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Life Between the Tides

In Search of Rockpools and Other Adventures Along the Shore
By Adam Nicolson
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Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson has garnered recognition within the Science & Nature category for its insightful exploration. The book received critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the 2022 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation, highlighting its contribution to environmental and natural history literature.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intricate ecosystems found along the seashore and the interplay between nature and human life. It beautifully combines scientific exploration with poetic descriptions, offering insights into the resilient yet delicate life forms that inhabit coastal environments. This could appeal to anyone who appreciates a blend of ecology, philosophy, and a celebration of the natural world.

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Life Between the Tides

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022

‘A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things … Nicolson is unique as a writer … I loved it’ EDMUND DE WAAL

Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022

‘A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things … Nicolson is unique as a writer … I loved it’ - EDMUND DE WAAL

Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise.

How do sandhoppers inherit an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the tides? How can the death of one winkle guarantee the lives of its companions? What does a prawn know?

In Life Between the Tides, Adam Nicolson explores the natural wonders of the shoreline, from the extraordinary biology of its curious animals to the flow of our human history. This is an invitation to the water, where marvellous things wait an inch below the surface.

Previously published as The Sea is Not Made of Water.

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Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson is widely praised for its exquisite prose and profound exploration of tidal nature. Critics describe it as a captivating journey through the ecology and philosophy of shorelines, blending scientific, artistic, and personal insights. The book offers a joyous and kaleidoscopic exploration of life, revealing the beauty and complexity of the natural world, and is hailed as both a remarkable piece of literature and a thought-provoking treatise on ecology.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008294816

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 August 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: William Collins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Adam Nicolson is the author of many books on history, travel and the environment. He is winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the British Topography Prize and lives on at Sissinghust Castle in Kent. His most recent book for HarperCollins is Sissinghurst, a wonderful and personal biography of a place – the story of a heritage, of a vision of connecting once more buildings and garden, fields and farms and of how that dream was realised.

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