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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $56, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EWCRB)		  
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes  •  C. Lavett Smith
FIELD GUIDE •  1997 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 720 PAGES
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)		   National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes
Coral Reef Fishes  •  Ewald Lieske  •  Robert Myers
FIELD GUIDE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES
A convenient handbook to shallow-water fishes associated with coral reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean, compact and comprehensive. With 2,500 illustrations covering 2,100 species worldwide. (DIV05, $24.95)		   Coral Reef Fishes
Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life  •  Paul Humann
FIELD GUIDE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 80 PAGES
A compact guide illustrating all the fishes, corals, invertebrates and plants you are most likely to encounter in less than 15 feet of water in the Caribbean. Humann's photographs are among the best we've seen for identification -- and its handy size makes it perfect to take along in the boat or to the beach. (DIV02, $14.95)		   Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life



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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)
 		  
Footprint Diving the World  •  Beth Tierney  •  Shaun Tierney   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This beautifully illustrated guide covers 220 favorite dive sites in Australia and the Pacific, Central America, the Red Sea, East Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and the South Pacific. (OCE102, $29.95)
 		  
The Diver's Handbook  •  Alan Mountain   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Designed for beginning divers, this illustrated handbook covers everything from equipment and health to conservation. (DIV26, $24.95)
 		  
Dive Atlas of the World  •  Jack Jackson   • SPORT  •  With contributions by local experts, this oversized guide -- equipped with superb maps and hundreds of photographs -- highlights coral reefs and dive sites world wide. Edited and with spectacular underwater photography by Jack Jackson. (OCE152, $49.95)
 		  
Dive Atlas of the World  •  Jack Jackson   • SPORT  •  With contributions by local experts, this oversized guide -- equipped with superb maps and hundreds of photographs -- highlights coral reefs and dive sites world wide. Edited and with spectacular underwater photography by Jack Jackson. (OCE152, $49.95)
 		  
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A Natural History of Shells  •  Geerat Vermeij   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A beautifully illustrated look at the biology of shells. (CRB14, $26.95)
 		  
Deep Blue Home  •  Julia Whitty   • SCIENCE  •  A series of intimate, interconnected essays, this latest by the adventurous, amphibious Julia Whitty (The Fragile Edge, The Queen of Tonga) finds her among the seabirds at Isla Rasa in the Sea of Cortez, sailing Newfoundland's Grand Banks, cruising to Bermuda on an oceanographic research vessel and among the sperm whales in Galapagos but her real interest, marvelously explained, are the great currents that connect the world's oceans. (OCE151, $14.95)
 		  
Ocean Duets  •  Michele Westmoreland  •  Sylvia Earle   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This stunning portfolio of color photographs celebrates the diversity of marine life. (OCE107, $12.95)
 		  
Planet Ocean  •  Laurent Ballesta  •  Pierre Descamp   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Ballesta's exquisite photographic portraits celebrate the diversity of life under the sea, from bizarre Antarctic fish and odd benthic creatures to multi-colored reef beauties, turtles, sharks and rays. (OCE115, $40.00)
 		  
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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)
 		  
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The Unnatural History of the Sea  •  Callum Roberts   • 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, $27.50)
 		  
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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)
 		  
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