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English actor Leighton Pugh's engaging midrange voice, which is both crisp and warm, is the perfect accompaniment to Adam Nicolson's consideration of life in those intertidal rock pools particularly beloved by children--and grown-ups like Nicolson, an award-winning author, naturalist, and historian.-- AudioFile A marvel. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A philosopher's wish to provide a way of comprehending the place of the individual in a vast and shifting world...Spending time in Nicolson's rock pool will change your life and the way you view the lives of others. -- The Guardian (London) A story that is not just about tidepools but even more so about the ways...to live a life in sync with the rhythms of the land and the sea . -- Wall Street Journal Evokes [the tide pools'] tiny inhabitants in lovely detail. -- New York Times Book Review Mixing history, science, and precise descriptions bright with inventive metaphors and profound revelations. -- Booklist (starred review)

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Adam Nicolson is the British author of many books on history, landscape, and great literature. Among his many awards and honors are the Somerset Maugham Award, the W. H. Heinemann Prize, the Scottish BAFTA, the Spears Book Award, the British Topography Prize, the Ondaatje Prize, and others. Leighton Pugh trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after studying modern languages at Queen's College, Oxford. He has narrated audiobooks for Penguin, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Random House, Hachette, and Quercus. His radio work includes the plays Murder by the Book and Scenes from Provincial Life for BBC Radio 4 and the voice of Heinrich von Kleist in the BBC Radio 3 documentary The Tragical Adventure of Heinrich von Kleist. From 2010-2011 he was in four productions at the National Theatre, including The Habit of Art and A Woman Killed with Kindness.

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