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	Planet Ocean, A Voyage to the Heart of the Marine Realm  •  Laurent Ballesta  •  Pierre Descamp  •  Jean-Michel Cousteau NATURAL HISTORY •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 368 PAGES A dizzyingly colorful tour of marine life from the poles to the reefs, featuring 25 expert essays and 400 color photographs of coral, crustaceans, fish, mammals and plants. Ballesta's exquisite portraits celebrate the astounding adaptations and variety of life under the sea, including bizarre Antarctic fish, weird benthic creatures, multi-colored reef beauties, marine turtles, sharks and rays. (OCE115, $40.00)
	Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific  •  Paul Humann  •  Ned Deloach  •  Gerald Allen  •  Roger Steene FIELD GUIDE •  2003 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 450 PAGES The much-anticipated, comprehensive guide to Indo-Pacific reef fishes, featuring 2,500 color photographs of 2,000 species. The team at Paul Humann and company brought in Gerald Allan and Roger Steene, both tops in their field. (DIV49, $45.00)
	Ocean Duets  •  Michele Westmoreland  •  Sylvia Earle NATURAL HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 96 PAGES This stunning portfolio of color photographs celebrates the diversity of marine life. (OCE107, $12.95)
	The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean  •  Paddy Ryan  •  Peter Atkinson NATURAL HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 184 PAGES An illustrated overview of coral reefs, coral reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, this compact book is an excellent resource for anyone thinking of exploring the underwater world. Beginners will appreciate the chapters on learning to snorkel, reef etiquette, photography hints and first aid. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $19.95)
	Pacific Ocean Map  •   HEMA Maps MAP A map of the entire Pacific Ocean from the Aleutian and Kuril Islands to Australia and New Zealand at a scale of 1:24 million. The reverse features detailed maps of individual islands and island groups, including French Polynesia, Hawaii and the Solomons. Hema Maps also publishes separate relief maps of the Solomon Islands, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Western Samoa and Vanuatu. (PAC52, $8.95)

	Dive, The Ultimate Guide To 60 Of The Worlds Top Dive Locations  •  Monty Halls   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A glossy, over-size compendium of dive sites worldwide with chapters on the Caribbean, Europe, Mediterranean, Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and the Pacific. Each site gets four pages with a map, overview, color photographs and travel information. (DIV50, $29.95)
	Encyclopedia of the Sea  •  Richard Ellis   • REFERENCE  •  A survey of the sea from abalone to zooxanthelae with short entries on each topic, 450 small black-and-white drawings and a section of color paintings. This handsome reference draws on Ellis's previous books on sea creatures, whales and dolphins and lore of the seas, marine biology, history and geography. (OCE48, $35.00)
	Footprint Diving the World, A Guide to the World's Coral Seas  •  Beth Tierney  •  Shaun Tierney   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An inviting, beautifully illustrated guide, covering 220 dive sites in 19 countries with chapters on Australia and the Pacific, Mexico and Honduras, Egypt, East Africa and the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Micronesia. Featuring the diving couple's favorite destinations, the book includes a planning guide, practical tips and listing of dive centers, hotels, restaurants and live-aboards. (OCE102, $29.95)
	Hidden Depths, Atlas of the Oceans  •   N.O.A.A.   • REFERENCE  •  Produced in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this comprehensive atlas features new maps by the same wizards who produce the exquisite Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. (OCE117, $39.95)
	The Diver's Handbook  •  Alan Mountain   • GUIDEBOOK • OUT OF PRINT  •  Designed for beginning divers, this illustrated handbook covers everything from equipment and health to conservation. (DIV26, $24.95)
	The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea  •  I. C. B. Dear  •  Peter Kemp   • REFERENCE  •  This fascinating encyclopedia covers ships and shipbuilding, famous seamen, the ships they sailed, marine life and literature in 2,600 entries. (OCE95, $19.95)
	Rapture of the Deep, The Art of Ray Troll  •  Ray Troll   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Ketchikan artist Troll's memorable images, mostly of fish, rendered in his superbly zany style, combining surprsingly accurate paintings of marine life with surreal imagery. (ART67, $31.95)
