{"product_id":"the-gifts-of-reading-by-robert-macfarlane","title":"The Gifts of Reading by Robert Macfarlane","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eAn autobiographical essay on the importance of giving and receiving books - from the bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eLandmarks \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves both participants the richer. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed eventually to return the favour, though never repay the debt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of our most lyrical writers comes a short and intensely moving essay on the power, beauty and value of the given book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44590915321944,"sku":"9780241978313","price":6.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9780241978313_1.jpg?v=1786598716","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/the-gifts-of-reading-by-robert-macfarlane","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}