{"product_id":"9781838851514-the-oak-papers","title":"The Oak Papers","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlending personal experience with cultural legacy, this homage to the oak tree presents a case for the important role it plays today: in our landscape and in our lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Some five years ago, I sought solace from the ways of the world by stepping into the embrace of an ancient oak tree . From the first meeting, there grew a strange sense of attachment I did not consciously recognise until I later began to realise the significance that trees, and oak trees especially, can have in our lives.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Canton spent two years sitting with and studying the Honywood Oak. A colossus of a tree, it would have been a sapling when Magna Carta was signed. Initially visiting the tree for escape and solitude, in time he learns to study it more closely. He examines how our long-standing dependency on oak trees has developed and morphed into myth and legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oak Papers\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning, meditative and healing book about the lessons we can learn from the natural world, if only we slow down enough to listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535951667574,"sku":"9781838851514","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28273320.jpg?v=1774283508","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838851514-the-oak-papers","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}