{"product_id":"life-between-the-tides-paperback","title":"Life Between the Tides - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Nicolson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Nicolson explores the marine life inhabiting seashore rock pools with a scientist's curiosity and a poet's wonder in this beautifully illustrated book. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sea is not made of water. Creatures are \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eits genes. Look down as you crouch over the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eshallows and you will find a periwinkle or \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ea prawn, a claw-displaying crab or a cluster \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof anemones ready to meet you. No need for \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebinoculars or special stalking skills: go to the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003erocks and the living will say hello.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside each rock pool tucked into one of the infinite crevices of the tidal coastline lies a rippling, silent, unknowable universe. Below the stillness of the surface course different currents of endless motion--the ebb and flow of the tide, the steady forward propulsion of the passage of time, and the tiny lifetimes of the rock pool's creatures, all of which coalesce into the grand narrative of evolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLife Between the Tides\u003c\/i\u003e, Adam Nicolson investigates one of the most revelatory habitats on earth. Under his microscope, we see a prawn's head become a medieval helmet and a group of \"winkles\" transform into a Dickensian social scene, with mollusks munching on Stilton and glancing at their pocket watches. Or, rather, is a winkle more like Achilles, an ancient hero, throwing himself toward death for the sake of glory? For Nicolson, who writes \"with scientific rigor and a poet's sense of wonder\" (\u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e), the world of the rock pools is infinite and as intricate as our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Nicolson journeys between the tides, both in the pools he builds along the coast of Scotland and through the timeline of scientific discovery, he is accompanied by great thinkers--no one can escape the pull of the sea. We meet Virginia Woolf and her \u003ci\u003eWaves\u003c\/i\u003e; a young T. S. Eliot peering into his own rock pool in Massachusetts; even Nicolson's father-in-law, a classical scholar who would hunt for amethysts along the shoreline, his mind on Heraclitus and the other philosophers of ancient Greece. And, of course, scientists populate the pages; not only their discoveries, but also their doubts and errors, their moments of quiet observation and their thrilling realizations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything is within the rock pools, where you can look beyond your own reflection and find the miraculous an inch beneath your nose. \"The soul wants to be wet,\" Heraclitus said in Ephesus twenty-five hundred years ago. This marvelous book demonstrates why it is so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes Color and Black-and-White Photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Nicolson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books on history, landscape, and great literature. He is the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the W. H. Heinemann Award, and the Ondaatje Prize. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Seabird's Cry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhy Homer Matters\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives on a farm in Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691850600511,"sku":"9781250862952","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fa8de8391b80d5fcc4a61216bc4aa4f0.webp?v=1764993427","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/life-between-the-tides-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}