{"product_id":"underground-1","title":"Underground","description":"\u003cb\u003e'A mesmerizingly fascinating tale, one astonishing adventure after another. I could not stop reading this beautifully written book.'\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Finkel, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A unique history of a culturally and scientifically important netherworld most people barely know exists.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An unusual and intriguing travel book ... A vivid illumination of the dark and an effective evocation of its profound mystery.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When \u003cb\u003eWill Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e was sixteen years old, he discovered an abandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house in Providence, Rhode Island. His first tunnel trips inspired a lifelong fascination with exploring \u003cb\u003eunderground worlds\u003c\/b\u003e, from the \u003cb\u003ederelict subway stations\u003c\/b\u003e and sewers of New York City to \u003cb\u003esacred caves\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ecatacombs\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003etombs\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebunkers\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eancient underground cities\u003c\/b\u003e in more than twenty countries around the world. \u003ci\u003eUnderground \u003c\/i\u003eis both a personal exploration of Hunt’s obsession and a panoramic study of how we are all connected to the underground, how caves and other dark hollows have frightened and enchanted us through the ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a narrative \u003cb\u003espanning continents and epochs\u003c\/b\u003e, Hunt follows a cast of subterraneaphiles who have dedicated themselves to investigating underground worlds. He tracks the origins of life with a team of \u003cb\u003eNASA microbiologists\u003c\/b\u003e a mile beneath the \u003cb\u003eBlack Hills\u003c\/b\u003e, camps out for three days with urban explorers in the catacombs and sewers of \u003cb\u003eParis\u003c\/b\u003e, descends with an Aboriginal family into a 35,000-year-old mine in the \u003cb\u003eAustralian outback\u003c\/b\u003e, and glimpses a sacred sculpture moulded by Paleolithic artists in the depths of a cave in the \u003cb\u003ePyrenees\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each adventure is woven with findings in mythology and anthropology, natural history and neuroscience, literature and philosophy – this is a graceful meditation on the allure of darkness, the power of mystery, and our eternal desire to connect with what we cannot see.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317807686014,"sku":"NW9781471139574","price":13.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781471139574.jpg?v=1778696776","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/underground-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}