Seamanship

Zusatztext "A genuinely intriguing! thoughtful work." Informationen zum Autor Adam Nicols on is the author of Seamanship , God's Secretaries , and Seize the Fire . He has won both the Somerset Maugham and William Heinemann awards, and he lives with his family at Sissinghurst Castle in England. Klappentext 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 to sail this coast in the Auk , a 42-foot wooden ketch, embarking on a 1,500-mile voyage through what he hoped would be a sequence of revelatory landscapes. He was not disappointed. Seamanship is more than a travel journal. It describes an inner journey as much as an outer one—disasters and discoveries, powerful landscapes and modern visionaries, and encounters with the animals living on the wild edge of the Atlantic. Above all, it is about the gaps that open up between those who go and those who stay at home. Seamanship , in the end, is not about the sea. It's about being alive. Zusammenfassung 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 to sail this coast in the Auk ! a 42-foot wooden ketch! embarking on a 1!500-mile voyage through what he hoped would be a sequence of revelatory landscapes. He was not disappointed. Seamanship is more than a travel journal. It describes an inner journey as much as an outer one—disasters and discoveries! powerful landscapes and modern visionaries! and encounters with the animals living on the wild edge of the Atlantic. Above all! it is about the gaps that open up between those who go and those who stay at home. Seamanship ! in the end! is not about the sea. It's about being alive. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Adam Nicolson
• Edition: Harper Perennial USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 14.08.2007
• EAN: 9780060753443
• ISBN: 978-0-06-075344-3
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Sport > Sports aquatiques, voile; Biography: general, Memoirs, Travel writing, history of sport, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Western Europe, General and world history, Travel and holiday, Transport: general interest, Biography: historical, political and military, Sailing / yachting, Biography: adventurers and explorers, TRAVEL: Europe / Western, TRAVEL: Europe / Great Britain, SPORTS & RECREATION: History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, SPORTS & RECREATION: Water Sports / Sailing, HISTORY: Europe / Ireland, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Aviation & Nautical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs