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Oceanography

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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
by Susan Casey
Staff Pick
It has long been asserted that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do the vast seascapes that cover some 70 percent of our planet. Susan Casey's seductive book, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, goes a... (read more)

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by Claire Nouvian
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Seven Tenths
by James Hamilton-paterson
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