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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World»rank: 802455by: Mark Kurlansky
: :'A loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now at an end.'--New York 'Newsday.' Unabridged. 7 CDs. Review:You probably enjoy eating codfish, but reading about them? Mark Kurlansky has written a fabulous book--well worth your time--about a fish that probably has mattered more in human history than any other. The cod helped inspire the discovery and exploration of ... |
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Pure Sea Glass: Discovering Nature's Vanishing Gems»rank: 5293by: Richard LaMotte, Sally Lamotte Crane
: :'A loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now at an end.'--New York 'Newsday.' Unabridged. 7 CDs. Review:You probably enjoy eating codfish, but reading about them? Mark Kurlansky has written a fabulous book--well worth your time--about a fish that probably has mattered more in human history than any other. The cod helped inspire the discovery and exploration of ... |
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Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs»rank: 789169by: Andy Hillstrand, Johnathan Hillstrand, Malcolm Macpherson
: :“Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware, beware,” goes the chorus of an old sailors’ sing-along that celebrates the allure and danger of the seafaring life. But make no mistake–there truly is much to beware for those who are drawn to risk their lives and seek their fortunes upon the waves. And perhaps none take more chances than the men and women who brave the tempestuous, bountiful waters of the Bering Sea. Season after season, they bond ... |
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Ocean (American Museum of Natural History)»rank: 69643from: DK ADULT
: :Breathtaking, powerful, and all-encompassing in its sheer scope and visual impact, 0cean sweeps you away on an incredible journey into the depths of our astonishing marine world. As the site where life first formed on Earth, a key element of the climate, and a fragile resource, oceans are of vital importance to our planet. This definitive visual guide to the world's oceans - including the geological and physical processes that affect the ocean floor, the key habitat zones, the rich ... |
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The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic (Caravan Book)»rank: 9543by: Stan Ulanski
: :Driving through the Atlantic 0cean is a powerful current with a force 300 times that of the mighty Amazon. First discovered by Ponce de Le—n in 1513, it sped ships laden with fortunes in spices, sugar, and rum from the New World back to Spain and also guided the ships of the buccaneers who preyed on them. Later, the current was essential to the development of the transatlantic slave trade. So important were the economic benefits of this ocean conveyor ... |
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.)»rank: 53958by: Sebastian Junger
: : 0ctober 1991. lt was 'the perfect storm'—a tempest that may happen only once in a century—a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on earth have ever witnessed. Few, except the six-man crew of the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed toward the storm's hellish ... |
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The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod»rank: 54813by: Henry Beston
: :The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic book about Cape Cod, “written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty” (New York Herald Tribune)A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The 0utermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature writing. Henry Beston had originally planned to spend just two weeks in his seaside home, but was so possessed by the mysterious beauty of his surroundings that he found he “could not go.”lnstead, he sat ... |
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Florida's Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber»rank: 11409by: Witherington; Dawn and Blair
: :Florida has 1200 miles of coastline, almost 700 miles of which are sandy beaches. Exploring along those beaches offers encounters with myriads of plants, animals, minerals, and manmade objects all are covered in this comprehensive guide with descriptive accounts of 822 items, 983 color images, and 431 maps. Beginning with the premise that beaches are themselves alive, this guide to the natural history of Florida beaches heralds the living things and metaphorical life near, on, and within the state's sandy ... |
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The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals»rank: 15699by: Peter Heller
: :For the crew of the eco-pirate ship the Farley Mowat, any day saving a whale is a good day to die. ln The Whale Warriors, veteran adventure writer Peter Heller takes us on a hair-raising journey with a vigilante crew on their mission to stop illegal Japanese whaling in the stormy, remote seas off the forbidding shores of Antarctica. The Farley is the flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and captained by its founder, the radical environmental enforcer Paul ... |
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One River»rank: 479794by: Wade Davis
: :Recounts the author's education under Richard Evans Schultes, who studied the drug qualities of plants in the Amazon basin, his own journey in his teacher's footsteps, and his witness to the destruction of the rain forest. 25,000 first printing. Tour. Review:Richard Evans Schultes was arguably this century's foremost botanist and the father of ethnobotany--the study of plants and medicinal knowledge of indigenous peoples. He inadvertently inspired the 1960s drug culture with the publication of his scholarly journals on hallucinogenic ... |