	Thousand-Mile Song, Whale Music in a Sea of Sound  •  David Rothenberg   • MUSIC  •  David Rothenberg and friends jam with cetaceans (Audio CD included) in this inventive, exuberant chronicle of the rich underwater universe of whale sound, skipping across the oceans to explore the music and lives of orca, humpback, beluga, minke and sperm whales from the Caribbean to the Arctic. (NAT144, $27.50)
	Underwater to Get Out of the Rain, A Love Affair With the Sea  •  Trevor Norton   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  With energy and wit, marine biologist Norton deftly writes of a life enchanted by the sea, weaving tales of adventure and science with memoir and nature. (OCE108, $14.95)
	Coral Fish  •  Linda Pitkin   • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT  •  An illustrated survey of the diversity and ecology of coral reef fishes, featuring 135 color photographs. (DIV44, $16.95)
	Diving in the Indian Ocean  •  Jack Jackson   • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A lavish visual celebration of 95 underwater sites from the Seychelles and Maldives to the Red Sea, Bali, Burma and Western Australia. (DIV38, $35.00)
	How the Ocean Works  •  Mark Denny   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  (OCE121, $45.00)
	Saving the Oceans  •  Joseph MacInnis   • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT  •  A beautifully illustrated and up-to-date summary of threats to oceans around the world. (OCE04, $40.00)
	Sea Change, A Message of the Oceans  •  Sylvia Earle   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A tribute to our watery planet -- and real-life adventure story by Sylvia Earle, a World Wildlife Fund national council member and diving pioneer. (OCE01, $13.95)
	Shark Life, True Stories About Sharks & the Sea  •  Peter Benchley   • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  A true tale of adventure and danger, based on forty years of shark research. Ages 9-12. (OCE105, $6.99)
	Sharks and Other Sea Monsters  •  Robert Sabuda  •  Matthew Reinhart   • NATURAL HISTORY • FAMILY  •  Sabuda dazzles with 35 ngenious pop-ups of pterygotus, megalodon, hybodus, and other fearsome prehistoric sharks and sea creatures. (SCI166, $27.99)
	Shells, Guide to the Jewels of the Sea  •  Giorgio Gabbi   • SCIENCE  •  A nicely illustrated overview of the biology, habitats and beauty of shells, featuring color photographs of marine mollusks in their natural habitat. (OCE52, $45.00)
	Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas  •  Carl Safina   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A grand tour of our blue planet, divided geographically, this book is an excellent resource -- fascinating to read and full of hope. It combines a personal journey, hundreds of interviews with fisherman and scientists around the world, and a tour of important watery habitats. (OCE09, $18.00)
	The Art of Diving, Adventure in the Underwater World  •  Nick Hanna  •  Dr. Alexander Mustard   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  With chapters on the lure of the underwater world, where and how we dive, fish watching, meeting with remarkable creatures, the spirit of the seas and fate of the ocean, this artfully composed book is an inspiring as it is informative. Alex Mustad provides the hundreds of accompanying photographs of underswater denizens (including we mammals). (DIV53, $45.00)
	The Blue Planet  •  Alastair Fothergill   • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT  •  The companion volume to the documentary series produced by the BBC. (OCE87, $40.00)
	The Blue Planet, Seas of Life  •   BBC   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Narrated by David Attenborough, this four-DVD boxed set features all eight extraordinary episodes of the BBC/Discovery documentary. (OCE88, $55.98)
	The Ocean World  •  Jacques Cousteau   • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT  •  The classic gorgeously illustrated overview of ocean life by Jacques Cousteau and his team. (OCE40, $34.98)
	The Sea Around Us  •  Rachel Carson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An illustrated commemorative edition of Carson's hugely popular, influential paean to the sea, featuring 130 luminous color photographs. Also available is a new edition of Carson's first book of essays, Under the Sea-Wind (OCE109, $15.00), published on the centennial of her birth. (OCE05, $49.95)
	The Unnatural History of the Sea  •  Robert Callum   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Roberts brings rigor and anecdote to this persuasive account of the decline of once abundant fisheries in the North Sea, Grand Banks, Chesapeake Bay and other waters. (CON40, $28.00)
