{"product_id":"smoke-hole-looking-to-the-wild-in-the-time-of-the-spyglass","title":"Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSmoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMartin Shaw\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781645020950\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eChelsea Green Publishing UK\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e144\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A modern-day bard.\"--Madeline Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.\"--John Densmore, The Doors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw makes you re-see the world, as a place of adventure and of initiation, as perfect home and as perfectly other. What a gift.\"--David Keenan, author of \u003ci\u003eXstabeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I can still remember the first time I heard Martin Shaw tell a story. The tale that emerged was like a living thing, bounding around, throwing itself at us there listening. I had never heard anything like it before.\"--Paul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives - identity, technology, love, seduction, politics - celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers \u003ci\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/i\u003e - three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today. Assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high, Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe invites us to use these stories to help find 'a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture.' \u003ci\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate call to arms and an invitation to use these stories to face the complexities of contemporary life, from fake news to parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology and more.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing UK","offers":[{"title":"Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass | Martin Shaw | Hardcover | 9781645020950 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks C 1780628","offer_id":49947807907992,"sku":"1780628","price":32.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81ayKj_fGvL.jpg?v=1789782618","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/smoke-hole-looking-to-the-wild-in-the-time-of-the-spyglass","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}