{"product_id":"the-big-year-9780857500694","title":"The Big Year","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach year, hundreds of people set out across North America determined to set a new record in a spectacularly competitive event. Is it tennis? Golf? Racing? Poker perhaps? No, it''s bird-watching, and a contest known as the Big Year - a grand, gruelling, expensive (and occasionally vicious) 365-day marathon to identify the most species.\u003cbr\u003eTHE BIG YEAR is the rollicking chronicle of the 275,000-mile odyssey of three unlikely adventurers who take their bird-watching so seriously it nearly kills them. From Texas in pursuit of the Rufus-capped Warbler to British Columbia in search of Xantus'' Hummingbird, these obsessive enthusiasts brave roasting deserts, storm-tossed oceans, infested swamps and disgruntled lions (not to mention some of the lumpiest hotel mattresses known to man) as they vie to become North America''s number one bird-watcher in what would prove to be the biggest Big Year of them all...\u003cbr\u003eThis captivating tour of human and avian nature, of courage and deceit, of passio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA true and unexpectedly exhilarating tale of guile, obsession and competitiveness as rich and involving as any novel... You will care * The Week *\u003cbr\u003eAn adrenaline rush of a book... about an obsession almost as mad as it is magnificent * YORKSHIRE POST *\u003cbr\u003eAn exciting road trip of a story... This sense of thrilling liberation, forays into uncharted territories and an understanding of what drives these men is as much part of the story as the quest itself * THE LIST *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53733907956055,"sku":"9780857500694","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-big-year-9780857500694","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}