{"product_id":"9781472939647","title":"Waypoints : Seascapes and Stories of Scotland's West Coast","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Stephen, Ian \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eScotland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 May 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Adlard Coles Nautical) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 304 pages, Black and white illustrations throughout\u003cbr\u003e195 x 130 x 20 | 406g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdventure, memoir, storytelling and celebration of all things maritime meet in Waypoints, a beautifully written account of sea journeys from Scotland's west coast. In the book Ian Stephen reveals a lifetime's love affair with sailing; each voyage honours a seagoing vessel, and each adventure is accompanied by a spell-binding retelling of a traditional tale about the sea. His writing is enchanting and lyrical, gentle but searching, and is accompanied by beautiful illustrations of each vessel, drawn by his wife, artist Christine Morrison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Stephen is a Scottish writer, artist and storyteller from the remote and bewitching Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. He fell in love with boats and sailing as a boy, pairing this love affair with a passion for the beautiful but merciless Scottish coastline, an inspiration and motivating force behind his poems, stories, plays, radio broadcasts and visual arts projects for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be a delightful and absorbing read for anyone with a passion for sailing and the seas, Scotland's landscape and coastlines, stories and the origins of language and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925469528323,"sku":"9781472939647","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781472939647.jpg?v=1731423922","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781472939647","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}