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Adam Nicolson is a prize-winning writer of many books on history, nature and the countryside including The Sea is Not Made of Water, The Making of Poetry, Sea Room, God’s Secretaries, The Gentry and the acclaimed The Mighty Dead. His 2017 book, Seabird’s Cry was picked as Waterstones Book of the Month in Scotland and won the prestigious Wainwright Prize for nature writing and the Jeffries Prize. He is the winner of the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, the W.H. Heinemann Award and the British Topography Prize. He has written and presented many television series and lives on a farm in Sussex.
<p>‘<em>Bird School </em>is a feast for mind and soul, a treasure trove of insights into the enigmatic and enchanting world of the birds we share our lives with but barely notice. I have learnt so much. Every page is a thrill. <em>Bird School </em>has opened my eyes'</p>
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<strong>Isabella Tree, author of <em>Wilding</em></strong>
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<p>'A joyous journey of discovery! <em>Bird School</em> is a natural history tour de force and an impressive blend of the personal, scientific and cultural'</p>
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<strong>Tristan Gooley, The Natural Navigator and bestselling author of <em>How to Read a Tree</em></strong>
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<p>'A wonderful synthesis of patient fieldwork, science and spirit of inquiry. <em>Bird School </em>is a book which is tuned to the beauty, fragility and wonder of birds. As moving as it is fascinating, it is also a deeply inspiring work which made me see and appreciate the birds anew'</p>
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<strong>James Macdonald Lockhart, author of <em>Wild Air</em></strong>
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<strong>PRAISE FOR <em>LIFE BETWEEN THE TIDES</em></strong>
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<p>‘Miraculous … Effortlessly, in deft, sure and delightful prose, he segues through species, science and art to present tidal nature as a microcosm. The result is an utterly fascinating glimpse of a watery world we only thought we knew’</p>
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<strong>Philip Hoare</strong>
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<p>‘A beautiful, powerful story of how we understand the unfolding change of the shore.</p>
<p>This is a remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things, both a call-to-arms and a call-to-pause and truly look. Nicolson is unique as a writer, happy soaked to the skin on the shoreline and happy unweaving skeins of philosophy. I loved it’</p>
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<strong>Edmund de Waal</strong>
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<p>‘A fascinating guide to all things littoral: a natural history of the rockpool that teems with life … Endlessly interesting, its wonders unfurl, fractal-like, the more closely you examine it’</p>
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<strong>Cal Flyn</strong>
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<p>‘The man who finds wonder in a winkle … Remarkable … In Nicolson’s hands the intertidal zone is shown to be rich and revelatory … It is as lyrical, learned and rambunctiously eccentric as his previous work … For a book so focused on non-human life, it is luminously humane’</p>
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<strong>The Times</strong>
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Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Adam Nicolson is a prize-winning writer of many books on history, nature and the countryside including The Sea is Not Made of Water, The Making of Poetry, Sea Room, God’s Secretaries, The Gentry and the acclaimed The Mighty Dead. His 2017 book, Seabird’s Cry was picked as Waterstones Book of the Month in Scotland and won the prestigious Wainwright Prize for nature writing and the Jeffries Prize. He is the winner of the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, the W.H. Heinemann Award and the British Topography Prize. He has written and presented many television series and lives on a farm in Sussex.