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  • God's Secretaries

    The Making of the King James Bible

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    A study of the committee behind the creation of the 1611 English Bible—"an engaging work of literary, cultural, and religious history" ( Kirkus Reviews ).NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK"This scrupulously elegant account of the creation of what four centuries of history has confirmed is the finest English-langu... ... En savoir plus

    $25.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Quarrel with the King

    The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    "A moving account of the Elizabethan golden age, retold through the varying fortunes of the Pembroke family." — The Observer (London)Spanning the most turbulent and dramatic years of English history—from the 1520s through 1650— Quarrel with the King tells the remarkable saga of one of the greatest families in English history, the Pembrokes, following their glamorous trajectory across three ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Seize the Fire

    Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    "Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar." — The EconomistAdam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic. A story rich with modern resonance, Seize the Fire reveals the economic impact of the battle as a ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Mighty Dead

    Why Homer Matters

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New StatesmanLonglisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionIn this passionate and deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson sets out to explain why these great ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Bird School

    A Beginner in the Wood

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    ‘A feast for mind and soul, a treasure trove of insights into the enigmatic and enchanting world of the birds we share our lives with but barely notice. I have learnt so much. Every page is a thrill. Bird School has opened my eyes' Isabella Tree, author of WildingStep into the hide for a glorious new encounter with the British wildClose to Adam Nicolson’s home in Sussex, there is a forgotten field ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • How to Be

    Life Lessons from the Early Greeks

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWhat is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other?Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests, in a life ruled by imagined metaphysical monsters. 2,500 years ago, in a succession of small eastern Mediterranean harbour-cities, that way of thinking ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Life Between the Tides

    In Search of Rockpools and Other Adventures Along the Shore

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022‘A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things … Nicolson is unique as a writer … I loved it’ EDMUND DE WAALFew places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise.How do sandhoppers inherit an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the tides? How can the death of one winkle guarantee the lives of its ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Sea Room

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson.Aged 21, Nicolson inherited the Shiants, three lonely Hebridean islands set in a dangerous sea off the Isle of Lewis. With only a stone bothy for accommodation and half a million puffins for company, he found himself in charge of one of the most beautiful places on earth ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Gentry

    Stories of the English

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families – from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his chosen cast illuminate the grand events of history.We may well be ‘a nation of shopkeepers’, but for generations England was a country dominated ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Atlantic Britain

    The Story of the Sea a Man and a Ship

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    Accompanied by an eight-part series, this is the story of Adam Nicolson’s adventure in a small boat around the western coast of the British Isles.Early in the year, Adam Nicolson decided to leave his comfy life at home on a Sussex farm and go on an adventure. Equipped with the Auk, a forty-two-foot wooden ketch, and a friend who at least knew how to sail, he set off up the Atlantic coasts of the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Odyssey

    par Homer, Adam Nicolson ...
    Traduit par W. H. D. Rouse ...
    THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLANWhether fans of suspense, fantasy, or human drama, readers of all ages thrill to Homer’s epic tale of the legendary Odysseus on his decade-long journey, as he meets the lotus-eaters, cunningly flees Cyclops, angers his gods, resists the sexy Sirens, narrowly escapes Scylla and Charybdis, averts his eyes from ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

  • Smell of Summer Grass

    Pursuing Happiness at Perch Hill

    par Adam Nicolson ...
    The Smell of Summer Grass is based partly on the long out of print 'Perch Hill'. It is the story of the years spent in finding and building a personal Arcadia, sometimes a dream, sometimes a nightmare, by writer Adam Nicolson and his wife, cook and gardener, Sarah Raven.Adam Nicolson was determined to leave metropolitan life but the rundown farm in the Sussex Weald was not quite what he bargained ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD