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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 $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture by Sena S. (edt) De Silva Publisher Comments The stories presented in Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture reflect the unique nature of Asian aquaculture, providing first-time insight into how and why it has become so successful. Overall, the book demonstrates how the resilience, adaptability, and... (read more) List Price $129.00 Your price: $125.75 New - 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 America's 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: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Life Along the Inner Coast: A Naturalist's Guide to the Sounds, Inlets, Rivers, and Intracoastal Waterway from Norfolk to Key West by Robert L. Lippson Publisher Comments For decades, marine scientists Robert and Alice Jane Lippson have traveled the Inner Coast--the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys--aboard their trawler, Odyssey. The culmination... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One by Sylvia A. Earle Publisher Comments A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth by Alanna Mitchell Publisher Comments We have long lorded over the ocean. But only recently have we become aware of the myriad life-forms beneath its waves. We now know that this delicate ecosystem is our life-support system; it regulates the earth's temperatures and climate and comprises 99... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales by Elin Kelsey Publisher Comments Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, Watching Giants opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Reef in Time: The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning to End by J. E. N. Veron Publisher Comments Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, J. E. N. Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. "Owned by a prosperous country and accorded the protection it deserves, it would surely not go the way of the Amazon... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Humpbacks of Hawai'i: The Long Journey Back by Paul H. Forestell Synopsis Recreational excursions to view marine mammals are among the most visible, accessible, and popular of human activities in the marine environment, with the increasing transition from whale killing to whale watching a particularly hopeful result. During... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas by Sylvia Earle Publisher Comments Detailing a mysterious realm that's as vital to our existence as the air we breathe, this new atlas immerses readers in the wonders of the deep through more than 250 up-to-the-minute maps, photographs, and satellite images. Deep-sea pioneer and National... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $45.00 Used - Hardcover
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Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science by Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano Publisher Comments Pioneering oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer unravels the mystery of marine currents, uncovers the astonishing story of flotsam, and changes the world's view of trash, the ocean, and our global environment. Curtis Ebbesmeyer is no ordinary scientist. He's... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Marine Biology Coloring Book 2ND Edition by Thomas M Niesen Publisher Comments Enter the delicate, complex world of underwater life through extraordinarily detailed, hand-drawn illustrations and newly updated text. The Marine Biology Coloring Book will serve as an excellent resource and guide. The process of coloring will focus... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Between Pacific Tides by Edward F. Ricketts Publisher Comments One of the classic works of marine biology, a favorite for generations, has now been completely revised and expanded. Between Pacific Tides is a book for all who find the shore a place of excitement, wonder, and beauty, and an unsurpassed introductory... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $29.75 New - Trade Paper
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Under the Sea-Wind by Rachel L. Carson Publisher Comments For the centennial of the birth of "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson, a new edition of her groundbreaking paean to the sea Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, "Under the Sea-Wind"Rachel Carsons... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales Publisher Comments A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years Poseidonas Steed trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history that mirrors manas centuries-old fascination... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen & Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (P.S.) by Trevor Corson Publisher Comments In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Revor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound with CD (Audio) by David Rothenberg Publisher Comments Whale song is an astonishing world of sound whose existence no one suspected before the 1960s. Its discovery has forced us to confront the possibility of alien intelligence-not in outer space but right here on earth. Thoughtful, richly detailed, and... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $18.50 Used - Book W/Audio Cd
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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 $29.95 Your price: $13.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Brittle Stars, Sea Urchins and Feather Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska and Puget Sound by Philip Lambert Publisher Comments Philip Lambert and William Austin describe and illustrate 34 species of brittle stars, sea urchins, and feather stars inhabiting the coastal waters of Puget Sound, the Alaska Panhandle, and British Columbia. As with previous Royal BC Museum Handbooks on... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Reef in Time: The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning to End by J. E. N. Veron Publisher Comments Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, J. E. N. Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. "Owned by a prosperous country and accorded the protection it deserves, it would surely not go the way of the Amazon... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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