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1	The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks more books like this by Susan Casey add to wishlist Susan Casey was a journalist who became enthralled with the world of the great white shark after seeing a BBC documentary on the subject. She spent three weeks in the forbidding waters around the Farallon Islands (aka "the devil's teeth") just off the coast of San Francisco, where the sharks go every fall to prey on the hapless sea lions that live ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean more books like this by Trevor Corson add to wishlist 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 currents of the Gulf of Maine, to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Marine Biology-Coloring Book more books like this by Thomas M Niesen, Wynn Kapit (Illustrator) add to wishlist A great way to learn about underwater life. Beautifully and accurately rendered color plates are accompanied by clear explanatory text on marine environments, the organisms that inhabit them, and their life cycles. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Log from the 'Sea of Cortez' more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This exciting, day-by-day account of their trip, drawn from the longer work, Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-speed adventure that provides a fascinating ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| first editions \| SVS
5	National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures more books like this by Norman A Meinkoth add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.11! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Jacques Cousteau: The Ocean World more books like this by Jacques Yves Cousteau add to wishlist Virtually an encyclopedia of the undersea world, this magnificent and comprehensive volume covers all aspects of life in the oceans. It is illustrated throughout with over 385 photographs, plus maps and diagrams. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $77.45! \| first editions
7	The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals more books like this by Peter Heller add to wishlist For two months, journalist Heller was aboard the pirate ship the "Farley Mowat" as it stalked its prey--a Japanese whaling fleet. Now, Heller chronicles this hair-raising journey, whose mission was to stop illegal whaling in the stormy, remote seas off Antarctica. 288. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Twelve Days of Terror: A Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks more books like this by Richard G Fernicola, M.D. add to wishlist Part fascinating social history, part spellbinding detective story, "Twelve Days of Terror" is an account of the infamous and, heretofore, unexplained New Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 that served as the horrifying real-life inspiration for Peter Benchley's "Jaws". Illustrations & photos throughout. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence more books like this by Michael Capuzzo, Mike Capuzzo add to wishlist Pulitzer Prize nominee Capuzzo brilliantly recreates the summer of 1916, when a rogue great white shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Shark more books like this by Miranda MacQuitty add to wishlist Part of a series, this book explores the underwater world of sharks - how they evolved, how they live and breed and why they occasionally predate on humans. The photographs depict the species in close-up and aim to dispel some of the myths and mysteries commonly associated with sharks. From whale sharks 18 metres long to the tiny mini-sharks that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Silent World more books like this by Jacques Yves Cousteau add to wishlist A fiftieth anniversary edition of this acclaimed study of the undersea world chronicles the explorer's early days underwater, including the development of his invention, scuba, his first dives with scuba, and his travels under the sea during World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Life in the Chesapeake Bay more books like this by Professor Alice Jane Lippson, Professor Robert L Lippson add to wishlist Published in 1984, the first edition of 'Life in the Chesapeake Bay' became an instant classic, providing fascinating insights into some of the more than two thousand plants and animals that make their home in America's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. Superbly illustrated and clearly written, this acclaimed field guide described the richly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Edge of the Sea more books like this by Rachel L Carson add to wishlist Originally published in 1973 by Panther, and now part of the PENGUIN TWENTIETH-CENTURY CLASSICS series, Carson looks at the environments of the rocky shore, the rim of sand and the coral coast. Illustrations by Bob Hines are taken from the original edition and integrated into the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach more books like this by James W Nybakken add to wishlist Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach emphasizes the ecological principles that guide marine life throughout all environments within the world's oceans. Authors James Nybakken and Mark Bertness provide a unique ecological approach that helps students understand the real-world relevance of marine biology by exploring how organisms interact within ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $44.88! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Northeastern Seashore Life: Labrador to Massachusetts more books like this by James Kavanagh, Raymond Leung (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.03! new only from $3.56! \| SVS
16 view cover	Dolphin Mysteries: Unlocking the Secrets of Communication more books like this by Kathleen M Dudzinski, Toni Frohoff, John Norton (Illustrator) add to wishlist Dolphins have fascinated humans for millennia, giving rise to an abundance of stories and myths about them, yet the actual details of their lives in the sea have remained elusive. In this enthralling book, Kathleen Dudzinski and Toni Frohoff take us into the dolphins' aquatic world to witness firsthand how they live their lives, communicate, and ... see all copies from $13.45! new only from $18.80! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Turning the Tide: Saving the Chesapeake Bay more books like this by Tom Horton add to wishlist In 1991, Island Press published Turning the Tide, a unique and accessible examination of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The book took an in-depth look at the Bay's vital signs to gauge the overall health of its entire ecosystem and to assess what had been done and what remained to be done to clean up the Bay. Much has changed since that book came ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Whales Dolphins and Porpoises more books like this by Mark Carwardine add to wishlist Information about whales, dolphins, and porpoises, accompanied by color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Seals and Sea Lions of the World more books like this by Nigel Bonner add to wishlist Seals and Sea Lions of the World covers a fascinating group of mammals whose habitat is aquatic and whose limbs are fully adapted for swimming rather than for land locomotion. The aquatic environment and the remoteness of their habitats make seals, sea lions, and walruses difficult to study. Yet, encounters with these species have produced a great ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.77! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss more books like this by Claire Nouvian add to wishlist On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters - the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3,800 meters, the oceans offer 99 percent of the space on Earth where life can develop. And the deep sea, ... see all copies from $32.99! new only from $41.50! \| SVS
21 view cover	Under the Sea Wind more books like this by Rachel L Carson add to wishlist Rachel Carson's 1941 classic of nature writing is an adventure story in which Carson tracks a pair of sanderlings, a mackerel, and an eel along the Northeastern Atlantic coast, revealing not only the habits of these species but the mysteries of the ocean. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.16! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Whales more books like this by Gail Gibbons add to wishlist A nonfiction picture book introduction to whales. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The River more books like this by David Bellamy add to wishlist A picture book which recounts the changes and growth in nature through four seasons, and explains what can happen if man threatens to destroy habitats in the name of progress. The volume is suitable for children aged six to ten years and is part of the OUR CHANGING WORLD series. see all copies from $1.99!
24 view cover	Marine Ecological Processes more books like this by Ivan Valiela add to wishlist Marine Ecological Processes is a modern review and synthesis of marine ecology that provides the reader - particularly the graduate student - with a lucid introduction to the intellectual concepts, approaches, and methods of this evolving discipline. Comprehensive in its coverage, this book focuses on the processes controlling marine ecosystems, ... see all copies from $12.09! new only from $24.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Whales & Dolphins more books like this by Caroline Bingham add to wishlist Offering a new level of information through powerful visuals, the Eye Wonder reference series is specially developed for children for their first books about the natural world. Full-color photography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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