{"product_id":"9798765102367","title":"Island","description":"Author: Hanna, Julian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765102367\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003eDarwin called the Gal ipagos 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. \u003ci\u003eIsland \u003c\/i\u003eis an archipelago of ideas, drawing from research and first-hand experience living, working, and traveling to islands as far afield as Madeira and Cape Verde, Orkney and Svalbard, the Aran Islands and the Gulf Islands, Hong Kong and Manhattan. \u003cbr\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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsland \u003c\/i\u003eexplores these and other questions and ideas, but is constructed above all from the stories and experiences gathered during a lifetime of island hopping.\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643219529886,"sku":"UBD-9798765102367","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765102367.jpg?v=1774484436","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765102367","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}