{"product_id":"eccentric-islands-9781571312594","title":"Eccentric Islands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBill Holm, often called “the bard of the Midwest,” takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a modern-day literary Darwin, Bill Holm travels to Isla Mujeres, an exceptional island east of the Yucatán Peninsula; Moloka‘i, whose history is graced by the example of Father Damien; Iceland, with a human genetic code nearly unmatched in its purity; Madagascar, an island of musical and botanical eccentricities; and Mallard Island, tucked in Rainy Lake, near the Canadian border. He also visits islands of ideas, including the Necessary Island of the Imagination, the Piano Island—located in the man-made lake under the atrium sky of an upscale hotel in the far interior of China—and the acute isolation of the Island of Pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with the mindset of a 19th-century traveler for whom the journey is as important as the destination, Holm appeals to the traveler and the philosopher in everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Holm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284517171451,"sku":"9781571312594","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781571312594_d42b2355-6b8c-4764-91dc-4e4efc9bb816.jpg?v=1772484916","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/eccentric-islands-9781571312594","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}