{"product_id":"9781786077271","title":"The Way Home : Tales from a Life Without Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Boyle, Mark, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/03\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Oneworld Publications,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Oneworld Publications,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Memoirs, Conservation of wildlife \u0026amp; habitats, Green lifestyle \u0026amp; self-sufficiency, Natural history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781786077271\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever. No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the spring, foraging and fishing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire - much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022971666585,"sku":"9781786077271","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781786077271.jpg?v=1602535660","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781786077271","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}