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  • The Science of the Ocean

    The Secrets of the Seas Revealed

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Secret World Encyclopedias
    Dive into this uniquely elegant visual exploration of the seaAn informative and utterly beautiful introduction to marine life and the ocean environment, The Science of the Ocean ebook brings the riches of the underwater world onto the printed page.Astounding photography reveals an abundance of life, from microscopic plankton to great whales, seaweed to starfish. Published in association with the ... Read more

    $267.19 HKD

  • 東亞海域一千年（增訂新版）

    by 陳國棟 ...
    Series Book 14 - 臺灣史與海洋史
    　　亞洲海域的周邊孕育著幾個世界上最古老的文明。藉諸大海的聯繫，千百年來，沿海的居民斷斷續續地進行著種種形式的交往。作者陳國棟的研究，在議題上側重於經濟與貿易；在時間軸上先以清代前期的十七、八世紀為重心，再往上、下延伸，涵蓋過往的一千年，嘗試在較長的時空架構下，尋找中國人參與海事活動的軌跡。　　本書共收錄論文十五篇，內容依時間先後排序。有考證，有分析；在經濟、貿易之外，更擴及人員的互訪與文化的交流。針對舊的議題，如鄭和下西洋，作者提出新的看法，從追尋蘇木、胡椒與長頸鹿來探討船隊成行的動機；新開發的議題，如在討論中國與東南亞的文化交流中，指出中文常見的「公司」一詞，早在十七世紀以後就已成為馬來文的字根……等，於嚴肅的學術意義之外，別具一般性的趣味。其他文章則涉及中國與東南亞、歐洲地區的交往，特別著重在廣州與廈門的對外貿易所引發的種種問題，對中國在近代初期亞洲的海洋貿易網絡中所扮演的角色 ... Read more

    $83.30 HKD

  • The Wave Watcher's Companion

    Ocean Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life's Undulations

    by Gavin Pretor-Pinney ...
    Get ready for a global journey like none other-a passionate enthusiast's exploration of waves that begins with a massive surfable cloud and ends with the majestic Pacific ocean, making side trips along the way to reveal the ups and downs of brain waves, radio waves, infrared waves, microwaves, shock waves, light waves, and much more. ... Read more

    $41.09 HKD

  • Green Recovery with Resilience and High Quality Development

    CCICED Annual Policy Report 2021

    by China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Secretariat ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book is based on the research outputs of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) in 2021. It covers major topics of Chinese and international attention regarding green development, such as climate, biodiversity, ocean, BRI, urbanization, sustainable production and consumption, technology, finance, value chain, and related topics. It also ... Read more

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  • Oceans - The Deep Blue Sea

    Fun Facts and Pictures for Kids

    by Speedy Publishing ...
    Series series Oceanography for Kids
    As children read a book about oceans, they will be able to see all of the animals and plants that live in the water. They can begin to create their own pictures of sea life, placing them in an ocean that they imagine. The book can be used for school projects to get ideas that are related to science and Earth. Children can also use the information to come up with ideas about new animals that might ... Read more

    $39.08 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Maps, the Oceans & Continents : Third Grade Geography Series

    3rd Grade Books - Maps Exploring The World for Kids

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Explore the World Books
    Geography is a big subject to study as it encompasses boundaries set by man. How do you make it a friendly topic for young children? You break down concepts into easy to understand bits, of course! Top that with a presentation composed of vibrant images and great layout. Secure a copy of this educational book today! ... Read more

    $39.08 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oceans Of The World In Color

    Marine Life and Oceanography for Children

    by Speedy Publishing ...
    As our children flip through television channels, they are sure to stumble upon on a TV channel that displays the wonderful waters of our world. They may become quite excited upon seeing some of our world's greatest, largest, and beautiful creatures, including, but ot limited to: whales, dolphins, sharks, seals, sea otters, and fish. Also, they may wonder how the oceans are able to produce such ... Read more

    $39.08 HKD

  • Earth System Science

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Tim Lenton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    When humanity first glimpsed planet Earth from space, the unity of the system that supports humankind entered the popular consciousness. The concept of the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, soil, and rocks operating as a closely interacting system has rapidly gained ground in science. This new field, involving geographers, geologists, biologists, oceanographers, and atmospheric physicists, is ... Read more

