{"product_id":"outlandish-book-nick-hunt-9781529380453","title":"Outlandish","description":"In Outlandish, acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that should\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e not be there, wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far-off continents:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; the continent's largest surviving remnant of primeval\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e forest in Poland and Belarus; Europe's only true desert in Spain; and the fathomless\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e grassland steppes of Hungary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From snow-capped mountain range to dense green forest, desert ravines to threadbare,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e yellow open grassland, these anomalies transport us to faraway regions of the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e More like pockets of Africa, Asia, the Poles or North America, they make our own\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e continent seem larger, stranger and more filled with secrets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Against the rapid climate breakdown of deserts, steppes and primeval jungles across the\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e world, this book discovers the outlandish environments so much closer to home - along\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e with their abundant wildlife: reindeer; bison; ibex; wolves and herds of wild horses.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blending sublime travel writing, nature writing and history - by way of Paleolithic cave art,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e reindeer nomads, desert wanderers, shamans, Slavic forest gods, European bison, Wild\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e West fantasists, eco-activists, horseback archers, Big Grey Men and other unlikely spirits\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e of place - these desolate and rich environments show us that the strange has always been\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e near.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49570574762257,"sku":"GOR013195215","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49906866356497,"sku":"GOR013811253","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50389240185105,"sku":"CIN1529380456VG","price":5.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53708024021265,"sku":"CIN1529380456G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1529380456.jpg?v=1751117962","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/outlandish-book-nick-hunt-9781529380453","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}