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Adam Nicolson inherited the Shiant islands when he was 21 and they became in many ways the core of his life. Their long and painful history is combined with a natural world: Bronze …

Poems of the Sea is an anthology of classic poetry that celebrates the sea; from the power of a stormy ocean to ships and sailors and beaches strewn with shells. Part of the …

Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford) â??A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer â?¦ …

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we …

Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families â?? from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a …

Enter ancient lands of wind and waves where the planet's greatest flyers battle for survival. As the only creatures at home on land, at sea, and in the air, seabirds have evolved …

"Complex, personal, and profound ... a brash and brave piece of writing ... filled with the swords and spears that inflict the carnage of the Iliad." -The Wall Street Journal Why …

An unforgettable look at the contradictions of heroism, as embodied by Horatio Nelson and as tested by the battle of Trafalgar. Adam Nicolson looks at the variety of qualities - …

When we read the book of nature, what do we read there? “All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them …

En engelsk baron og 300 000 hekkende fugler på Shiant-øyene i Indre Hebridene er utgangspunktet for denne odysseen i sjøfuglenes liv. Ti forskjellige sjøfugler eller grupper av …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019 Wordsworth and Coleridge as you've never seen them before in this new book by Adam Nicolson, brimming …