{"product_id":"the-book-of-birds","title":"The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Birds \u003c\/em\u003eis a field guide with a difference: It shows readers not just how to identify birds, but also how to identify \u003cem\u003ewith \u003c\/em\u003ethem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris conjure the unique spirit of nearly fifty once-common species: avocet to yellowhammer, kestrel to kingfisher, skylark to nightingale. In lyrical and incantatory essays, Macfarlane describes each bird’s habits and habitats, their patterns of flight and patterns of song, how they hunt or fish or scavenge or gather, how they nest and raise their chicks, the myths that attend them, the threats that shadow them―and how their lives intersect with our own. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn every page we encounter Morris’s exhilarating artwork, painted from life in watercolor and gold leaf, and animated with an extraordinary attention to detail. \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Birds\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the thrilling variety and mysteries of birdlife, and a clarion call to halt the rapid depletion of our skies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"margin:0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Macfarlane’s best-selling books include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderland\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e. With the artist Jackie Morris he is the coauthor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Birds\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the recipient of the E. M. Forster Prize for Literature and the Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence and is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nJackie Morris\u003cspan\u003e is the best-selling and award-winning cocreator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She lives in Pembrokeshire, Wales. \u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eI do know that from at least the age of six I wanted to be an artist. I watched my dad drawing a picture of a lapwing, making a bird appear on a piece of paper using only a pencil, and I thought it was some magic that made this happen.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53464770249011,"sku":"15658","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0888\/4515\/6659\/files\/9781324006848.jpg?v=1780152400","url":"https:\/\/buteobooks.com\/products\/the-book-of-birds","provider":"Buteo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}