Life Between the Tides: In Search of Rockpools and Other Adventures Along the Shore
Author: Adam Nicolson
ISBN: 9780008294816
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 384
Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 30mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
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
ISBN: 9780008294816
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 384
Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 30mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
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
