{"product_id":"ring-the-hill-by-tom-cox-9781800756038","title":"Ring the Hill","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Always engaging, charming, funny and often moving . . . It made me want to pull on my stoutest boots and follow in his footsteps' - Stephen Fry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Sheer bloody genius . . . I loved it. Then I loved it more' - John Lewis-Stempel, author of \u003cem\u003eMeadowlands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA hill is not a mountain. You climb it for you, then you put it quietly inside you, in a cupboard marked 'Quite A Lot Of Hills' where it makes its infinitesimal mark on who you are.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRing the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is a book written around, and about, hills: it includes a northern hill, a hill that never ends and the smallest hill in England. Each chapter takes a type of hill - whether it's a knoll, cap, cliff, tor or even a mere bump - as a starting point for one of Tom's characteristically unpredictable and wide-ranging explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTom's lyrical, candid prose roams from an intimate relationship with a particular cove on the south coast, to meditations on his great-grandmother and a lesson on what goes into the mapping of hills themselves. Because a good walk in the hills is never just about the hills: you never know where it might lead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362972614892,"sku":"9781800756038","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/82edebcd456fc9e74833a0a39716e5fd.jpg?v=1772932054","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ring-the-hill-by-tom-cox-9781800756038","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}