Shark Attacks
Inside the Mind of the Ocean's Most Terrifying Predator
Written by Gordon Grice
Format: eBook, 55 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $3.99
National Geographic pairs gripping and gruesome stories of shark attacks with cutting edge research to illuminate a fascinating underwater world that few truly understand. Sharks are the world's most fascinating predators—capable of detecting a single drop of blood in 25 million drops of ocean and sensing electricity emitted by their prey...
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Recovering a Lost River
Removing Dams, Rewilding Salmon, Revitalizing Communities
Written by Steven Hawley
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $18.00
In the Pacific Northwest, the Snake River and its wilderness tributaries were—as recently as a half century ago—some of the world’s greatest salmon rivers. Now, due to four federal dams, the salmon population has dropped close to extinction. Steven Hawley, journalist and self-proclaimed “river rat,” argues that the best hope for...
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Tuna
Love, Death, and Mercury
Written by Richard Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 370 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $16.00
Famed marine researcher and illustrator Richard Ellis brings us a work of scientific achievement that will forever change the way we think about fish, fishing, and the dangers inherent in the seafood we eat.
The bluefin tuna is one of the world's biggest, fastest, and most highly evolved marine animals, as...
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Tuna
A Love Story
Written by Richard Ellis
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $13.99
Famed marine researcher and illustrator Richard Ellis brings us a work of scientific achievement that will forever change the way we think about fish, fishing, and the dangers inherent in the seafood we eat.
The bluefin tuna is one of the world's biggest, fastest, and most highly evolved marine animals, as...
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Fishes of Alabama
Written by Herbert T. Boschung
Illustrated by Joseph Tomelleri
Foreword by Edward O. Wilson
Format: Hardcover, 960 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2004
Price: $55.00
An enormous, superbly illustrated book that reveals the astounding diversity of Alabama’s fishes through brilliant color plates by Joseph Tomelleri and incredibly detailed information from the authors. These two leading scientists have dedicated years to documenting the diets, growth rates, reproduction, sizes, distribution, and status of Alabama’s fishes, and they present...
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