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1	Grayson more books like this by Lynne Cox (Read by) One dark morning while the 17-year-old author was training for a long-distance swim, she became aware that something was swimming with her--a baby gray whale that had become separated from its mother. This is the magical, mysterious tale of how Cox miraculously reunited mother and baby. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Silent World more books like this by Jacques Yves Cousteau Jacques Cousteau, the man who introduced the wonders of the sea to a generation through his television series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, chronicled the early days of his underwater adventures in SILENT WORLD, which was an instant, international bestseller upon its publication in 1954. In the midst of World War II, Cousteau and o?=mile ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.04! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks more books like this by Susan Casey Susan Casey was in her living room when she first saw the great white sharks of the Farallon Islands, their dark fins swirling around a small motorboat in a documentary. These sharks were the alphas among alphas, some longer than twenty feet, and there were too many to count; even more incredible, this congregation was taking place just twenty ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Whales Dolphins and Porpoises more books like this by Mark Carwardine This reference book provides information on dolphins. It is part of a series which covers topics that are chosen not only to appeal to children's interests, but also to stimulate them to find out more about the world in which they live. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures more books like this by Norman A Meinkoth see all copies from $3.48! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach more books like this by James W Nybakken 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 $52.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Twelve Days of Terror: A Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks more books like this by Richard G Fernicola, M.D. In July 1916, with the nation entangled in World War I and New York City in the throes of a deadly polio epidemic, the tri-state population thronged the Jersey Shore in search of respite from the stifling mid-summer heat. The Atlantic's refreshing waters proved to be utterly inhospitable, however. In a shockingly brief span of just twelve days, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat more books like this by Charles Clover In this vivid, eye-opening book--first published in the UK to wide acclaim and now extensively revised for an American audience--environmental journalist Charles Clover argues that our passion for fish is unsustainable. Seventy-five percent of the world's fish stocks are now fully exploited or overfished; the most popular varieties risk extinction ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $9.21! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen & Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean more books like this by Trevor Corson 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 $4.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence more books like this by Michael Capuzzo, Mike Capuzzo 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
11 view cover	Jacques Cousteau: The Ocean World more books like this by Jacques Yves Cousteau 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! first editions
12 view cover	Turning the Tide: Saving the Chesapeake Bay more books like this by Tom Horton 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 $8.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World more books like this by National Audubon Society (Creator), Pieter A Folkens (Illustrator) Here is all the important information on 120 species, including whales, dolphins, and seals, with full-color paintings and many photographs illustrating behavior, as well as helpful maps and charts. see all copies from $3.37! new only from $16.01! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Chased by Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Predators of the Deep more books like this by Nivel Marven, Jasper James Following the hugely successful "Walking with Dinosaurs" and "Walking with Beasts," DK dives into the past to swim with prehistoric reptiles and mammals. Exploring the underwater world where he "encounters" amazing creatures, Marvin presents a unique record of a lost world never revealed before now. see all copies from $5.88! new only from $11.00! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss more books like this by Claire Nouvian "Bejeweled creatures--squid, comb jellies, octopuses, and tube worms--leap off the black pages in such a luminescent rainbow that you can't help but realize that the 'blackness' of the depths is a misnomer."--Richard Ellis, "Discover"University of Chicago Press see all copies from $31.62! new only from $31.62! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Within a Rainbowed Sea more books like this by Christopher Newbert Including all of the photographs of the original edition, the renowned underwater photographer takes readers on a journey of incredible beauty and mystery, through the seas off Cozumel, Belize, Kona, Fiji, Palau, Truk, and the Great Barrier Reef. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. IP. see all copies from $6.72! new only from $17.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation more books like this by James R Spotila For more than a hundred million years, sea turtles have been swimming in the world's oceans. These magnificent, long-lived creatures spend their lives in the water, coming ashore to lay their eggs. Upon hatching, the baby turtles leave the nest and enter a dangerous world of storms and predators. The females will return to the same beach to lay ... see all copies from $11.95! new only from $17.07! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest more books like this by Sy Montgomery Scientists call them "Inia geoffrensis," an ancient species of toothed whale whose origin dates back about 15 million years. To the local people of the Amazon, pink river dolphins are "botos," shape shifters that, in the guise of human desire, can claim your soul and take you to the Encante, an enchanted underwater world. As tributaries braid into ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark more books like this by Peter Matthiessen Bestselling author Peter Matthiessen takes readers on an expedition to find the most dangerous predator on Earth--the legendary great white shark. On a trek that lasts 17 months and takes him from the Caribbean to the whaling grounds off South Africa, across the Indian Ocean to the South Australian coast, Matthiessen records the beauties of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes, Whales and Dolphins more books like this by Herbert T Boschung, Audubon Society, Daniel W Gotshall (Editor) Each of the 585 identification pictures is a full-color photograph of a marine or freshwater fish. Also included are 30 photographs of whales and dolphins and 45 paintings. Arranged by shape and by color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.50! \| first editions
21 view cover	Eye of the Whale: Epic Passage from Baja to Siberia more books like this by Dick Russell "Inches below the surface, [the whales] appear not so much gray as whitish blue. The immensity of these creatures is overwhelming. Fully grown they reach at least thirty-five feet in length and weigh more than thirty tons -- ten times the size of a large elephant. The mother dwarfs our little boat. The calf is nearly one-third her size. With a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	The year of the whale more books like this by Victor B. Scheffer A rare and timeless book that takes the reader beneath the ocean's surface to travel with a young sperm whale. With a new foreword by the author. "A writer of unusual grace and feeling ... This is a fine book". -- The New Yorker see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23	Life and death in a coral sea more books like this by Jacques Yves Cousteau see all copies from $1.99! new only from $193.68! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Dolphin Chronicles more books like this by Carol J Howard For everyone fascinated with the possibilities of human-animal communications, scientist Carol Howard provides an intimate, moving account of one woman's attempt to unravel the mysteries of the dolphin--one of the sea's most fascinating and enigmatic creatures. of color photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.76! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal Legend more books like this by David Thomson Raised among Scottish fishermen and storytellers, David Thomson was obsessed from childhood by the Celtic seal legend, the body of tales and songs about the "selchie, " or gray Atlantic seal. In the early 1950's he took a journey to seek the legend out, in the Hebrides, on the east coast of Scotland, on the west coast of Ireland -- places where ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.48! \| first editions \| SVS

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