{"product_id":"9780141959689","title":"The Shell Country Alphabet: The Classic Guide to the British Countryside","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson travelled around England writing the story of the secret landscape that is all around us, if only we take the time to look and see. The result is a book that will take you on an imaginative journey, revealing hidden stories, unexpected places and strange phenomena. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom green men, ice-scratches, cross-legged knights and weathercocks to rainbows, clouds and stars; from place-names and poets to mazes, dene-holes and sham ruins, via avenues, dewponds and village greens, \u003ci\u003eThe Shell Country Alphabet \u003c\/i\u003ewill help you discover the world that remains, just off the motorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eGeoffrey Grigson resurrected the minor, the provincial and the parochial ... [he was] an erudite and unrivalled topographer ... ardent in promoting informed awareness of the distinctiveness of place' Toby Barnard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An anthologist of genius' P.J. Kavanagh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072209207536,"sku":"9780141959689","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141959689_p0.jpg?v=1763656150","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141959689","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}