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Salmon Nation: People, Fish, and Our Common Home by Edward C. Wolf and Seth Zuckerman Publisher Comments "Whether you live in the tiniest village or the largest metropolis, you live in a watershed, an area whose run-off flows via a network of streams through one outlet into a larger body of water such as a river, bay, or ocean. If that watershed drains more... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon by David R. Montgomery Publisher Comments The salmon that symbolize the Pacific Northwest's natural splendor are now threatened with extinction across much of their ancestral range. In studying the natural and human forces that shape the rivers and mountains of that region, geologist David... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells (Audubon Society Field Guide) by Audubon Publisher Comments The essential book for beach-combers and divers, this guide explores more than 705 seashells, living mollusks, abalone, periwinkles, conchs, limpets, oysters, clams, mussels, and cockles found on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of North America... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Flexible
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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, by Donovan Hohn Publisher Comments 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 Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tuna: A Love Story by Richard Ellis Publisher Comments 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 ... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Eye of Albatross (02 Edition) by Carl Safina Publisher Comments “One of the most delightful natural history studies in decades.” The Boston Globe Eye of the Albatross takes us soaring to locales where whales, sea turtles, penguins, and shearwaters flourish in their own quotidian rhythms. Carl Safinas... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Blue Frontier: Saving America's Living Seas by David Helvarg Publisher Comments A fascinating account of America's oceans and ocean politics, Blue Frontier explores the impact of history, commerce, and policy on marine life -- and by extension all life on earth. From the legacy of navy-funded research and development since World War... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Fishes Whales & Dolphins by Audubon Publisher Comments This delightful field guide features 585 full-color photographs of marine and freshwater fishes, 30 photographs and 45 paintings of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, and 24 pictures of freshwater and saltwater habitats. 529 species are described in... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Flexible
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Exploring the Seashore in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon: A Guide to Shorebirds and Intertidal Plants and Animals by Gloria Snively Synopsis This easy-to-use guidebook, now in its 11th printing, enables anyone, from beginner to expert, to identify 285 shorebirds and intertidal plants and animals. Beautifully illustrated with 94 colour photographs.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sea Vegetables #1: Sea Vegetables: Harvesting Guide & Cookbook by Evelyn Mcconnaughey Publisher Comments -- Harvesting Guide & Cookbook. Evelyn McConnaughey is author of this complete guide to foraging and preparing highly nutritious sea vegetables. Classification, where they grow, harvesting, storage, tables of nutritional equivalents, protein... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments From the Bestselling Author of Salt and The Basque History of the World Cod, Mark Kurlansky’s third work of nonfiction and winner of the 1999 James Beard Award, is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier by Colin Woodard Publisher Comments A fascinating look at the octopus through its life, death, robotic replicas, and delicious dinners and#160; We eat, study, copy, and idealize the octopus. Yet this strange creature still eludes our understanding. With eight arms, three hearts... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Whales and Dolphins (Collins Wild Guides) by Mark Carwardine Publisher Comments Whales and Dolphins Wild Guide is the perfect introduction to 96 species of whale, dolphin, and porpoise. This pocket-size guide is essential for the family reference shelf, helping you to identify each species and discover more about them. Detailed... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Book of Dolphins by Mark Carwardine Publisher Comments A stunning and revealing book about these extraordinary mammals, including discussions on the healing powers dolphins are said to hold and their often close relationship with humans. 270 colour photographs.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fish Behavior in the Aquarium and in the Wild by Stephan Reebs Synopsis This text aims to provide an entertaining, yet scientifically grounded, look at what fishes do and how they do it. From defending their young, to seeking out the perfect sexual partner, to telling time, fishes display a variety of behaviours that may not... (read more) List Price $30.50 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson Publisher Comments In her luminous descriptions of intertidal life, Carson shows her remarkable ability to describe the beauties of science and the natural world.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Complete Whale-Watching Handbook: A Guide to Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World by Angus Wilson Publisher Comments The Complete Whale-Watching Handbook is a spectacular celebration of whales, porpoises, and dolphins, and of the immense diversity of opportunities to view these spectacular marine mammals in the wild. Once the stuff of fishermen’s yarns and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Osmoregulation and Drinking in Vertebrates by N Hazon Publisher Comments "Osmoregulation and Drinking in Vertebrates" presents some of the most exciting recent advancements in the area of osmoregulation, from the control of gene expression to whole animal response. The volume discusses the differences and similarities in the... (read more) List Price $298.50 Your price: $7.75 Used - Hardcover
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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: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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