Books with author Adam Nicholson

Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land."A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet is in freefall, dropping by nearly 70% in the last sixty years, a billion fewer now than there were in 1950. Of the ten birds in this book, seven are in decline, at least in part of their range. Extinction stalks the ocean and there is a danger that the grand cry of the seabird colony, rolling around the bays and headlands of high latitudes, will this century become little but a memory.Seabirds have always entranced the human imagination and NYT best-selling author Adam Nicolson has been in love with them all his life: for their mastery of wind and ocean, their aerial beauty and the unmatched wildness of the coasts and islands where every summer they return to breed. The seabird’s cry comes from an elemental layer in the story of the world.Over the last couple of decades, modern science has begun to understand their epic voyages, their astonishing abilities to navigate for tens of thousands of miles on featureless seas, their ability to smell their way towards fish and home. Only the poets in the past would have thought of seabirds as creatures riding the ripples and currents of the entire planet, but that is what the scientists are seeing now today.

Enter ancient lands of wind and waves where the planet’s greatest flyers battle for survival.As the only creatures at home on land, at sea, and in the air, seabirds have evolved to thrive in the most demanding environment on Earth.In The Seabird’s Cry, Adam Nicolson travels ocean paths, fusing traditional knowledge with astonishing facts science has recently learned about these creatures: the way their bodies actually work, their dazzling navigational skills, their ability to smell their way to fish or home and to understand the discipline of the winds upon which they depend.This book is a paean to the beauty of life on the wing, but, even as we are coming to understand the seabirds, a global tragedy is unfolding. Their numbers are in freefall, dropping by nearly 70 percent in the last sixty years, a billion fewer now than in 1950. Extinction stalks the ocean, and there is a danger that the hundred-million-year-old cries of a seabird colony, rolling around in the bays and headlands of high latitudes, will this century become but a memory.

In book one of the MAGICK trilogy, The Awakening, teens Summer and Linc Page discover that their neighbor Jules Blakely is a witch and beg her to teach them the art of magick. Under Jules’ tutelage, they learn how to manipulate energy through spells and willpower, transforming reality and changing the material world around them. What starts out as an after-school adventure turns deadly when Jules is kidnapped by an evil Warlock from a parallel dimension. Armed only with the basic spells they have learned, Summer and Linc plan a desperate attempt to rescue their friend and teacher. Time is short and the price of failure is steep. To survive the rescue attempt, Summer and Linc will need every bit of skill, courage and cunning they can muster.

In Race for the StarWreath (book three of the MAGICK trilogy), the Warlock of Wintermire flees to the snowy mountains in search of the ancient and powerful StarWreath, a crown that leaves terror, death and destruction in its wake. Summer, Linc and Nyla, traveling with a small group of warriors, are desperate to stop the Warlock from possessing the crown. However, a traitorous friend, an evil sorceress, and the growing Warlock’s army make the journey increasingly treacherous. Adding to the danger, they discover that a reclusive mountain man is the only one who knows the StarWreath's hidden location. A wanted man, his loathsome name is feared and reviled throughout the high country. Thought to be part demon with one red eye and one blue, this mysterious stranger is their only hope of reaching the crown before the Warlock.

Excerpt from Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger: Or an Excursion Through Ireland, in 1844& 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the PoorA preface is like a porter at the entrance of a castle or a dinner-party; however necessary his attendance may be, and however dazzling his livery, he can expect but a hasty brush from the passers in it is the castle they want to see, it is the dinner they have come to eat. Knowing, however, that every public act demands a pub lic explanation, I give my candid reasons for doing so strange a work, and for doing it in so strange a way.We have had many Pencillings by the Way, and Conciliation Halls, and Killarney Lakes from the t0ps of coaches and from smoking dinner tables. But one day's walk on mountain or bog, one night's lodging where the pig, and the ass, and horned oxen feed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In The Awakening (book one of the MAGICK trilogy),teens Summer and Linc Page discover that their neighbor Jules Blakely is a witch and beg her to teach them the art of magick. Under Jules’ tutelage, they learn how to manipulate energy through spells and willpower, transforming reality and changing the material world around them. What starts out as an after-school adventure turns deadly when Jules is kidnapped by an evil Warlock from a parallel dimension. Armed only with the basic spells they have learned, Summer and Linc plan a desperate attempt to rescue their friend and teacher. Time is short and the price of failure is steep. To survive the rescue attempt, Summer and Linc will need every bit of skill, courage and cunning they can muster.

In Kiss of the Butterfly (book two of the MAGICK trilogy), Linc and Summer are willing to risk everything to rescue their magick teacher, Jules, who was kidnapped by the Warlock. Summer is experimenting with explosive spells, hoping to find one that will break apart the wall to free Jules. Linc is working undercover as a Warlock's cadet, trying to build a rebellion without arousing the Warlock’s suspicions. Between dodging deadly spells and trying to decipher an arcane spellbook, the dangers keep mounting. Time is running out and there is no room for error. Summer and Linc know there can only be one rescue attempt. All it takes is one misstep for Jules to suffocate to death and Linc to be left behind, subject to the Warlock’s hideous tortures.

Excerpt from Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger: Or an Excursion Through Ireland, in 1844& 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the PoorA preface is like a porter at the entrance of a castle or a dinner-party; however necessary his attendance may be, and however dazzling his livery, he can expect but a hasty brush from the passers in it is the castle they want to see, it is the dinner they have come to eat. Knowing, however, that every public act demands a pub lic explanation, I give my candid reasons for doing so strange a work, and for doing it in so strange a way.We have had many Pencillings by the Way, and Conciliation Halls, and Killarney Lakes from the t0ps of coaches and from smoking dinner tables. But one day's walk on mountain or bog, one night's lodging where the pig, and the ass, and horned oxen feed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A mysterious girl comes into the lives of two young teenage girls; a girl from another place and time. To complicate matters, the girl has green skin and uses telepathy. She desperately needs the help of the two girls to find an amulet and get home again. Somebody else knows about her however and wants her to lead him to the amulet for evil ends. Can they help her?