{"product_id":"chasing-the-ghost","title":"Chasing The Ghost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST BOOKS OF 2018**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoin renowned naturalist Peter Marren on an exciting quest to see every species of wild plant native to Britain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe mysterious Ghost Orchid blooms in near darkness \u003c\/b\u003eamong rotting leaves on the forest floor. It blends into the background to the point of invisibility, yet glows, pale and ghostly. The ultimate grail of flower hunters, it has been spotted only once in the past twenty-five years. Its few flowers have a deathly pallor and are said to smell of over-ripe bananas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Marren has been a devoted flower finder all his life. While the Ghost Orchid offers the toughest challenge of any wild plant, there were fifty more British species Peter had yet to see, having ticked off the first 1,400 rummaging in hedges, slipping down gullies and peering in peat bogs. But he set himself the goal of finding the remaining fifty in a single summer. As it turned out, the wettest summer in years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis expert and emotional journey takes Peter the length and the breadth of the British Isles, \u003c\/b\u003efrom the dripping ancient woods of the New Forest to the storm-lashed cliffs of Sutherland. He paddles in lakes, clambers up cliffs in mist and rain, and walks several hundred miles, \u003cb\u003ebut does he manage to find them all? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePartly about plants, partly autobiography, \u003ci\u003eChasing the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e is also a reminder that to engage with wild flowers, all we need to do is look around us and enjoy what we see. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e Chasing the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Peter Marren is the unsung hero of Britain’s nature writers’ Stephen Moss, author of \u003ci\u003eDynasties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Jolly, quixotic and ends with real poignancy’ G\u003ci\u003euardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                                                                                                                ‘A poignant reminder to us all to engage with the wild flowers that grow around us’\u003ci\u003e i\u003c\/i\u003e Newspaper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316600512894,"sku":"NW9781784703370","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784703370.jpg?v=1778657650","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/chasing-the-ghost","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}