{"product_id":"island-by-dr-julian-hanna-9798765102367","title":"Island","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDarwin called the Galápagos archipelago “a little world within itself,” unaffected by humans and set on its own evolutionary path – strange, diverse, and unique. Islands are repositories of unique cultures and ways of living, seed banks built up in relative isolation. \u003cem\u003eIsland\u003c\/em\u003e is an archipelago of ideas, drawing from research and first-hand experience living, working, and travelling to islands as far afield as Madeira and Cape Verde, Orkney and Svalbard, the Aran Islands and the Gulf Islands, Hong Kong and Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIslands have long been viewed as both paradise and prison – we project onto them our deepest desires for freedom and escape, but also our greatest fears of forced isolation. This book asks: what can islands teach us about living sustainably, being alone or coexisting with others, coping with uncertainty, and making do?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsland\u003c\/em\u003e explores these and other questions and ideas, but is constructed above all from the stories and experiences gathered during a lifetime of island hopping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431041974508,"sku":"9798765102367","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798765102367.jpg?v=1774558039","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/island-by-dr-julian-hanna-9798765102367","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}