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Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate by Jennifer A Mather Publisher Comments The visually arresting and often misunderstood octopus has long captured popular imagination. With an alien appearance and an uncanny intellect, this exceptional sea creature has inspired fear in famous lore and legends - from the giant octopus attack in... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Underwater Eden: 365 Days by Jeff Rotman Publisher Comments UNDERWATER EDEN: 365 DAYS features spectacular undersea photography taken by Jeff Rotman, who has spent over thirty years photographing life in our planet's seas and oceans. The focus is on the exquisite beauty of the world's coral reefs and inhabitants.... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $13.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Whales Giants of the Seas & Oceans by Thames & Hudson Synopsis Whales have fascinated people for centuries, but were nearly wiped out during the 20th century. Several species are still under threat. This title is a pocket sized introduction to the history, myths, literature and imagery devoted to the world's largest... (read more) Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Shells by Paul Starosta and Jacques Senders Publisher Comments Simply the most astonishing book on shells ever published. Jacques Senders is a malacologist whose work allows him the opportunity to collect rare shells from all over the world. Shells presents his beautiful collection to the public for the first time... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Grayson by Lynne Cox Staff Pick You'd swear from the synopsis that it's fiction, grist for an after-school special or Disney's latest blockbuster. But, no, 17-year-old long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox, training one morning off the California coast, discovered a baby gray whale that had... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Minke Whales (Worldlife Library) by Rus Hoelzel Publisher Comments This top-selling series introduces the wild creatures of the world and examines the natural world. Good general introductions for ages 10+, these volumes contain the knowledge, personal experiences, and research of leading naturalists and scientists... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Whales: Giants of the Seas and Oceans (Discoveries) by Yves Cohat Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Whelks to Whales: Coastal Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest by Rick M Harbo Publisher Comments This full-colour field guide to the marine life of coastal British Columbia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and northern California is perfect for divers, boaters, beachcombers, and snorkellers of every experience level. The concise handbook is a ready... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Marine Biology Coloring Book, 2e (HarperCollins Coloring Books) by Thomas M Niesen Publisher Comments With text completely rewritten and updated, including technological breakthroughs and discussions of recent weather trends such as El Ni$o, and 20% new drawings, this favorite will hook both serious marine biology students and weekend beachcombers.... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Great White: The Majesty of Sharks by Chris Fallows Synopsis For most people, sharks and fear go hand in hand. Renowned photographer and conservationist Chris Fallows maintains a more nuanced relationship with the superpredator. Gasp-inducing in their immediacy and surprise, Fallows's brilliant photographs present... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Ocean's End: Travels Through Endangered Seas by Colin Woodard Publisher Comments The Black Sea is already dead. Because of sea-level rise, an entire nation in the South Pacific, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is being washed away. Throughout the Caribbean Sea, vast stretches of coral reef-called the "rainforests of the ocean... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies (Peterson Field Guides) by R Tucker Abbott Publisher Comments All the information needed to collect and study shells is included in this comprehensive book, which provides the geographical range and habitat for and a detailed description of each of 800 species. Color plates show 780 species, including live animals,... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Complete Whale-Watching Handbook: A Guide to Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World by Angus Wilson Publisher Comments The Complete Whale-Watching Handbook is a spectacular celebration of whales, porpoises, and dolphins, and of the immense diversity of opportunities to view these spectacular marine mammals in the wild. Once the stuff of fishermen’s yarns and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Founding Fish by John Mcphee Publisher Comments John McPhee's twenty-sixth book is a braid of personal history, natural history, and American history, in descending order of volume. Each spring, American shad-Alosa sapidissima-leave the ocean in hundreds of thousands and run heroic distances upriver... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Oceana: Our Planet's Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them by Ted Danson Publisher Comments Most people know Ted Danson as the affable bartender Sam Malone in the long-running television series Cheers. But fewer realize that over the course of the past two and a half decades, Danson has tirelessly devoted himself to the cause of heading off a... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound [With CD (Audio)] by David Rothenberg Publisher Comments In Thousand Mile Song, musician and philosopher David Rothenberg uses the enigma of whale sounds to explore whether we can truly understand nonhuman minds. Interviewing scholars around the world as they attempt to decipher underwater music, Rothenberg... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Eyes Into Secret Seas by Jeffrey L Rotman Publisher Comments Jeff Rotman is rated as one of the world's leading underwater photographers. This book showcases the best of his work.... (read more) Your price: $13.49 Sale - Hardcover
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Marine Shells of South Africa: A Catalogue of All the Known Species by G B Sowerby Publisher Comments This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Atlas of Oceans: An Ecological Survey of Underwater Life by John Farndon Publisher Comments A tragedy is playing out beneath the surface of the world's bodies of marine waters, one that began long before the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Although many books have explored the environmental problems being faced on land, Atlas of Oceans is... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $35.00 Sale - Hardcover
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The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation by Roger L Reep Synopsis "A must-read for anyone with an interest in the conservation of this important species."--Jim Valade, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Manatee Recovery Activities "Reep and Bonde, each with more than 20 years of experience... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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