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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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The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck Publisher Comments Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americas greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter by Ellen Prager Publisher Comments When viewed from a quiet beach, the ocean, with its rolling waves and vast expanse, can seem calm, even serene. But hidden beneath the sea’s waves are a staggering abundance and variety of active creatures, engaged in the never-ending struggles of... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn Publisher Comments A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth. When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind by Richard Fortey Publisher Comments From one of the world’s leading natural scientists and the acclaimed author of Trilobite!, Life: A Natural History of Four Billion Years of Life on Earth and Dry Storeroom No. 1 comes a fascinating chronicle of life’s history told not through... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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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) List Price $27.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist by Maddalena Bearzi Publisher Comments Who hasn’t fantasized about the unique thrill of working among charismatic and clever dolphins in the wild? We need not live this solely in our imaginations anymore. With Dolphin Confidential Maddalena Bearzi invites all of us shore-bound dreamers... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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The Marine Biology Coloring Book, 2e (HarperCollins Coloring Books) by Thomas M Niesen Publisher Comments With text completely rewritten and updated, including technological breakthroughs and discussions of recent weather trends such as El Ni$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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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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Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast: Baja, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia (California Natural History Guides) by Sarah Allen Publisher Comments From gray whales giving birth in the lagoons of Baja California to sea otters nestled in kelp beds off California to killer whales living around Vancouver Island--this spectacular stretch of the Pacific Coast boasts one of the most abundant populations... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Reef Fish Identification Tropical Pacific by Gerald Allen Publisher Comments The highly anticipated fish identification book to the tropical pacific waters. With more than 2500 photographs this groundbreaking work by 4 of the best underwater photographers in the world is the most comprehensive field guide on reef fish of the... (read more) List Price $48.00 Your price: $45.00 New - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kraken by Wendy Williams Publisher Comments Presents a study on squids and other cephalopods that describe their resilience throughout history, the truth behind the misconceptions about them, and the research being done on them that could help scientists understand the human brain.... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Hardcover
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Marine Biology #13: Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Second Edition by Jeffrey C. Carrier Publisher Comments Virtually every area of research associated with sharks and their relatives has been strongly impacted by the revolutionary growth in technology. The questions we can now ask are very different than those reported even two decades ago. Modern... (read more) Your price: $114.95 New - Hardcover
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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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The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters by Bruce Parker Publisher Comments The Power of the Sea describes our struggle to understand the physics of the sea, so we can use that knowledge to predict when the sea will unleash its fury against us. In a wide-sweeping narrative spanning much of human history, Bruce Parker, former... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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A Field Guide to Coral Reefs: Caribbean and Florida (Peterson Field Guides) by Eugene H. Kaplan Publisher Comments With more than 500 species described and more than 400 illustrations, this guide provides quick and easy visual identification of fishes, mollusks, sponges, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and much more of the fauna found on the coral reefs of the Caribbean... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - 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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Big Miracle by Tom Rose Publisher Comments Now a major motion picture starring Drew Barrymore, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, John Krasinski, and Vinessa Shaw—an account of the dramatic rescue of three gray whales trapped under the ice in Alaska in 1988.Set in Cold War-era... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter by Ellen Prager Publisher Comments When viewed from a quiet beach, the ocean, with its rolling waves and vast expanse, can seem calm, even serene. But hidden beneath the seas waves are a staggering abundance and variety of active creatures, engaged in the never-ending struggles of life... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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