    $62.57 HKD

  • 大海的奧祕：海中生物與未解之謎

    by 劉志才 ...
    《大海的奧祕：海中生物與未解之謎》是一本引人入勝的書籍，它帶領讀者深入探索廣闊的海洋世界，揭示了海洋的形成、多樣的海中生物、令人驚嘆的自然現象以及依然存在著謎團的未解之謎。在第一章中，我們將一起穿越時光，了解海洋是如何形成的，探討大海的誕生和演化過程。我們將深入了解地球上的不同海洋和海底地形，並明白它們如何塑造了我們的行星。接著，本書將引領讀者進入令人驚歎的海洋生態系統，介紹各種海洋生物的多樣性，從可愛的水母到壯麗的鯨魚，每一個物種都有其獨特之處，我們將一一探討。您將深入了解生態鏈、海洋生物的生態行為和演化過程。本書不僅介紹了海中生物，還深入瞭解了海洋的自然現象，包括浪潮、潮汐、海嘯等。我們將解釋這些自然現象的形成原理，並說明它們對海洋和陸地的影響。而當我們深入探討海洋的奧秘時，仍然有許多未解之謎等待著我們的發現。本書將探討一些神秘的海洋傳說，如美人魚的存在，是否真的有海底城市 ... Read more

    $69.41 HKD

  • 黑潮島航

    一群海人的藍色曠野巡禮

    by 吳明益, 張卉君, 黑潮海洋文教基金會　策劃 ...
    Series series CHANGE
    ————「海好嗎？」————吳明益×黑潮海洋文教基金會寫給下個世代的藍色國土備忘錄一趟融合了科學家之眼、文學家之筆，以及航海家氣魄的島航壯遊。海要好，我們才會一起好！成為槳，這就出發遶島～～一群海人與浪共舞的福爾摩沙海岸巡禮，守護藍色國土！！「會勇敢出海的不是『勇士』，而是『普通人』。 唯有普通人像相手蟹那樣降海繁殖的群體意志，才能創造『怎麼可能』的大規模遷徙。」—— 吳明益「黑潮島航」是距離15年前的「福爾摩沙遶島」行動，再次對臺灣海域的總體檢。過了這些年，我們身邊的海域和地景發生了什麼樣的變化？湛藍水面之下是鯨豚及各種海洋生物的家，當陸域的過度開發、空氣汙染、垃圾和缺乏管制的漁撈行為造成海中生態系統的崩毀；棲地喪失、誤捕混獲使野外族群的存續受到威脅，甚至面臨滅絕的危機……「海好嗎？」對於臺灣周遭「藍色國土」現況的擔憂與焦慮，就這樣伴隨著十多年來如影隨形的遶島傳說，讓「黑潮人」... ... Read more

    $97.18 HKD

  • The Dark Frontier

    Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea

    by Jeffrey Marlow ...
    **An awe-inspiring investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea—the most mysterious, unforgiving environment on Earth—whose secrets can radically revise our understanding of life itself and chart our planetary future.“A brilliant scientist and storyteller, Jeffrey Marlow takes us on a page-turning descent into the deepest mysteries on the planet.”—Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer Prize–winning ... Read more

    $98.79 HKD

  • The Perfect Storm

    A True Story of Men Against the Sea

    by Sebastian Junger ...
    The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.The ‘perfect storm’ is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into storm winds over an Atlantic island – Sable Island – and colliding with a weather system from the Caribbean: ... Read more

    $63.89 HKD

  • Plastic Ocean

    How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans

    by Charles Moore ...
    The researcher who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—and remains one of today's key advocates for plastic pollution awareness—inspires a fundamental rethinking of the modern Plastic Age.In 1997, environmentalist Charles Moore discovered the world's largest collection of floating trash—the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ("GPGP")—while sailing from Hawaii to California. Moore was shocked by ... Read more

    $41.09 HKD

  • Albert & the Whale

    by Philip Hoare ...
    A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARAN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022‘This is a wonderful book. A lyrical journey into the natural and unnatural world’ Patti Smith‘Everything Philip Hoare writes is bewitching’ Olivia LaingAn illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the award-winning author of L... ... Read more

    $117.19 HKD

  • The Underworld

    Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

    by Susan Casey ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets**“An irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and vivid, visceral prose." —**Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author of The Soul of an OctopusFor all of human history, ... Read more

