{"product_id":"a-land-isbn-9780807085110","title":"A Land","description":"A pioneering work of modern nature writing; a natural history of the author's beloved British Isles that inhabits a lush territory somewhere between science and poetry.“Under the guise of a geological and archaeological history of Great Britain, this book is an extraordinary and brilliantly written meditation on consciousness, evolution, and art.”\u003cbr\u003e—Robert Finch, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Book of Nature Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jacquetta Hawkes’s \u003ci\u003eA Land\u003c\/i\u003e is magnificent, a masterpiece of prose. Why do so few write so well anymore? The grace in this writing, and in her observations, virtually comprise a poem.”\u003cbr\u003e—Alexander Theroux\u003cb\u003eJacquetta Hawkes\u003c\/b\u003e (1910-1996), English-born writer, anthropologist and archaeologist, was best known for her documentation of the beautiful British Isles in \u003ci\u003eA Land. \u003c\/i\u003eShe attended Newnham College and traveled on archeology expeditions to various locations, including Palestine and other parts of England. Her other publications include \u003ci\u003eA Woman as Great as the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJourney Down a Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe First Great Civilizations: Life in Mesopotamia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Quest for Love\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305130184933,"sku":"NP9780807085110","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807085110.jpg?v=1767720588","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-land-isbn-9780807085110","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}