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Coastal landscapes feature in the book in the Chapter 'Living on the Edge'.


One of the downsides of Twitter is that it has made me want to buy loads more books which I can't afford to keep doing.

The latest tipoff came via Joe Moran.
I've enjoyed both of Joe's books that I've read, particularly 'On Roads', which I think is due a re-read.
He suggested that he had enjoyed Jean Sprackland's book on 'Strands'.

There was also a nice spot of feedback in that reading the preview section that's available on Amazon there's a nice quote by Joe Moran to describe a beach...

It is 'a frontier not only between water and solid ground, but also between the wild and the domestic'.

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