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A Brief History of the Caribbean, From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present

A Brief History of the Caribbean, From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present


by Jan Rogozinski

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

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, $18.00)

Diving and Snorkeling Great Barrier Reef

Diving and Snorkeling Great Barrier Reef


by Len Zell

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 159 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

A Guide to Marine Coastal Plankton and Marine Invertebrate Larvae

A Guide to Marine Coastal Plankton and Marine Invertebrate Larvae


by Deboyd L. Smith | Kevin B. Johnson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 238 PAGES

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)

Reef Creature Identification

Reef Creature Identification


by Paul Humann

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 448 PAGES

An excellent photographic guide to common invertebrates of Caribbean. (DIV08, $39.95)

Reef Madness, Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz and the Meaning of Coral


by David Dobbs

  • SCIENCE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 306 PAGES

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)

Sea Change, A Message of the Oceans

Sea Change, A Message of the Oceans


by Sylvia Earle

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 354 PAGES

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, $16.00)

Sharks in Question, The Smithsonian Answer Book

Sharks in Question, The Smithsonian Answer Book


by Joy Gold | Victor Springer

  • SCIENCE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

An illustrated overview of the world's sharks, their facts, figures and natural history. (OCE85, $24.95)

A Small Place

A Small Place


by Jamaica Kincaid

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 81 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

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, $13.00)

Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas

Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas


by Carl Safina

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 458 PAGES

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, $18.99)

World Atlas of Coral Reefs

World Atlas of Coral Reefs


by Edmund P. Green | Corinna Ravilious | Mark D. Spalding

  • SCIENCE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES

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, $70.00)

 

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