Fish Ocean Life category: 917 books
Floating Gold
A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
“Preternaturally hardened whale dung” is not the first image that comes to mind when we think of perfume, otherwise a symbol of glamour and allure. But the key ingredient that makes the sophisticated scent linger on the skin is precisely this bizarre digestive by-product—ambergris. Despite being...
Junk Raft
An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
An exciting account of an activist scientist’s unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made “junk raft”
News media brought the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”—the famous swirling gyre of plastic pollution...
by Richard J. King
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Other than that it tastes delicious with butter, what do you know about the knobbily-armoured, scarlet creature staring back at you from your fancy dinner plate? From ocean to stock pot, there are two sides to every animal story. For instance, since there are species of lobsters without claws, how...
by Paula Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The seas, oceans and rivers of the world are one of the last great wild frontiers. Here, gigantic herbivores and voracious predators make their homes. There may be no real Loch Ness monsters, but sea "monsters" of all sizes and shapes can still be found lurking in the ocean’s darkest depths.From the...
by Big Book of Photos
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!
by Bryant Austin
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Photographer and conservationist Bryant Austin’s breathtaking photographic project Beautiful Whale is the first of its kind: It chronicles his fearless attempts to reach out to whales as fellow sentient beings. Featuring Austin’s intimate images—some as detailed as a single haunting eye—that...
by Robert Behnke
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
This beautiful and definitive guide brings together the world's lead leading expert on North American trout and salmon, Robert Behnke, and the foremost illustrator in the field, Joseph Tomelleri.
North America is graced with the greatest diversity of trout and salmon on earth. From tiny brook...
Kayak Fishing Second Edition: The Complete Guide
The Complete Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
In this new Second Edition Cory Routh covers everything you will need to know for safe, fun and successful kayak fishing. Kayak Fishing gives you a quick, clear understanding of the essential information you'll need to get started in the growing sport of kayak fishing. Learn how to choose the right kayak...
Fly Fishing the Shenandoah River
An Excerpt from Fly Fishing Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Fly Fishing the Shenandoah River is an excerpt from the larger book Fly Fishing Virginia, available in print and ebook versions, covering 29 waters from small creeks to large rivers to coastal inlets and bays. Beau Beasley shows you where to fly fish in Virginia with detailed maps, photographs, and...
Red Summer
The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
A vivid, unforgettable account of the danger, pain, and joy of working on a salmon fishing boat and living in a small village on the farthest edge of Alaska
Set in the tiny Native village of Egegik on the shores of Alaska's Bristol Bay, Bill Carter's Red Summer is the thrilling story of one...
Angling Days
A Fly Fisher's Journals
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
“From the very first, it seems, fishing was a respite and a therapy along with all of its other potentially redemptive qualities.” —Robert DeMott
Spanning more than forty-five years, Angling Days is a collection of Robert DeMott’s numerous journal entries, each a small essay in itself,...
The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing
101 Tips for the Absolute Beginner
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
This book, written with the support of America's oldest fishing tackle business, offers beginners a chance to learn the fundamentals of the great sport of fly fishing quickly and easily. The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing can be the start of a lifetime journey of discovery that will increase...
Fly-Fishing Advice from an Old-Timer
A Practical Guide to the Sport and Its Language
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
With decades of fly-fishing experience, Ed Quigley is the perfect candidate to provide fly-fishing know-how to prospective flyfishers.
For those new to fly fishing as well as for experienced anglers looking to add some secrets” to their own bags of tricks, Fly-Fishing Advice from an Old-Timer...