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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
by Mark Kurlansky

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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...
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Tuna: A Love Story
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Tuna: A Love Story
by Richard Ellis

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The author of The Book of Sharks, Imagining Atlantis, and Encyclopedia of the Sea turns his gaze to the tuna — one of the biggest, fastest, and most highly evolved marine animals and the source of some of the world's most popular delicacies —...
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The Founding Fish
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The Founding Fish
by John Mcphee

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A long-awaited new book by the nonfiction master, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Few fish are as beloved-or as obsessed over-as the American shad. Although shad spend most of their lives in salt water, they enter rivers by the hundreds of thousands in the...
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The Book of the Toad: A Natural and Magical History of Toad-Human Relations
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The Book of the Toad: A Natural and Magical History of Toad-Human Relations
by Robert M. Degraaff

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Full of toad lore and history, this delightful volume is graced with fine art reproductions, and written with wit and elegance. ...
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Red Summer: The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village
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Red Summer: The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village
by Bill Carter

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A vivid, unforgettable account of the danger, pain, and joy of working on a salmon fishing boat and living in a small village on the farthest edge of Alaska Set in the tiny Native village of Egegik on the shores of Alaska's Bristol Bay, Bill Carter's Red...
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Ichthyo: The Architecture of Fish: X-Rays from the Smithsonian Institution
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Ichthyo: The Architecture of Fish: X-Rays from the Smithsonian Institution
by Deborah Klochko

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Originally created to preserve a record of scientific samples, the black and white X-rays of fish at the Smithsonian Institution have emerged as astonishing works of art in their own right. This stunning compendium of images--comparable to fine and...
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A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes: North America (Peterson Field Guides)
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A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes: North America (Peterson Field Guides)
by Eschmeyer H Hammann

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More than 600 species are described in detail, with more than 525 illustrations. This is the guide for quick, reliable identification of fishes that you'll encounter while fishing, snorkeling, diving, or even strolling along a Pacific Coast beach....
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Reef Fish Behavior: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas
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Reef Fish Behavior: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas
by Ned Deloach

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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...
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Tropical Coral Reef Fishes (Handy Pocket Guides)
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Tropical Coral Reef Fishes (Handy Pocket Guides)
by Gerald Allen

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Features an introduction to 68 tropical fish with stunning color photographs and common and scientific name indices....
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Shark
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Shark
by Mark Carwardine

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Description of the origins, ancestors and diversity of shark species worldwide. Also covers biology and reproduction, shark attacks, conservation efforts and how and where to swim with sharks....
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Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood
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Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood
by Paul Johnson

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Advance Praise for Fish Forever "This is the best book on seafood I know and, frankly, one of the most useful books on food as well. Paul has masterfully integrated recipes, shopping advice, health information, and plenty of delicious seafood lore...
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First Guide To Fishes 2ND Edition
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First Guide To Fishes 2ND Edition
by Peterson Roger Tory

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The PETERSON FIRST GUIDE TO FISHES features 220 common and conspicuous fishes of North America, with full-color illustrations and a clear, precise description of each. The Peterson Identification System uses arrows on the illustrations and italics in the...
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Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish
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Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish
by G Bruce Knecht

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This modern pirate yarn has all the makings of a great true adventure tale and explores the ways our culinary tastes have all manner of unintended consequences for the world around us. Hooked tells the story of the poaching of the Patagonian toothfish...
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McClane's Field Guide to Saltwater Fishes of North America
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McClane's Field Guide to Saltwater Fishes of North America
by Albert Mcclane

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A. J. McClane profiles more than three hundred North American saltwater game fishes in this authoritative and fully illustrated handbook....
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A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes: North America (Peterson Field Guides)
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A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes: North America (Peterson Field Guides)
by C. Richard Robins

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The more than 1,000 species descriptions in this guide include information on range and habitat such as depths, bottom types, water temperatures, and salinity. The almost 1,100 illustrations use the Peterson Identification System for quick, accurate...
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Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman
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Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman
by Richard Adams Carey

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With its spectacular beaches and charming towns, Cape Cod is known around the world as a vacation spot and a summer retreat for the well-to-do. But there is another Cape Cod, a hidden, hardscrabble, year-round world whose hunter-gatherer economy dates...
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Fishes of Chesapeake Bay
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Fishes of Chesapeake Bay
by Samuel F. Hildebrand

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Originally published as Bulletin of the US Bureau of Fisheries, Volume XLIII, 1927, Part I, this is a classic of the fisheries literature that has been out-of-print and unavailable too long. For each species included in the book, the authors attempted to...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes: North America
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes: North America
by Audubon

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Covering both freshwater and saltwater species, this fully revised edition brings a new level of accuracy and usefulness to the original fishes field guide published over 20 years ago. <BR>Over 700 new full-color photographs, 286 black-and-white...
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Fish of Arizona Field Guide (Arizona Field Guides)
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Fish of Arizona Field Guide (Arizona Field Guides)
by Dan Johnson

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If you know someone who enjoys fishing, you must get them the Fish of Arizona Field Guide. This most recent addition to the hugely popular series of field guides includes detailed information about more than 75 species of fish, including both common and...
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Trout and Salmon of North America
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Trout and Salmon of North America
by Robert J. Behnke

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This beautiful and definitive guide brings together the world's lead leading expert on North American trout and salmon, Robert Behnke, and the foremost illustrator in the field, Joseph Tomelleri. North America is graced with the greatest diversity of...
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