{"product_id":"9780241979495","title":"Irreplaceable : The fight to save our wild places","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Hoffman, Julian, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/04\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Conservation of the environment, Conservation of wildlife \u0026amp; habitats, Natural history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241979495\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eHighly Commended Finalist for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers of George Monbiot, Isabella Tree and Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and lyrical account of endangered places around the globe and the people fighting to save them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by human intervention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the tiny to the vast, from marshland to meadow, and from Kent to Glasgow to India to America, they are disappearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrreplaceable is not only a love letter to the haunting beauty of these landscapes and the wild species that call them home, including nightingales, lynxes, hornbills, redwoods and elephant seals, it is also a timely reminder of the vital connections between humans and nature, and all that we stand to lose in terms of wonder and wellbeing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about the power of resistance in an age of loss; a testament to the transformative possibilities that emerge when people come together to defend our most special places and wildlife from extinction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring treasured coral reefs and remote mountains, tropical jungle and ancient woodland, urban allotments and tallgrass prairie, Julian Hoffman traces the stories of threatened places around the globe through the voices of local communities and grassroots campaigners as well as professional ecologists and academics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in the process, he asks what a deep emotional relationship with place offers us - culturally, socially and psychologically. In this rigorous, intimate and impassioned account, he presents a powerful call to arms in the face of unconscionable natural destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021937344665,"sku":"9780241979495","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780241979495_3178a458-3e79-4993-b8ec-d0197f4e1851.jpg?v=1601397532","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780241979495","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}