Fish Ocean Life category: 917 books
Hunting the Hunters
At War with the Whalers
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
'As the rest of the world stood by and watched, Laurens risked everything to defend these extraordinary mammals from extinction. A truly powerful and inspiring story.' Susan Sarandon
Laurens de Groot was a detective for the Dutch police, specializing in organized crime and environmental pollution....
Bringing Whales Ashore
Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Today, Japan defends its controversial whaling expeditions by invoking tradition�but what was the historical reality? In examining the techniques and impacts of whaling during the Tokugawa period (1603�1868), Jakobina Arch shows that the organized, shore-based whaling that first developed during...
South Solo
Kayaking to Save the Albatross
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
An Antarctic adventure of solo kayaking—an inspirational and wondrous real-life story.
A record of an intrepid woman’s solo kayaking expedition around the South Georgia Island, Antarctica, to raise awareness for the magnificent Albatross who are perishing by the thousands in the...
The Biology and Ecology of Tintinnid Ciliates
Models for Marine Plankton
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Planktonic protists both produce and consume most of the primary production in the world ocean. They not only play key roles in the oceans but also represent an astounding amount of diversity: ecological morphological and genetic. However, for most taxa their ecology, morphology, phylogeny and biogeography...
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota
Volume 2, Ocean and Coastal Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2008
The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life. This second volume in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (a multivolumed work edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and...
The Sea
Stories, Trivia, Crafts, and Recipes Inspired by the World's Best Shorelines, Beaches, and Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
“The sea is as near as we come to another world.” —Anne Stevenson
This book celebrates oceans, coasts and shorelines the world over. Bringing together incredible stories and legends of the sea, delicious recipes and activities inspired by the coast, and fascinating trivia on everything...
Captains Courageous
A Story of the Grand Banks
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
"Captains Courageous ranks with all the great sea-adventure stories that will never lose their fascination for children as well as grownups. Kipling's "heroic conception of life as Andre Maurois called it, his admiration for bravery and courage wherever he might find it, never dimmed. In...
by Owen Chase
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
On November 20, 1820, Owen Chase was the First Mate of the Whale-Ship "Essex" when it was struck by an enraged Sperm Whale and sunk, stranding the crew in tiny whale-boats 2000 miles away from land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Of the 21 men who entered the 3 flimsy whale-boats, only...
by Ken Tutalo
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Written by an expert outfitter with boots in its waters, this piece includes a detailed map with access points along the river, information about gear, seasonal hatches, local lodges, fly shops, restaurants, watering holes, and closest medical care, along with the sort of intimate, insider information only someone working on the river can share.
by Molly Semenik
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Explore the streams less traveled in the state known for its legendary fly-fishing rivers!
by Mike Bone
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Written by an expert outfitter with boots in its waters, this piece includes a detailed map with access points along the river, information about gear, seasonal hatches, local lodges, fly shops, restaurants, watering holes, and closest medical care, along with the sort of intimate, insider information only someone working on the river can share.
Catskill Rivers
Birthplace of American Fly Fishing
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Catskill Rivers is the story of the birthplace of the American fly fishing.” Readers will discover this birthplace in such hallowed trout streams as the Beaverkill, the Willowemoc, the Neversink, the Delaware, the Esopus, and the Schoharie. While originally published in 1983, Catskill Rivers remains...
Covered Waters
Tempests of a Nomadic Trouter
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
An outrageous fishing memoir that spans the globe.
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Sentinel of the Shoals
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Since 1871 the Cape Hatteras lighthouse has been a welcome sight for sailors entering the treacherous region off North Carolina's Outer Banks known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. At 208 feet high, it is the tallest lighthouse in the country and one of the state's most famous landmarks. Through...