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Local DescriptionReview: EARLY PRAISE FOR HOW TO BE 'Passionate, poetic, and hauntingly beautiful, Adam Nicolson's account of the west's earliest philosophers brings vividly alive the mercantile hustle and bustle of ideas traded and transformed in a web of maritime Greek cities, where men and women first questioned the nature of the universe and established what it is to be human. In this life-affirming, vital book, those ideas sing with the excitement of a new discovery' David Stuttard 'It's hard not to be dazzled by this book. It is both scholarly and imaginative but the real dazzle lies in its depiction of philosophy not only as a way of life but as something alive itself, growing like a plant out of a particular place, something restless, searching and vital in every sense. No one else writes with the originality, energy and persuasiveness of Adam Nicolson. It's like encountering the Greek sea. It takes your breath away' Laura Beatty, bestselling author of Lost Property PRAISE FOR ADAM NICOLSON'S LIFE BETWEEN THE TIDES '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' 'A beautiful, powerful story of how we understand the unfolding change of the shore. 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' 'Pure joy. From the ecology of a sandhopper to the cosmic pull of the tides Adam Nicolson takes us paddling into the pools of our own nature ... a dazzling, kaleidoscopic exploration into the meaning of life itself'
Author Biography: 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. DescriptionWhat 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 treat each other? |