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Oceans & Seas eBooks

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  • Into the Planet

    My Life as a Cave Diver

    by Jill Heinerth ...
    From one of the world’s most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth’s final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planetMore people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about deep space than we do about the depths of our oceans. From one of the top cave divers working today—and one of the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildlife of Florida's Springs

    An Illustrated Field Guide to Over 150 Species

    Florida is home to no fewer than 700 freshwater springs, more than any place in the world! From the famed manatee to the obscure freshwater jellyfish, the springs provide sustenance to an abundance of wild, marine and insect life. This beautiful guide features over 150 species, over 130 original illustrations, and includes listings of commonly and not-so-commonly encountered “critters” living in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Isles of Amnesia

    The History, Geography, and Restoration of America's Forgotten Pacific Islands

    For over a quarter century, biologist Mark J. Rauzon worked in the field of island restoration, traveling throughout the American Insular Pacific to eradicate invasive plants and animals introduced by humans. The region spans from Hawai`i to Samoa to Guam, and their neighbors—small, obscure tropical islands that are hundreds, if not thousands, of nautical miles from each other. These little-known ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Homewaters

    A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound

    Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Move Like Water: My Story of the Sea

    by Hannah Stowe ...
    "A sensuous book, more felt than described, more described than explained, more painted than penned: part memoir, part journal and. . . . part natural mystery tour."—Carl Safina, The New York Times Book ReviewA book to sweep you away from the shore, into a wild world of water, whale, storm, and starlight— to experience what it’s like to sail for weeks at a time with life set to a new rhythm.As a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Curious World of Seahorses

    The Life and Lore of a Marine Marvel

    by Till Hein ...
    Translated by Renée Von Paschen ...
    For readers of The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels, and How Far the Light ReachesSeahorses are one of the most charismatic and magical animals in the world, and this book is filled with endless fascinating facts and incredible stories about themFriendly and down-to-earth approach that makes the newest scientific research feel like talking with friends rather than reading a ... ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Razor Clams

    Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest

    by David Berger ...
    In this lively history and celebration of the Pacific razor clam, David Berger shares with us his love affair with the glossy, gold-colored Siliqua patula and gets into the nitty-gritty of how to dig, clean, and cook them using his favorite recipes. In the course of his investigation, Berger brings to light the long history of razor clamming as a subsistence, commercial, and recreational activity, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

    A real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt on our tongues and a terror of the deep. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Sea Around Us

    by Rachel Carson ...
    National Book Award Winner and New York Times Bestseller: Explore earth’s most precious, mysterious resource—the ocean—with the author of Silent Spring.With more than one million copies sold, Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us became a cultural phenomenon when first published in 1951 and cemented Carson’s status as the preeminent natural history writer of her time. Her inspiring, intimate writing ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Brilliant Abyss

    Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It

    by Helen Scales ...
    A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist known for “nature writing at its most engaging” (Sunday Express).A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway as revolutionary studies rewrite the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is being revealed as perhaps the most amazing part of our ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under the Sea Wind

    by Rachel Carson ...
    This New York Times bestseller by the author of the environmental classic Silent Spring beautifully details the coastal ecosystem of birds and the sea.In her first book, preeminent nature writer Rachel Carson tells the story of the sea creatures and birds that dwell in and around the waters along North America’s eastern coast—and the delicately balanced ecosystem that sustains them. Following the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Edge of the Sea

    by Rachel Carson ...
    From the National Book Award–winning author of Silent Spring: An exploration of marine life that takes us into “a truly extraordinary world” (The Atlantic Monthly).Known for “catching the life breath of science on the still glass of poetry,” nature writer and marine biologist Rachel Carson is an icon of environmentalism, and her first love was the sea (Time). In this book, she explores rocky ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Whale

    In Search of the Giants of the Sea

    by Philip Hoare ...
    A travelogue through the history, literature, and lore of the remarkable mammals that we long have been fascinated with, from Moby-Dick to Free Willy.From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale, to his abiding love of Moby-Dick, to his adult encounters with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare has been ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Octopus, Squid & Cuttlefish

    A Visual, Scientific Guide to the Oceans’ Most Advanced Invertebrates

    “Cephalopods are often misunderstood creatures. Three biologists set the record straight on the behaviors and evolution of these invertebrates of the sea.” —Science NewsLargely shell-less relatives of clams and snails, the marine mollusks in the class Cephalopoda—Greek for “head-foot” —are colorful creatures of many-armed dexterity, often inky self-defense, and highly evolved cognition. They are ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science

    by Robert Kunzig ...
    A vivid, up-to-date tour of the Earth's last frontier, a remote and mysterious realm that nonetheless lies close to the heart of even the most land-locked reader.The sea covers seven-tenths of the Earth, but we have mapped only a small percentage of it. The sea contains millions of species of animals and plants, but we have identified only a few thousand of them. The sea controls our planet's ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Jellyfish

    A Natural History

    An introduction to these bizarre and beautiful creatures of the sea, filled with color photos and illustrations: “Fascinating.”—Boing BoingJellyfish are the oldest multi-organed life form on the planet, having inhabited the ocean for more than five hundred million years. With their undulating umbrella-shaped bells and sprawling tentacles, they are compelling and gorgeous, strange and dangerous. In ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Sea

    A Human History of the Mediterranean

    Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. In this brilliant and expansive book, David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance; its dynamic role in the rise and fall of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The World Beneath

    The Life and Times of Unknown Sea Creatures and Coral Reefs

    Meet the world's most fascinating sea creatures—see the lives and curiosities of colorful fish and coral reefs—this spectacular volume has more than 300 color photos and extraordinary text from a leading marine biologist and underwater photographer, and the international expert on seahorses.In this richly informative volume, brimming with new discoveries and more than three hundred colorful images ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
    Series series Bybliotech Discovery
    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 8 ultimately survived to be rescued. A harrowing journey lasting 90 days awaited these crewmen, involving ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • Tides

    The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

    In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a twenty-five-foot tidal bore that crashes eighty miles up ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works

    by Helen Czerski ...
    **A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters.**All of Earth’s oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water, life, and raw materials. In The Blue Machine, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Extreme Life of the Sea

    A thrilling tour of the sea's most extreme species, written by one of the world's leading marine scientistsThe ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world—the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It dives into the icy Arctic and boiling ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Mortal Sea

    fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail

    Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • How the Ocean Works

    An Introduction to Oceanography

    by Mark Denny ...
    The world's oceans account for roughly 71 percent of the planet's surface and 99 percent of its livable volume. Any study of this huge habitat requires a solid foundation in the principles that underlie marine biology and physical and chemical oceanography, yet until now undergraduate textbooks have largely presented compilations of facts rather than explanations of principles. How the Ocean Works ... Read more

    $56.99 USD