{"product_id":"sentient","title":"Sentient","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpellbinding . . . More than any other book, \u003cem\u003eSentient\u003c\/em\u003e has made me think differently about the world this year.\u003c\/em\u003e - Financial Times Best Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLyrical and lucid . . . Higgins makes popular science accessible.\u003c\/em\u003e - Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe peacock mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture aquarium walls. The great grey owl can hear many decibels lower than the human ear. The star-nosed mole's miraculous nose allows it to catch worms in as little as 120 milliseconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSentient\u003c\/em\u003e, Jackie Higgins assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures - from land, air, sea, and all four corners of the globe - to understand what it means to be human. In it, we also meet the four-eyed spookfish and its dark vision, the vampire bat and its remarkable powers of touch, as well as the common octopus, the Goliath catfish, and the duck-billed platypus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach zoological marvel illustrates the surprising sensory powers that lie within us and enables us to engage with the world in ways we never knew possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45719405527276,"sku":"9781529030815","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529030815.jpg?v=1726125708","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/sentient","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}