Books by Tim Robinson
“His maps of the Aran Islands, the Burren and Connemara (his ABC as he called them) and the encyclopedic books that accompany them are object lessons in the modern meaning of topography as an act of very, very close attention, of care as the core of understanding. His 1996 collection of essays, Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara and other writings, contains his thinking about the nature of a shore and, beyond that, the essential unknowability of things, largely because of the fractal nature of reality.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Tim Robinson were recommended
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare -
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Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe
by Alex Rogers, Benedict Hextall & Ray Gibson -
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The Presocratic Philosophers
by G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven & M. Schofield -
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Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot
by P. H. Gosse -
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Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara and other writings
by Tim Robinson
The best books on Tides and Shorelines, recommended by Adam Nicolson
The best books on Tides and Shorelines, recommended by Adam Nicolson
The tidal zone is among the most vital and dynamic environments on Earth, but also one of the least well known. Here, the author Adam Nicolson explores formative works on the subject that have informed his book, The Sea Is Not Made of Water.
