{"product_id":"the-robin-a-biography-9781910931318","title":"The Robin: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There is no doubt that Moss's book, with its charming cover and quaint illustrations, will make it into many a stocking this year' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo other bird is quite so ever-present and familiar, so embedded in our culture, as the robin.\u003c\/b\u003e With more than six million breeding pairs, the robin is second only to the wren as Britain's most common bird. It seems to live its life alongside us, in every month and season of the year. \u003cb\u003eBut how much do we \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e know about this bird? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Robin\u003c\/i\u003e Stephen Moss records a year of observing the robin both close to home and in the field to shed light on the hidden life of this apparently familiar bird. \u003cb\u003eWe follow its lifecycle\u003c\/b\u003e from the time it enters the world as an egg, through its time as a nestling and juvenile, to the adult bird; via courtship, song, breeding, feeding, migration - and ultimately, death. At the same time we trace the robin's relationship with us: \u003cb\u003ehow did this particular bird \u003c\/b\u003e- one of more than 300 species in its huge and diverse family - \u003cb\u003efind its way so deeply and permanently into our nation's heart and its social and cultural history?\u003c\/b\u003e It's a story that tells us as much about ourselves as it does about the robin itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Peg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910931318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.09h x 5.42w x 0.92d","brand":"Stephen Moss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41352404631733,"sku":"9781910931318","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cf73c38f-fe9f-4e75-9e65-49e787ac52f8.jpg?v=1637033468","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-robin-a-biography-9781910931318","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}