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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments A delightful romp through history with all its economic forces laid bare, Cod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. Cod, it turns out, is the reason... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey Publisher Comments A journalist's obsession brings her to a remote island off the California coast, home to the world's most mysterious and fearsome predators-and the strange band of surfer-scientists who follow them Susan Casey was in her living room when she first saw... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish by James Prosek Publisher Comments They spawn in the middle of the ocean but spend their adult lives in freshwater. They can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and even cross over land. They are revered as guardians and monster-seducers by New Zealand’s Maori, yet are often... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World by Anders Halverson Publisher Comments Anders Halverson provides an exhaustively researched and grippingly rendered account of the rainbow trout and why it has become the most commonly stocked and controversial freshwater fish in the United States. Discovered in the remote waters of... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks by Juliet Eilperin Publisher Comments A group of traders huddles around a pile of dried shark fins on a gleaming white floor in Hong Kong. A Papua New Guinean elder shoves off in his hand-carved canoe, ready to summon a shark with ancient magic. A scientist finds a rare shark in... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg Publisher Comments "A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why." -Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review. Writer and life-long fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments "A marvelous, compelling tale"(Rocky Mountain News) from the New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod. Gloucester, Massachusetts, America's oldest fishing port, is defined by the culture of commercial fishing. But the threat of over-fishing... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Sharks (Complete Idiot's Guides) by Mary Peachin Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-295) and index.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Shark Trouble: True Stories and Lessons about the Sea by Peter Benchley Publisher Comments Master storyteller Peter Benchley combines high adventure with practical information in Shark Trouble, a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and around the sea. The bestselling author of Jaws, The Deep, and... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Reef Fish Behavior: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas by Ned Deloach Publisher Comments Beef fish Behavior is an overview of what is presently known about the behavior and ecology of the reef fishes inhabiting the waters of Florida, the Caribbean and Bahamas. Reproduction, Life Cycle, Sex Change, Feeding, Cleaning Stations, Senses... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $24.95 Used - Flexible
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Peterson Field Guides #2: A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes: North America North of Mexico by Lawrence M Page Publisher Comments The first comprehensive field guide to freshwater fishes - covers all 790 species known in the United States and Canada. More than 700 illustrations, most in color, show identifying marks. Also includes 377 distribution maps and additional drawings of... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg Staff Pick In the vein of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Four Fish looks at the current state of tuna, bass, salmon, and cod. Fished, farmed, modified, and championed, these four make up the bulk of our fish consumption. New York Times magazine writer Greenberg explores... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Jaws of Death: Sharks as Predator, Man as Prey by Xavier Maniguet Publisher Comments Biggest of all fish and the best equipped for hunting, sharks live in every ocean. No natural predator except the killer whale threatens them, and they possess an extraordinary physiology...including those unrivaled jaws. They have become the stuff of... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras of California (California Natural History Guides) by David Ebert Publisher Comments This guide is the only complete reference to the sharks, rays, and chimaeras found in California's waters-- from the intertidal zone to 500 miles offshore. Species accounts give information on habitat and range, natural history, interactions with humans,... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-214).... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey Publisher Comments A journalist's obsession brings her to a remote island off the California coast, home to the world's most mysterious and fearsome predators — and the strange band of surfer-scientists who follow them. Susan Casey was in her living room when she... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Printer's Catch: An Artist's Guide to Pacific Coast Edible Marine Animals by Christopher Dewees Publisher Comments This classic book on the Japanese art of fish printing known as Gyotaku gives information on 32 of the most commercially important fish and shellfish families. There is at least one full-page Gyotaku fish print for each family. It also includes... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sharks (Firefly Guides) by Andrea Ferrari Publisher Comments A comprehensive guide to 120 species of sharks including habitat, dimensions, biology, behavior and mythology. Illustrated throughout in color.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Big Fish by Richard Ellis Publisher Comments From Richard Ellis, America's foremost painter and chronicler of undersea life, comes Big Fish, a natural history of the largest fish on Earth. Blending art and science with historical, cultural, and personal stories, Ellis illustrates the giants of the... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Twelve Days of Terror: A Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks by Richard Fernicola Publisher Comments In July 1916, four people were killed in two weeks by a series of shark attacks, causing panic all along the coast. Perhaps best known as the inspiration for the Peter Benchley novel and Steve Spielberg film 'Jaws,' the story is set down here as the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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