“The ocean offered up a magnificent surprise the other day: a pod of whales spent a few hours just beyond the breakers, spouting and breaching as I watched from the shore in awe.”

At once an exploration and a meditation, Beach: A Book of Treasure will delight and inspire anyone who values the unique environment of the seashore. From sand to sand dollars, driftwood to beach stones, sea glass to seaweed, this book hopes we can learn from our beachcombing finds as well as the science of how they came to be.

Chronicle Books, 2010