Sea and Shore Cornwall: Common and Curious Findings - Couverture souple

Woollett, Lisa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0957490208 ISBN 13 : 9780957490208

Editeur : Zart Books, 2013

Synopsis

Lauréat du prix des éditeurs Holyer An GOF 2014. Une belle collection de photographies, de découvertes et d'histoire naturelle qui est tour à tour atmosphérique, insolite et fascinante. La plupart des photographies sont des aperçus de la mer mercuriale autour des côtes de Cornouailles dans toutes ses humeurs, des bas-fonds ensoleillés aux vagues exaltantes alimentant les falaises.

Tissé avec ceux-ci est le musée aléatoire des trouvailles de Lisa – les choses souvent étrangement belles qu'elle a ramassées sur les côtes de Cornwall, ainsi que toutes les découvertes curieuses ou intéressantes de ses recherches ultérieures. Il y a de merveilleux noms – les marins du vent, la verruqueuse Vénus – et quelques créatures extraordinaires dans ce monde inter-tidal, leur vie parfois violente, charmante et bizarre.

Il y a beaucoup de langage évocateur et souvent mystérieux de la mer, avec quelques beaux vieux mots cornouailles : de nombreux présages de mauvais temps - le chien de soleil, des nuages gravés - et un chiffre révélateur pour décrire une fine bruine brumeuse. Il y a aussi l'étrange légende maritime et quelques merveilleuses recherches océanographiques : une science des baskets lavées, des canards de bain et des bottes de pêcheurs perdues en mer.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

This wonderful book is like a two-dimensional cabinet of curiosities. Sometimes it s unclear whether we re admiring an artifact or a thought, and that is the point. BBC Coast presenter Nick Crane
  Manages to combine art with science and produce real magic. The photographs - for this is a highly visual book - are stunning. The Marine Quarterly
'Beautifully and simply written, illustrated and designed. Her writing swings between personal, accessible and poetic narrative and informative natural history. Her passion shines from every page.'  Western Morning News
'Quite simply the closest I have ever seen anyone come to describing the seashore in the way I feel the seashore.'  Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project
Everyone loved this book. It is delightful, imaginative, hugely informative and written with clarity, joy and enthusiasm. Beautifully constructed with striking photographs. A work of wonder.   Judges summary, Holyer an Gof Publishers' Awards 2014 (winner) 
'This incredibly beautiful book does a wonderful job of opening up the magnificent world of our marine environment, enabling people to learn and appreciate its beauty and importance.'  Cornwall Wildlife Trust
This quirky book is guaranteed to surprise, enlighten and inspire. Surfgirl --Surfgirl

Not merely an ecstatic paean of praise to the glories of the shore. The author has done her research, and manages to combine art with science and produce real magic. The photographs - for this is a highly visual book - are stunning. --The Marine Quarterly

Perfect for reaffirming your love of the sea, this quirky book is guaranteed to surprise, enlighten and inspire. --Surfgirl

Présentation de l'éditeur

WINNER HOLYER AN GOF PUBLISHERS' AWARD 2014. A beautiful collection of photographs, discoveries and natural history that is by turn atmospheric, quirky and fascinating. Many of the photographs are glimpses of the mercurial sea around Cornwall's shores in all its moods, from sunlit shallows to exhilarating waves powering into cliffs.

Woven in with these is Lisa's haphazard museum of finds - the often strangely beautiful things she has picked up on Cornwall's shores, along with any curious or interesting findings from her subsequent research. There are wonderful names - by-the-wind sailors, the warty venus - and some extraordinary creatures in this inter-tidal world, their lives at times violent, charming and bizarre.

There is much of the evocative and often mysterious language of the sea, with some beautiful old Cornish words: many portents of bad weather - the sun-dog, graving clouds - and a telling number to describe a fine misty drizzle. There is also the odd maritime legend and some wonderful oceanographers' research: a science of washed up trainers, bath ducks and fishermen's boots lost at sea.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zart Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0957490208
• ISBN 13: 9780957490208
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible