{"product_id":"9780008651770","title":"The Lie of the Land : Who Really Cares for the Countryside?","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Guy Shrubsole\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUnited Kingdom, Great Britain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 September 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e242 x 163 x 31mm | 540g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A WATERSTONES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Timely and rousing'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lie of the land: that Britain’s landowners care for the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to be good stewards. But these same landowners have carelessly trampled over our best-loved landscapes, leaving the rivers polluted, fenlands drained, and moorlands burned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Guy Shrubsole has travelled across Britain to expose the lie and meet the communities fighting back to restore our lost landscapes. This is a bold, shared vision for our nation’s wild places, and how we can treat them with the awe and care they deserve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e *Guy Shrubsole's The Lost Rainforests of Britain was a Sunday Times bestseller w\/c 2023-04-30*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  *SHORTLISTED FOR THE UNWIN AWARD*\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guy Shrubsole","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57425921245567,"sku":"9780008651770","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/2132\/2623\/files\/9780008651770_d3eab76f-716e-457a-8937-5c6c0ffb4050.jpg?v=1778844945","url":"https:\/\/berwynbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008651770","provider":"The Berwyn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}