{"product_id":"2940169780635","title":"Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes listeners across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 twenty-five-foot tidal bore that crashes eighty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTides\u003c\/i\u003e combines lyrical prose, colorful adventure travel, and provocative scientific inquiry into the elemental, mysterious paradox that keeps our planet¿s waters in constant motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Peter Matthiessen\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102166434032,"sku":"2940169780635","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169780635_p0.jpg?v=1769899981","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169780635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}