	Under the Sea-Wind  •  Rachel Carson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Carson's luminous portrait of sea and shore creatures, a classic of nature writing and the first of her many books. Centennial edition. (OCE109, $15.00)
	Underwater Eden, 365 Days  •  Jeffrey L. Rotman   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  (OCE126, $29.95)
	Wondrous Secrets of the Ocean Realm  •  Howard Hall   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A PBS documentary filmed among the corals, fishes, sharks, whales and other wonders of the underwater world. (OCE116, $59.99)
	A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish and Other Sea Life  •  Noble S. Proctor  •  Patrick J. Lynch   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive pocket guide to commonly encountered marine mammals, seabirds and other marine life of Northeastern North America, from North Carolina to Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritimes. (NAM24, $19.95)
	Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific  •  Terence M. Gosliner   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive handbook to 1,000 marine invertebrates by a leading expert from the California Academy of Sciences. (DIV19, $45.00)
	Coral Reef Fishes  •  Ewald Lieske  •  Robert Myers   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world. (DIV05, $24.95)
	Fishwatcher's Field Guide Caribbean  •  Idaz Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 75 reef fish of the Caribbean. (DIV11, $7.50)
	Handy Pocket Guide To Tropical Coral Reef Fishes  •  Gerald Allen   • FIELD GUIDE  •  (PAC167, $8.50)
	Marine Invertebrates of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean  •  Idaz Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A convenient double-sided plastic card showing 61 invertebrates of the Caribbean. (DIV12, $7.50)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the World  •  Randall Reeves  •  Pieter Folkens   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  A handsome, comprehensive guide to 120 species of whales, dolphins, seals, walruses, sirenians, polar bears and their kin worldwide. Each species gets a four-page spread with color photographs and an overview of range, habitat, behavior, status and conservation. (FG58, $26.95)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermu  •  C. Lavett Smith   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A photographic guide to coral reef fishes found in the Caribbean, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda. This portable, pocket-size book features 417 excellent color photographs, each with a range map and description. (FG24, $19.95)
	Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific, New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands  •  John Randall   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This extraordinary handbook by leading authority John Randall features 2,018 color illustrations of South Pacific fishes. (PAC161, $75.00)
	Reef Coral Identification  •  Paul Humann   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An invaluable reference featuring 530 color photographs. (DIV09, $34.95)
	Reef Creature Identification  •  Paul Humann   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An excellent photographic guide to common invertebrates of Caribbean. (DIV08, $39.95)
	Reef Fish Identification  •  Paul Humann   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This definitive guide for underwater enthusiasts features 670 stunning color photographs. (DIV03, $39.95)
	Reef Fish Identification, Baja to Panama  •  Paul Humann  •  Ned Deloach   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A photographic guide to the 500 fishes of the Gulf of California and coastal Pacific. (BJA39, $39.95)
	Reef Fish Identification, Galapagos  •  Paul Humann   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive, sturdy photographic guide. (DIV04, $39.95)
	Reefcomber's Guide, Caribbean  •  Idaz Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A double-sided laminated card with fish, corals and other invertebrates of the Caribbean. (DIV46, $7.50)
	Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life  •  Paul Humann   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact guide illustrating all the fishes, corals, invertebrates and plants you are most likely to encounter in under 15 feet of water in the Caribbean. (DIV02, $14.95)
	Whales, Dolphins, and Other Marine Mammals of the World  •  Hadoram Shirihai  •  Brett Jarrett   • FIELD GUIDE • NEW  •  This eye-catching Princeton Field Guide by Shirihai and illustrator Jarrett is noteworthy for its 450 excellent color photographs, range maps and text, all bundled in a compact package. (FG62, $24.95)

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