-watch-a-bird-9781927249178","title":"How to Watch a Bird","description":"As prize-winning journalist Steve Braunias stands on an apartment balcony on a sultry summer evening, a black-backed gull flies so close he is instantaneously bowled over with happiness. \"I thought: Birds, everywhere. I wanted to know more about them.\" This book is the result - a wondrous personal journey into the amazing world of birds, and the people ensnared, captivated and entranced by them: the passionate tribe of bird-watchers and twitchers.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBraunias, Steve:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - STEVE BRAUNIAS is the literary editor of Newsroom's books section Reading Room and a staff writer at the New Zealand Herald. He has won over 40 national writing awards, including The New Zealand Post Book Award for Non-fiction, the Buddle Finlay Sargeson Fellowship and the Copyright Licensing Limited New Zealand Writers ' Award, and been awarded fellowships to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He is the author of 11 books, including How to Watch a Bird, Civilisation: Twenty Places on the Edge of the World, Roosters I Have Known, Fish of the Week, Smoking in Antarctica, The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road and Cover Story: 100 Beautiful, Strange and Frankly Incredible New Zealand LP Covers.","brand":"Awa Press Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572163346706,"sku":"9781927249178","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c8954de6-5b0a-4853-be96-23055f932331.jpg?v=1755855310","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-watch-a-bird-9781927249178","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}