{"product_id":"9780956501059","title":"More Than Bananas: How the Christian faith works for me and the whole Universe.","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s the biggest mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the Universe were a funfair — galaxies whirling like fairground rides, streams of gas and dust strewn across the sky like bunting, people wandering through it eating hot-dogs — where did it come from?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho put it there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience does a wonderful job explaining part of the story. It just can’t do the beginning, or the end, or the meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt can’t tell us why there is something, rather than nothing at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it can’t tell us how the fruit-eating primates turned into people who hum music, write novels, invent day-time TV and ponder the Nature of Being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor that, we need something \u003cem\u003emore than bananas\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn Myers has degrees in physics and theology, and has been a full-time journalist and writer nearly all his life. For most of that time he has aspired to write stuff that is funny, quirky, redemptive, original and entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book came out of near-death experiences. Glenn's heart stopped in 2011 and had to be restarted. Then he spent most of May 2013 in a medically-induced coma, unlikely ever to recover from serious lung damage, hallucinating wildly (and often quite entertainingly). It took some weeks to wake up and recover a steady grip on what currently passes for reality. He wrote \u003cem\u003eMore than Bananas \u003c\/em\u003ein the months that followed\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ewhile learning to breathe, chew, swallow and walk again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe made a full recovery. Brought up in West Yorkshire, Glenn has lived in Los Angeles, Singapore, London and Cote d'Ivoire, but has settled with his wife in Cambridge, UK. They have two grown-up children. Unlike everyone else in his family, neither of his degrees are from Cambridge University. He and his wife are members of their local Anglican church. He particularly enjoys curries, cafes and his hammock, though not all at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glenn Myers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50057136832752,"sku":"9780956501059","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780956501059_p0.jpg?v=1784735101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780956501059","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}