Tides

The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

By: Jonathan White, Peter Matthiessen - Foreward

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes listeners across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides.

In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a 25-foot tidal bore that crashes 80 miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews the monks that live in the tide-wrapped monastery of Mont Saint-Michel; in Chile and Scotland, he investigates the growth of tidal power generation; and in Panama and Venice, he delves into how the threat of sea level rise is changing human culture - the very old and very new.

Tides combines lyrical prose, colorful adventure travel, and provocative scientific inquiry into the elemental, mysterious paradox that keeps our planet's waters in constant motion.

©2017 Jonathan White (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Wow! This book is amazing!

This is now one of my all time favorite books. I'm pretty sure the author could talk about anything and I'd be captivated because the writing is so beautiful. Usually, science based s

I loved this book!

For all lovers of the sea and coast, this is a must listen! Wonderful storytelling!

Great info about the tides

It covers pretty much everything about the tides
A like chapter 7 about the tide influence in surfing waves

great read

very interesting book that takes you all over the world. getting glimpses of different ways that tides are used and considered. it was pretty captivating. well read..

Tides. Who knew?

This is a fascinating account of a natural phenomenon that we thought we knew all about. I felt that I travelled the world with the author. He explained the science behind these beautiful displays and kept me safe from the incredible power of what we were witnessing.
The literary construction and the narration were superb.

Science meets storytelling

Combines looking back on historic tides and weather and the people who measured them and recorded them, with modern science and predictions. Very engaging.

good book, narrators should never do accents

interesting book. narrator dan woren has a pleasing voice. but doing quotes in accents annoys.

Fascinating

Very informative and engaging. Most curious scientific research in natural sciences and history of discovery make the stream of the narrative that smoothly runs along with personal stories and experiences. The book makes you fall in love with the sea, all over again. Wonderful read.

Interesting!

Interesting story! I would have preferred more science stuff but it was good and written on a level that anyone can enjoy. Each chapter is a different setting & story so you can put this down, forget about it for a few months, then pick it right back up. If you grew up along any coastline you’ll definitely enjoy!

Tide. More than a soap in a book awash with details of tides.

Most are fooled into believing they "know" about tides from trips to the beaches and occurrences of coastal flooding. This book uncovers the scientific complexity of tides, complextity that interconnects every facet of the earth's geography, atmosphere and astronomical relationship with moon and sun. To don't get beyond the mere beach tides and their timing for beach combing and other mundane usage of tide information. Try getting your mental feet wet by combing to this book. Lot too scientific to absorb but try sloshing through like I did and leave in awe of what rocks our planet.