{"product_id":"janine-burke-nest-2014-paperback","title":"Janine Burke: Nest [2014] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe tend to take birds for granted, in the landscape or in our  neighbourhoods. The presence of birds communicates the health of a place. When  they're gone, it's as though there's a hole in the sky, in the air, an absence  of beauty and grace, and vivid chatter or haunting cries are replaced with eerie  silence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an amateur naturalist and nature lover, Janine Burke, art  historian and author, has spent many years observing birds. \u003ci\u003eNest\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of her passion, a personal, wide-ranging and intimate  book - part natural history, part folklore, part exploration of art and  aesthetics, part memoir - that will appeal to all those who love nature,  literature and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are nests if not art created by nature? If a nest is  not art, how can we account for those exquisite, painstakingly constructed  creations that are decorated, or woven through with feathers, or studded with  objects of a particular colour or sheen? \u003ci\u003eNest \u003c\/i\u003ereveals both the art and  mystery found in nature and celebrates them with lyricism, insight and great  affection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eLongitude\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCod\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Cello  Suites\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNest\u003c\/i\u003e is a short education that encompasses  celebration and theory, investigation and memoir, the familiar and the  revelatory - as surprising and enticing as any beautiful, intricately  constructed nest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burke, Janine","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46647330308435,"sku":"9781760110895","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/burke-janine-janine-burke-nest-2014-paperback-9781760110895-50843448836435.jpg?v=1684907083","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/janine-burke-nest-2014-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}