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"How do beaches function? Where do the waves come from, and why are they always parallel to the shore, no matter which way the shore faces? Where does sand come from, and why are some beaches grey, some white, some beige? What plants and animals live there, and how do they deal with this harsh, plastic environment? And what do beaches mean to humans? Arrivals and departures, invasions and migrations, the first contact between the explorers and the indigenous peoples - they all take place in that sandy zone where the sea meets the land. When a film actor walks alone on a beach, the viewer knows s/he is contemplating change or reacting to it. On the summer sands, bishops and judges and executives become children again, building structures which they know the sea will destroy. Silver Donald Cameron uses a study of the elements of the beach to build a case for the beach as an integrated, living entity in its own right, and a model for the unity of all things on Earth. More than a tour of the eastern and western shores of North America, Cameron's book leads his readers to an awakening of the processes of life around us. The author begins with the science of waves and sand, and gradually reveals the inter-relatedness of all the habitues of the beach. The final destination is an understanding of how all living things are woven together in the fabric of life and what that means for ""the stewards of the Earth"". He lives in Halifax."

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It touches down on various troubled beaches worldwide. Along the way we get some great yarns and a fund of facts to turn over in our minds like polished stones. We're taken on a brisk tour of beach flora and fauna, and diverti 1/2ed with bits of beach miscellanea such as sand castles, Spanish horses, and shell-collectors. We learn about 100-foot waves and 400-foot tsunamis, gain a new beach vocabulary: pocket, baymouth, barachois and tombolos. We meet a cast of beach scientists, like the poetry-quoting Willard Bascom and the combative Orrin Pilkey. -- Quill & Quire -It touches down on various troubled beaches worldwide. Along the way we get some great yarns and a fund of facts to turn over in our minds like polished stones. We're taken on a brisk tour of beach flora and fauna, and diverti1/2ed with bits of beach miscellanea such as sand castles, Spanish horses, and shell-collectors. We learn about 100-foot waves and 400-foot tsunamis, gain a new beach vocabulary: pocket, baymouth, barachois and tombolos. We meet a cast of beach scientists, like the poetry-quoting Willard Bascom and the combative Orrin Pilkey.- --Quill & Quire It touches down on various troubled beaches worldwide. Along the way we get some great yarns and a fund of facts to turn over in our minds like polished stones. We're taken on a brisk tour of beach flora and fauna, and diverti1/2ed with bits of beach miscellanea such as sand castles, Spanish horses, and shell-collectors. We learn about 100-foot waves and 400-foot tsunamis, gain a new beach vocabulary: pocket, baymouth, barachois and tombolos. We meet a cast of beach scientists, like the poetry-quoting Willard Bascom and the combative Orrin Pilkey. --Quill & Quire

It touches down on various troubled beaches worldwide. Along the way we get some great yarns and a fund of facts to turn over in our minds like polished stones. We're taken on a brisk tour of beach flora and fauna, and divert-ed with bits of beach miscellanea such as sand castles, Spanish horses, and shell-collectors. We learn about 100-foot waves and 400-foot tsunamis, gain a new beach vocabulary: pocket, baymouth, barachois and tombolos. We meet a cast of beach scientists, like the poetry-quoting Willard Bascom and the combative Orrin Pilkey. -- Quill & Quire

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Silver Donald Cameron is an acclaimed author, filmmaker, playwright, host and executive producer of TheGreenInterview.com. His work includes plays, films, radio and TV scripts, hundreds of magazine articles and seventeen books, including two novels. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. See more at silverdonaldcameron.ca

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