{"product_id":"a-place-of-my-ownbooks","title":"A Place of My Own","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A glorious piece of prose . . . Pollan leads readers on his adventure with humor and grace.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA captivating personal inquiry into the art of architecture, the craft of building, and the meaning of modern work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“A room of one’s own: Is there anybody who hasn’t at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn’t turned those soft words over until they’d assumed a habitable shape?”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Michael Pollan decided to plant a garden, the result was the acclaimed bestseller \u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eA Place of My Own, \u003c\/i\u003ehe turns his sharp insight to the craft of building, as he recounts the process of designing and constructing a small one-room structure on his rural Connecticut property—a place in which he hoped to read, write, and daydream, built with his own two unhandy hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Pollan's unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between our everyday experiences\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ewhether eating, gardening, or building\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eand the natural world has been the basis for the popular success of his many works of nonfiction, including the genre-defining bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Omnivore's Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Food\u003c\/i\u003e. With this updated edition of his earlier book \u003ci\u003eA Place of My Own\u003c\/i\u003e, readers can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan's realization of a room of his own\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ea small, wooden hut, his \"shelter for daydreams\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ebuilt with his admittedly unhandy hands. Inspired by both Thoreau and Mr. Blandings, \u003ci\u003eA Place of My Own\u003c\/i\u003e not only works to convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world.","brand":"Pollan, Michael","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Biography)","offer_id":44068413472992,"sku":"","price":14.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_21c26965-59bd-4941-aa53-bf03596e3958.jpg?v=1687963536","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/a-place-of-my-ownbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}