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Governing Transboundary Waters: Canada, the United States, and Indigenous Communities

by Emma S. Norman

Winner of the Political Geography Specialty Group's 2015 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award!

With almost the entire world's water basins crossing political borders of some kind, understanding how to cooperate...

To Touch a Wild Dolphin: A Journey of Discovery with the Sea's Most Intelligent Creatures

by Rachel Smolker

To Touch a Wild Dolphin is the first intimate account of dolphin life in the wild. In 1982 Rachel Smolker traveled to Monkey Mia, a remote beach on the west coast of Australia where wild dolphins regularly interact...

Grayson

by Lynne Cox

Grayson is Lynne Cox’s first book since Swimming to Antarctica (“Riveting”—Sports Illustrated; “Pitch-perfect”—Outside). In it she tells the story of a miraculous ocean encounter that happened...

Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality

by Ph.D., Helen Scales

A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years

Poseidon's Steed trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history...

Pearls of Creation A-Z of Pearls, 2nd Edition BRONZE AWARD: Non Fiction

by Marjorie M Dawson

"PEARLS OF CREATION A-Z OF PEARLS" WILL APPEAL TO READERS OF ALL AGES, WITH NUMEROUS DIFFERENT INTERESTS, INCLUDING LIBRARIES, SCHOLARS, PEARL LOVERS, JEWELLERS AND GEMOLOGISTS. IT COVERS GOD'S CREATION OF MARINE...

Marine Biodiversity Conservation: A Practical Approach

by Keith Hiscock

Effective marine biodiversity conservation is dependent upon a clear scientific rationale for practical interventions. This book is intended to provide knowledge and tools for marine conservation practitioners...

Between the Tides: In Search of Sea Turtles

by George Hughes

Much can be learned about the condition of the planet’s environment by looking at sea turtles; they have existed for more than 100 million years, and they travel throughout the world’s oceans. Suddenly,...

The Great Barrier Reef: An Environmental History

by Ben Daley

The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to increasing pressures...

Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark

by Peter Matthiessen

A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise

National Book Award-winning...

War of the Whales: A True Story

by Joshua Horwitz

“Intimate and urgent storytelling” (Chicago Tribune), a “ripping real-life yarn” (Tampa Bay Chronicle): The remarkable account of two principled men who stand up to the world’s most powerful navy,...

Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer

by Matthew Gavin Frank

Memory, mythology, and obsession collide in this “slyly charming” (New York Times Book Review) account of the giant squid. In 1874, Moses Harvey—eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist—was...

Sharks: Conservation, Governance and Management

by Erika J. Techera & Natalie Klein

The key aim of this book is to explore the global conservation and management of sharks. There has been a rapid decline in populations of many shark species, while new science has emerged of the critical role...

Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy

by Michael J. Tougias & Douglas A. Campbell

From the author of the Fall 2015 Disney movie The Finest Hours, the “thrilling and perfectly paced” (Booklist) story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty—the tall ship used in the classic 1962 movie Mutiny...

Marine Policy: An Introduction to Governance and International Law of the Oceans

by Mark Zacharias

This textbook provides the reader with a foundation in policy development and analysis and describes how policy, including legal mechanisms, is applied to marine environments around the world. It offers a systematic...

Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphology, Second Edition

by Gerd Masselink, Michael Hughes & Jasper Knight

The world's coastlines represent a myriad of dynamic and constantly changing environments. Heavily settled and intensely used areas, they are of enormous importance to humans and understanding how they are shaped...

The Albatross and the Fish: Linked Lives in the Open Seas

by Robin W. Doughty & Virginia Carmichael

Breeding on remote ocean islands and spending much of its life foraging for food across vast stretches of seemingly empty seas, the albatross remains a legend for most people. And yet, humans are threatening...

Seashore Life

by Lester Ingle, Herbert S. Zim, Dorothea Barlowe & Sy Barlowe

This eBook is best viewed on a color device.

This compact guide will help you understand--and enjoy--the unique zone where land and ocean meet. It is a guide to:

Seashells

Sea Plants

Shore Birds

Jellyfish, Starfish,...

Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival

by Michael J. Tougias

From masterful storyteller Michael J. Tougias comes a new, heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, his most thrilling and amazing story yet.

In May 2005, Tom Tighe, captain of a forty-five-foot-long...

Art Forms in Nature

by Ernst Haeckel

Multitude of strangely beautiful natural forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, Ciliata, diatoms, calcareous sponges, Tubulariidae, Siphonophora, Semaeostomeae, star corals, starfishes, much more. All images black-and-white....

Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest

by Sy Montgomery

By the acclaimed author of The Soul of an Octopus and the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig.

When Sy Montgomery ventured into the Amazon to unlock the mysteries of the littleknown pink dolphins, she found...