    $98.59 HKD

  • The Oceans and Environmental Security

    Shared U.S. And Russian Perspectives

    by Matthew J. Lamourie, Tom Tietenburg, Artemy A. Saguirian, Suzanne M. Demisch, Giulio Pontecorvo, J. Christopher Haney, J. I. Charney, Mark Eiserth, Natalia Mirovitskaya, Lawson W. Brigham, Miranda Wecker, Yoshiaki Kaoru, Kristina Gjerde, Peter Haas, M. J. Peterson, Philip A. McGillivary ...
    The concept of environmental security, drawing on the widely understood notion of international strategic interdependence (in facing, for example, threats of nuclear war or economic collapse) is gaining currency as a way of thinking about international environmental management.In 1989, the Institute for World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Marine ... Read more

    $253.79 HKD

  • Des nouvelles du fond. Carnet embarqué jusqu'aux abysses

    by Damien Roudeau ...
    Si les océans, malgré leur surexploitation, demeurent la plus grande réserve de biodiversité de la planète, on connaît mieux aujourd’hui la surface de Mars que celle des grands fonds marins. Pourtant, malgré nos connaissances extrêmement fragmentaires des abysses, la convoitise humaine de leurs ressources biologiques, énergétiques et minérales menace leurs écosystèmes. Pour découvrir ces milieux ... Read more

    $156.54 HKD

  • Ocean Wave Dynamics For Coastal And Marine Structures

    by Vallam Sundar ...
    Series Book 52 - Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering
    The increase in exploration and exploitation of ocean resources, maritime trade and ocean energy have led to development of new concepts in the study of coastal and marine structures. These developments necessitate comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of ocean wave behavior in the offshore as well as in the nearshore, such as the phenomena of wave generation, propagation, deformation and its ... Read more

    $274.89 HKD

  • One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History

    by Helen Doe ...
    In the 200 years since it was founded, the RNLI has saved more than 144,000 lives.It all began with a meeting in London in 1824 to act on a proposal by Sir William Hillary: the formation of a National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. It is his vision that still drives the RNLI today. The vast majority of its crews are volunteers, backed up by large numbers of fundraisers ... Read more

    $103.29 HKD

  • Depths of Survival

    The Untold Story Behind Last Breath: From Real-Life Heroics to Cinematic Brilliance

    by John D. Eure ...
    Depths of Survival: The Untold Story Behind Last Breath takes readers on an exhilarating journey into one of the most harrowing real-life survival stories ever captured, now reimagined as a cinematic masterpiece. Written with unparalleled depth and insight, this companion book provides an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of Last Breath, exploring the courage, resilience, and ... Read more

    $83.99 HKD

  • Ocean Literacy: The Foundation for the Success of the Ocean Decade, Volume I

    Transforming Education, Research, and Engagement

    Edited by Teresa J. Kennedy ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access volume is the first of three volumes highlighting the critical intersection of Ocean Literacy and global initiatives driving positive change during the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the Ocean Decade). It explores connections between Ocean Literacy and the Ocean Decade’s Outcomes and Challenges, with a focus on Challenge 10: Restore society’s ... Read more

    Free

  • Engineered Coasts

    Edited by Jiyu Chen, Doeke Eisma, Kenji Hotta, H. Jesse Walker ...
    Series Book 6 - Coastal Systems and Continental Margins
    Increasing population, expanding industry and commerce, and tourism are placing added pressures on an already highly-utilized coastal zone. This book, through a series of case studies, illustrates the variety of changes already made along the coastlines of the world. The examples used are mainly from China, Japan, The Netherlands, and the United States, all countries with extensively engineered ... Read more

    $1,149.49 HKD

  • In Pursuit of Moby-Dick

    Of Whales and Their Gods

    by Joseph S. Catalano ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This study presents *Moby-*Dick as a novel with three distinct but interconnecting stories: Ishmael’s, which he shares ten years after it has taken place; Ahab’s, which is Ishmael's account of the memorable captain of a whaling ship; and a third which centres on whales and whaling, which has not received significant critical attention. While each of these perspectives compete for prominence in the ... Read more

    $369.49 HKD

  • The Science of Ocean Waves

    Ripples, Tsunamis, and Stormy Seas

    by J. B. Zirker ...
    An unparalleled introduction to the amazing world of ocean waves.Outstanding Academic Title, Choice"Powerful ocean waves fascinate the public, and they have made a lot of news lately." With that indisputable observation, scientist J. B. Zirker takes off on a whirlwind tour of the world of waves—from the “ordinary” waves that constantly churn the sea to the rogues or freaks that can rise up ... Read more

    $295.09 HKD