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The Frayed Atlantic Edge: A Historian's Journey from Shetland to the Channel David Gange (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
23 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Unsewn / adhesive bound 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 310g ISBN13: 9780008225148 ISBN13: 978-0-00-822514-8 ISBN10: 0008225141 EAN: 9780008225148 x Description: COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
'This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit' Adam Nicolson Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south: every cove, sound, inlet, island. The idea was to travel slowly and close to the water: in touch with both the natural world and the histories of communities on Atlantic coastlines. The story of his journey is one of staggering adventure, range and beauty. For too long, Gange argues, the significance of coasts has been underestimated, and the potential of small boats as tools to make sense of these histories rarely explored. This book seeks to put that imbalance right. Paddling alone in sun and storms, among dozens of whales and countless seabirds, Gange and his kayak travelled through a Shetland summer, Scottish winter and Irish spring before reaching Wales and Cornwall. Sitting low in the water, as did millions in eras when coasts were the main arteries of trade and communication, Gange describes, in captivating prose and loving detail, the experiences of kayaking, coastal living and historical discovery. Drawing on the archives of islands and coastal towns, as well as their vast poetic literatures in many languages, he shows that the neglected histories of these stunning regions are of real importance in understanding both the past and future of the whole archipelago. It is a history of Britain and Ireland like no other. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in the Himalaya James Crowden (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
29 Oct 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Unsewn / adhesive bound 352pp h198mm x w129mm 270g ISBN13: 9780008353216 ISBN13: 978-0-00-835321-6 ISBN10: 0008353212 EAN: 9780008353216 x Description: 'A tour de force of luminous writing.' Mark Cocker, Spectator In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the most remote parts of the world. The Frozen River is his extraordinary account of the time he spent there, living alongside the Zangskari people, before the arrival of roads and mass tourism. James immerses himself in the Zangskari way of life, where meditation and week-long mountain festivals go hand in hand, and silence and solitude are the hallmarks of existence. When butter traders invite James on their journey down the frozen river Leh, he soon realises that this way of living, unchanged for centuries, comes with a very human cost. In lyrical prose, James captures a crucial moment in time for this Himalayan community. A moment in which their Buddhist practices and traditions are in flux, and the economic pull of a world beyond their valley is increasingly difficult to ignore.