{"product_id":"the-magic-of-birds","title":"The Magic of Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf all the animals with which we share the planet  few have captured peoples imaginations as thoroughly  or enchantingly  as birds. Symbols of freedom but also of captivity  good fortune but also ill omen  the human spirit and the unknowable animalbirds have delighted and haunted us for millennia.  The Magic of Birds brings that fascination to the printed page. A marvelous mix of words and images  it carries readers around the globe  from the myths of ancient Egypt to the Finnish epic The Kalevala  to find the tracks of birds in art and literature. We see birds peeking out of illuminated medieval manuscripts  swooping across antique maps  and preening in natural history paintings. Alongside  Celia Fisher offers a dazzling cultural history of birds  tracing their presence  as animals and symbols  in the literature  art  and religion of Europe  Asia  Australia  and the Americas.  A truly stunning volume  worthy of our eternal love affair with birds  The Magic of Birds is the perfect book to set beside your birdseed and binoculars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964063969333,"sku":"ByrdShop_0712357424","price":74.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780712357425.jpg?v=1770447368","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-magic-of-birds","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}