{"product_id":"retreat-the-risks-and-rewards-of-stepping-back-from-the-world-9781847925831","title":"Retreat The Risks and Rewards of Stepping Back","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Reads at times like \u003ci\u003eEat Pray Love\u003c\/i\u003e as written by David Foster Wallace. A rich and almost eerily timely book'' William Fiennes, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Geese\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStepping back from the world is an ancient human impulse. Over the last year we have had to retreat. But throughout history, we have chosen to.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe were doing it more and more, anyway. Mindfulness and meditation are all the rage. Wellness tourism, yoga breaks, meditation apps, and spiritual boot camps have been booming - entry-level to hardcore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRetreat \u003c\/i\u003einvestigates this human obsession, mining neuroscience, psychology and history to reveal why we seek solitude, what we get out of it, and what is going on in our brains and bodies when we achieve it. What has it meant to the world''s great thinkers, and what does it mean, in our age, as an activity we pay for?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs isolation a means of engaging more fully with reality, or evading it? And what has retreat meant at a time when\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48088099520855,"sku":"9781847925831","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781847925831.jpg?v=1713545260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/retreat-the-risks-and-rewards-of-stepping-back-from-the-world-9781847925831","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}