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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: $16.95 Used - Hardcover 
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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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Grayson by Lynne Cox Staff Pick You'd swear from the synopsis that it's fiction, grist for an after-school special or Disney's latest blockbuster. But, no, 17-year-old long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox, training one morning off the California coast, discovered a baby gray whale that had... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - 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: $14.00 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, by Donovan Hohn Publisher Comments A compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity- andquot;adventurous, inquisitive, and brightly illuminatingandquot; (Janet Maslin, The New York Times). When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - 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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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 $263.75 Your price: $7.75 Used - Hardcover
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The Ocean Almanac by Robert Hendrickson Publisher Comments As expansive as the ocean itself, this entertaining, informative almanac offers hundreds of fascinating essays, anecdotes, facts, legends, and mysteries concerning the sea, its amazing inhabitants--both real and apocryphal--and the men and ships who have... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans by Sylvia A Earle Publisher Comments Internationally renowned as the ambassador-at-large to the world's oceans, Sylvia Earle is an extraordinary woman--the former chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a distinguished marine biologist, a veteran of more than... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $5.95 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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Reef Life: Natural History and Behaviors of Marine Fishes and Invertebrates by Denise Niel Tackett Publisher Comments An eye-opening look at what really goes on in the lives of coral reef fishes and invertebrates. Unforgettable photographs illustrate marine biology in action for all aquarists and underwater naturalists.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Singing Whales and Flying Squid: The Discovery of Marine Life by Richard Ellis Publisher Comments A richly illustrated journey that uncovers the weird and wonderful creatures of the deep... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson Publisher Comments Rachel Carson is best known for Silent Spring, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. But while she was profoundly concerned about the environment as a whole, her deepest passion was for the sea, and many readers consider The Edge of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sharing the Ocean: Stories of Science, Politics, and Ownership from America's Oldest Industry by Michael Crocker Synopsis Most popular and scholarly investigations of the New England groundfish management crisis have not produced very complex stories. Environmentalists and scientists are typically portrayed as the protagonists in a relentless struggle against antagonistic... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Exploring Hanauma Bay (Kolowalu Books) by Susan Scott Publisher Comments Splendid photographs, all taken in Hanauma Bay, show what you might expect to see, and many of them capture the most interesting behaviors of the creatures that live in the bay. Much of this same marine life is found at other Hawaiian reef sites.... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Eternal Sea by Christian Buchet Publisher Comments In the much-anticipated follow-up to his 2002 international triumph The Sea, photographer Philip Plisson figuratively widens his lens to provide a more global focus on the sea and the humans who depend on it for survival. As magnificent as its... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $15.98 Used - Hardcover
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Pacific Coast (Audubon Guide) by And National Audubon Society Mcconnaughey Publisher Comments A comprehensive field guide, fully illustrated with color photographs, to the birds, plants, fishes, insects, seashore creatures, and other natural wonders of North America's western shores, from Alaska to southern California.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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What Is Natural? Coral Reef Crisis by Jan Sapp Publisher Comments During the late 1960s and 1970s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish suddenly began to infest coral reef communities around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest. In What is Natural?, Jan Sapp... (read more) List Price $119.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Red Summer: The Danger and Madness of Commercial Salmon Fishing in Alaska by Bill Carter Publisher Comments Painting a visceral portrait of the life of commercial fishermen in the remote Eskimo village of Egekik, Alaska, this intense memoir depicts the author's four summers spent with a crew of seasonal salmon netters. Distinguishing itself from a typical... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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