{"product_id":"9781786077271","title":"The Way Home : Tales from a Life Without Technology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mark Boyle\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eIreland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 March 2020 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e201 x 124 x 23mm | 256g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the spring, foraging and fishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire - much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Boyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839525204317,"sku":"9781786077271","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781786077271.jpg?v=1780059073","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781786077271","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}