{"product_id":"recovering-place-mark-c-taylor-9780231164993","title":"Recovering Place: Reflections on Stone Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark C. Taylor recounts a poignant love affair not with a person but with a place that, paradoxically, cannot be easily localized. For many years, Taylor has lived in the Berkshire Mountains, where he writes and creates land art and sculpture. In a world of mobile screens and virtual realities, where speed is the measure of success and place is disappearing, his work slows down thought and brings life back to earth to give readers time to ponder the importance of place before it slips away. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaylor extends reflection beyond the page and returns with new insights about what is hiding in plain sight all around us. Weaving together words and images, his artful work enacts what it describes. Things long familiar suddenly appear strange, and the strange, unexpected, and unprogrammed unsettle readers in surprising ways. This timely meditation gives pause in the midst of harried lives and turns attention toward what we usually overlook: night, silence, touch, grace, ghosts, water, earth, stones, bones, idleness, infinity, slowness, and contentment. \u003ci\u003eRecovering Place\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique work with reflections that linger long after the book is closed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark C. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231164998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231164993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.70w x 0.40d","brand":"Mark C. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072434827519,"sku":"9780231164993","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99047497-aabf-4dc5-9e97-f1179a891143.jpg?v=1685441946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/recovering-place-mark-c-taylor-9780231164993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}