The Shell Spotter’s Guide
$23.62
- Hardcover
112 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2024
Summary
Turn any beach into a treasure hunt with this beautifully illustrated book packed with surprising and delightful wonders of nature
Looking for seashells and learning their names is the perfect way to explore Britain’s coastline at leisure. It’s a nostalgic simple pleasure, and a way to discover some of nature’s most exquisite wonders. From the common cockle to the blue-rayed limpet, The Shell Spotter’s Guide covers the beautiful and surprising range of mussels, oysters, periw…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008641313 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008641315 |
| Author: | Helen Scales, Ella Sienna |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | National Trust Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 162mm |
| Series: | National Trust |
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Critics Review
“Scales’s great gift is for transmuting our awe at the wonders of the deep sea into a kind of quiet rage that they could soon be no more … She urges us to err on the side of preservation: no deep-sea mining, fishing, oil drilling or extraction of any kind. The deep, she argues, is too vulnerable, and too crucial to the working of the planet to blindly ransack.”–New York Times Book Review on The Brilliant Abyss
”[A] beguiling journey into the ocean’s deep, a wondrous landscape full of mystery and adventure … Scales offers crisp, engaging prose, linking everything together in an accessible, entertaining manner.‘” –Kirkus Reviews starred review of The Brilliant Abyss
“A sprawling, ambitious underwater journey studded with fascinating tidbits.” –New York Times Book Review on The Eye of the Shoal
“A fascinating journey into the strange and captivating world of mollusks. Carefully researched and entertaining throughout … Relentlessly interesting.” –Science on Spirals in Time
“With the soul of a poet and a talent for finding the most intriguing trivia about familiar seaside sights, marine biologist Scales turns the mundane into the magical.” –Discover on Spirals in Time
Helen Scales
Dr Helen Scales is a marine biologist, writer and broadcaster. She is author of many books about the ocean including the Guardian bestseller Spirals in Time, New York Times top summer read The Brilliant Abyss and the children’s books What a Shell Can Tell and Scientists in the Wild.
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