{"product_id":"9781615190836-sightlines","title":"Sightlines","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the 2014 Orion Book Award for Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the John Burroughs Association 2014 Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSightlines,\u003c\/i\u003e Kathleen Jamie reports from the field—from her native Scottish “byways and hills” to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays. She dissects whatever her gaze falls upon—vistas of cells beneath a hospital microscope, orcas rounding a headland, the aurora borealis lighting up the frozen sea. In so doing, she questions what, exactly, constitutes “nature,” and upends the idea that it is \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, \u003ci\u003eSightlines\u003c\/i\u003e urges the reader: “Keep looking, even when there’s nothing much to see.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55201672233334,"sku":"9781615190836","price":14.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27222931.jpg?v=1738102018","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781615190836-sightlines","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}