{"title":"Alix Morris","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlix Morris offers a captivating exploration of the natural world, weaving detailed observation with a deep sense of place. Readers can expect immersive narratives that celebrate wildlife, particularly focusing on coastal and marine environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for the rhythms of nature, Morris's work invites reflection on the subtle interactions between creatures and their habitats. Her writing is both poetic and informative, appealing to those who appreciate thoughtful science and nature literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-year-with-the-seals-by-alix-morris-9781785127625","title":"A Year with the Seals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt might be their large, strangely human eyes or their dog-like playfulness, but seals have long captured people's interest and affection, making them the perfect candidate for an environmental cause, as well as the subject of decades of study. Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life on the page, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with the enigmatic seals themselves, Morris gets to know all of the competing interests in the intense debate about the newly recovered seal populations in our coastal waters, from local fisherman whose catch is often diminished by savvy seals, to tribes who once relied on seal-hunting for food, clothing, and medicine, to seal rescue workers and biologists, to surfers and swimmers now encountering seal-hunting sharks in coastal waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a world where wildlife populations are disappearing at an alarming rate, \u003ci\u003eA Year with the Seals\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare look at what happens when conservation efforts actually work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences for a wide variety of species, humans included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47602813993196,"sku":"9781785127625","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781785127625-a-year-with-the-seals.jpg?v=1778047606"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/alix-morris.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}