{"product_id":"the-way-home-mark-boyle","title":"The Way Home (Mark Boyle)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest, radical and moving account of life off the grid.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eIn this upfront 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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Boyle's memoir of his first year off-grid is fascinating... \u003cstrong\u003eA poetic meditation on the almost-mystical benefits of falling in sync with nature\u003c\/strong\u003e.' -\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA warts-and-all look at an extreme way of life\u003c\/strong\u003e, but one that, by the end of this \u003cstrong\u003eengrossing\u003c\/strong\u003e book, makes the world around it seem dysfunctional.' -\u003cem\u003eIrish Independen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003et\u003c\/em\u003e, BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA beautiful and thought-provoking story that will inspire you to live differently\u003c\/strong\u003e. Mark asks the most fundamental questions then sets out to live the answers.' Lily Cole, model and activist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Boyle founded the 'freeconomy' movement in the UK. A former economics graduate and business director, he is a columnist for the Guardian and Ethical Consumer magazine and he has been interviewed by a variety of national media, including Sky News, BBC Radio Four, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Telegraph, and The Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade Paperback, Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65887614271837,"sku":"K080820337","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8082033700001A.jpg?v=1789075272","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-way-home-mark-boyle","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}