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LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022 A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things Nicolson is unique as a writer I loved it EDMUND DE WAAL Few places are as familiar as the shore and few as full of mystery and surprise. How do sandhoppers i
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson. Aged 21, Nicolson inherited the Shiants, three lonely Hebridean islands set in a dangerous sea off the Isle of Lewis. With onl
Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford) A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer Theres something that hits the mark on every page Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman Where does H
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATURE WRITING 2017 The full story of seabirds from one of the greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passi
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. Bird School has opened my eyes' Isabella Tree, autho
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019 This is a book of wonders Sunday Times Spellbinding and intelligent Financial Times Extraordinary and engrossing Spectator It was the most extraordinary year. In a book brimming with poetry and nature writing
Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer Theres something that hits the mark on every page Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman Where does Homer come from? And why d
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 treat each other? Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests, in a
From Land's End to Cape Clear, past Roaringwater Bay and Cod's Head, on past Inishvickillane and Inishtooskert, up through the Hebrides, to Orkney and on to the Faeroes stretches the richest and wildest coastline in Europe. Adam Nicolson decided t
Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past. What is the nature of things? What is justice? How can I be myself? How should we treat each other? Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was d