Author:Nicholas Crane
Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications.
And the people who have lived, worked and played on this spectacular coast - from Stone Age fishermen to seafarers, chart-makers and surfers - have an incredible tale to tell.
Coast: Our Island Story is an enthralling account, sparkling with geography, history, adventure and eccentric characters, told with Nick Crane's trademark charisma and wit.
elegant and engaging ... if you want to get a clearer idea of the sort of nature that science can now play with, this is the book for you.
—— Sunday Timesa thought provoking book
—— GuardianIt is a powerful account of the dynamic, complicated and social world we share with this ordinary yet remarkable bug.
—— New ScientistSprackland has a wonderfully curious eye
—— Financial TimesSimply gorgeous ... One of the finest piece of writing, nature or otherwise, to emerge this year
—— Big IssueIf a book can have the appeal of a really good long walk, this one does
—— Daily MailLovely travelogue
—— MetroElegant
—— EconomistA delightful book
—— Sally Morris , Daily MailThis book may be exactly what's needed to increase science literacy for readers of all ages
—— Publishers WeeklyThis book is primarily aimed at teenagers, but plenty of adults will get a kick out of it too...McKean's drawings bring the text to life brilliantly ... Dawkins writes convincingly about everything from chemistry to statistics
—— Independent on SundayDawkins uses a simple, brilliant technique highly appealing to young and old
—— The Washington PostFew scientists manage to reach a huge popular audience. Even among them Richard Dawkins is distinctive for the clarity and elegance of his prose. The Magic of Reality... will be appreciated by inquisitive children while illuminating much for the adult general reader.
—— The TimesThis is not a book about the end of the world but about an imagined beginning ...The results of this huge thought-experiment are both fascinating and surprising. Fascinating for what they tell us about the impermanence of the works of man, and surprising for the simple reason that it soon becomes clear that our world would carry on regardless, indifferent to our demise
—— Daily MailWeisman's gripping fantasy will make most readers hope that at least some of us can stick around long enough to see how it all turns out
—— New York TimesEngrossing
—— New York MagazineAn idea that is so lateral and clever, so powerfully evocative and masterfully executed that the only appropriate response is fervent envy
—— New StatesmanA wonderful idea ... a hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking book
—— ScotsmanFascinating, absorbing
—— Good Book GuideA quick, absorbing read - a summer beach book with brains
—— BloombergIf you can stomach only one end-of-the world-as-we-know it story this summer, none is more audacious or interesting than Alan Weisman's The World Without Us
—— The Boston GlobeHis is an extraordinary story laced with tragedy
—— Mail on Sunday[Root's] life story, vividly related here, is crammed with incident and adventure. Curious, creative and fearless, he has diced with death on numerous occasions and been mauled several times in his efforts to capture the daily lives of everything from silver-back gorillas to leopards in the wild on film. A gripping account of a life well lived
—— Good Book Guide