{"product_id":"islands-of-abandonment-life-in-the-posthuman-landscape","title":"Islands Of Abandonment: Life In The PostHuman Landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sunday Times Bestseller And Science And Environment Book Of The Yearwinner Of The Sunday Times Young Writer Of The Year Awardshortlisted For The Baillie Gifford Prizeshortlisted For The Wainwright Conservation Awardshortlisted For The British Academy Book Prizeshortlisted For The Highland Book Prize This Is A Book About Abandoned Places: Ghost Towns And Exclusion Zones, No ManS Lands And Fortress Islands  And What Happens When Nature Is Allowed To Reclaim Its Place.In Chernobyl, Following The Nuclear Disaster, Only A Handful Of People Returned To Their Dangerously Irradiated Homes. On An Uninhabited Scottish Island, Feral Cattle Live Entirely Wild. In Detroit, Once AmericaS FourthLargest City, Entire Streets Of Houses Are Falling In On Themselves, Looters Slipping Through Otherwise Silent Neighbourhoods.This Book Explores The Extraordinary Places Where Humans No Longer Live  Or Survive In Tiny, Precarious Numbers  To Give Us A Possible Glimpse Of What Happens When MankindS Impact On Nature Is Forced To Stop. From Tanzanian Mountains To The Volcanic Caribbean, The Forbidden Areas Of France To The Mining Regions Of Scotland, Flyn Brings Together Some Of The Most Desolate, Eerie, Ravaged And Polluted Areas In The World  And Shows How, Against All Odds, They Offer Our Best Opportunities For Environmental Recovery.By Turns Haunted And Hopeful, This Luminously Written World Study Is Pinned Together With Profound Insight And New Ecological Discoveries That Together Map An Answer To The Big Questions: What Happens After WeRe Gone, And How Far Can Our Damage To Nature Be Undone?More Praise For Islands Of AbandonmentExtraordinary  Just When You Thought There Was Nowhere Left To Explore, Along Comes An Author With A New Category Of Terrain  Dazzling SpectatorA Haunting Look At How Nature Fights Back  Beautiful, Evocative Sunday TimesFlynS Brave, Thorough Book Sets Out To Explore Places Where Angels Fear To Tread  The Result Is Fascinating, Eerie And Strange  There Is Some Thrilling Writing Here Kathleen Jamie, New StatesmanWonderful Adam NicolsonExhilarating Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913690144966,"sku":"DADAX000832977X","price":32.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/81Z0X_uf1IL.jpg?v=1780553812","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/islands-of-abandonment-life-in-the-posthuman-landscape","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}