About this title: A riveting book for all readers who know and love a place where the sea meets the land. In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad -- "Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides, 600 acres . . . Puffins and seals. Apply . . ." -- and found the Shiants (the name means holy or enchanted islands). Adam inherited this almost indescribably beautiful property when he was twenty-one: Sea Room describes, and relives, his love affair with the three tiny islands, composed as he prepares to give them to his oldest son. The Shiants lie east of the Isle of Lewis in a treacherous sea ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: North Point Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780865476363ISBN:0865476365
Description: Good in Good jacket. 200-X Ex-library. This copy states "Copyright 2001". Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. 2003-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 8/14/2007
ISBN-13:9780061238826ISBN:0061238821
Description: Fine. 0061238821 Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black ink mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: NY, North Point Press, 2003
ISBN-13:9780865476677ISBN:0865476675
Description: Octavo, softcover, near fine in beige and white pictorial wraps. Gives a rich sense of what makes a small island so revelatory of our life on earth. Here is a harshly beautiful place scarcely touched by the present; it is a love letter and a tribute to the islands, effective nature writing, keen observation. 391 pp. including index. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: North Point Press
Date Published: 2002-06-01
ISBN-13:9780865476363ISBN:0865476365
Description: Good. A former library book in protective mylar cover with the usual library markings. (Even though we list all former library books as only good, most are Good+ or VG condition! ) No writing or highlighting noted inside. Most books have only expected handling, reading, shelving wear. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: North Point Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780865476363ISBN:0865476365
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. First printing hard cover. read more
Description: New. 0061238821 Brand New Book With Remainder Mark. May Have Slight Shelf Wear. In-Stock Now For Immediate Secure Packaging & Delivery wear on DJ. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2007-08-01
ISBN-13:9780061238826ISBN:0061238821
Description: New. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. Pre-release book with different cover and stickers. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Perennial
Date Published: 2007-08-14
ISBN-13:9780061238826ISBN:0061238821
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780061238826ISBN:0061238821
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Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: North Point Press, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780865476363ISBN:0865476365
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Used: Like New. An extraordinarily outward-looking book...Nicolson really is in love with his subject-matter, and that makes him describe it with a truly passionate attention to detail...An intensely written and memorable book. --Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph. A pristine book. Keywords: NICOLSON HEBRIDES SCOTLAND SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: North Point Press
Date Published: 2002-06-01
ISBN-13:9780865476363ISBN:0865476365
Description: New. This is a paperback with same cover and publisher stickers. This book is the same isbn, but is a paperback. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780061238826ISBN:0061238821
Description: Good. Cover and pages may have some wear or writing. Binding is tight. We ship daily Monday-Friday. Delivery Confirmation included on all domestic orders. read more
Description: Good. Used copy-Because of our high volume, we can not accurately describe each book, so we list the MINIMUM condition you can expect; most are better than the condition listed. read more
"I loved this book, though I admit my tastes might sometimes be a bit...um, sui generis? "Sea Room" draws the most complete, devoted, intimate, and intricate portrait of a place I've ever read-especially given that the place is a trio of tiny uninhabited islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Actually, millions of birds, sheep, and rats inhabit the Shiant Isles most of the time, and one man, the author, lives on them when he can-weeks or perhaps months out of the year. Nicolson inherited the islands from his father, who bought them as a young man; the chain of ownership, theft, and conquest makes for a colorful tale in itself, as Nicolson tries to learn whether the Shiants were ever "free" to anybody who wished to live on them. One has to go back at least to the early Middle Ages for support of that argument. I think he makes a good case in defense of his (benign) ownership and against his detractors' anti-lairdism, cultural nationalism, pseudo-marxism, and misguided environmental conservationism-which would bring eco-tourists to islands presently unmolested by people.
As he tells us in the first chapter, this book is an "attempt to tell the whole story, as I now understand it, of a tiny place in as many dimensions as possible: geologically, spiritually, botanically, historically, culturally, aesthetically, ornithologically, etymologically, emotionally, politically, socially, archeologically and personally." The resulting book seems sometimes a detective story, sometimes investigative journalism, sometimes a love poem, sometimes a series of meditations about the past, change, solitude and society, our place in nature, and so on. Interestingly, I didn't realize until I was more than halfway through "Sea Room" that I had read a book just last year by this same author and was very ambivalent about it: "Seamanship," a later book about sailing in the western isles, is a much slimmer effort with a good premise but little commitment to it that left me feeling a bit betrayed and not at all fond of the author's character. In fact, he came across as a poncey git. Not so in this book: Nicolson's reverence for the islands, his respect for the shepherds and fishermen who work on or visit them, his patience with the adversity of weather and primitive living conditions, and his obsessive attention to all the details of his isolated property make him quite likeable--enviable even."
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