{"product_id":"circling-sky","title":"Circling Sky","description":"From a \u003cb\u003e2018 Wainwright Prize shortlisted author\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTHE CIRCLING SKY\u003c\/b\u003e is part \u003cb\u003echildhood memoir\u003c\/b\u003e, blended with \u003cb\u003eexquisite nature observation\u003c\/b\u003e, and the story of one man's journey over a year to one of the UK's key natural habitats, the \u003cb\u003eNew Forest of Hampshire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the form of several journeys, beginning in January 2019, Neil Ansell returns for \u003cb\u003esolitary walks\u003c\/b\u003e to the \u003cb\u003eNew Forest in Hampshire\u003c\/b\u003e, close to where he was born. With \u003cb\u003ebeautiful sightings and observations of birds, trees, butterflies, insects and landscape\u003c\/b\u003e, this is also a \u003cb\u003ereflective memoir on childhood\u003c\/b\u003e, on the \u003cb\u003ehistory of one of the most ancient and important natural habitats in the United Kingdom\u003c\/b\u003e, and on the \u003cb\u003eGypsies who lived there for centuries\u003c\/b\u003e - and were subsequently expelled to neighbouring cities. It is also part \u003cb\u003epolemic on our collective and individual responsibility for the land and world in which we live, and how we care for it\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Neil Ansell is a \u003cb\u003ewonderful guide\u003c\/b\u003e... this is \u003cb\u003ea delight of nature writing\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57309478125950,"sku":"NW9781472272379","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472272379.jpg?v=1778712519","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/circling-sky","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}