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A Brief History of the Caribbean, From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present
• Jan Rogozinski
• HISTORY
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Written for a scholarly audience, this concise history presents the full sweep of Caribbean geography, culture and commerce from aboriginal inhabitants through European colonization and modern developments.
(CRB38, $17.00)
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Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Australia's Great Barrier Reef
• Len Zell
• FIELD GUIDE
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A practical, illustrated guide to diving and snorkeling sites surrounding the Great Barrier Reef, with a short overview of the marine setting, ecology, coral reefs and inhabitants for each.
(AUS27, $24.99)
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A Guide to Marine Coastal Plankton and Marine Invertebrate Larvae
• Deboyd L. Smith
• Kevin B. Johnson
• FIELD GUIDE
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A field guide and manual to collecting and studying the diverse marine plankton of coastal areas. With black-and-white drawings and a glossary.
(DIV39, $60.00)
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Reef Creature Identification
• Paul Humann
• FIELD GUIDE
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An excellent photographic guide to common invertebrates of Caribbean.
(DIV08, $39.95)
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Reef Madness, Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz and the Meaning of Coral
• David Dobbs
• SCIENCE
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Dobbs weaves family drama, Victorian science and oceanography into this spirited history that places the rivalry of Darwin and Agassiz into the great nineteenth-century battle over natural selection.
(NAT80, $25.00)
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Saving the Oceans
• Joseph MacInnis
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A beautifully illustrated and up-to-date summary of threats to oceans around the world.
(OCE04, $40.00)
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Sea Change, A Message of the Oceans
• Sylvia Earle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Sealife: A Complete Guide to the Marine Environment
• Geoffrey Waller
• REFERENCE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A comprehensive handbook and guide to the marine environment, featuring a section of 56 color plates.
(OCE36, $55.00)
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Sharks in Question, The Smithsonian Answer Book
• Joy Gold
• Victor Springer
• SCIENCE
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An illustrated overview of the world's sharks, their facts, figures and natural history.
(OCE85, $24.95)
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A Small Place
• Jamaica Kincaid
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• FAVORITE
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Antigua-born Kincaid meditates on the politics, history and culture of the islands in these remarkable short essays. A useful antidote to the usual fun-in-the-sun approach of the local tourist office, she exposes the poverty, corruption and startling beauty of the Caribbean.
(CRB03, $12.00)
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Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas
• Carl Safina
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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World Atlas of Coral Reefs
• Edmund P. Green
• Corinna Ravilious
• Mark D. Spalding
• SCIENCE
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With 84 full-page color maps, charts and 200 color photographs of corals and reef fishes, this beautiful atlas is an authoritative survey of coral reef habitats, their distribution and abundance, health and diversity.
(OCE60, $59.00)
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