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A Brief History of the Caribbean, From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present
• 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. Revised with new chapters on the economy and recent history of Cuba and Haiti. With maps and photographs throughout.
(CRB38, $18.00) |
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Diving and Snorkeling Great Barrier Reef
• Len Zell
FIELD GUIDE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 159 PAGES
• COMING IN
A practical, illustrated guide to diving and snorkeling sites in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Outer Coral Sea and Torres Strait. With a short overview of the marine setting, ecology, coral reefs and inhabitants. The 17 maps, and many aerial and underwater color photographs are reason enough for an interested diver or snorkerler to buy this slim book.
(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 •
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) |
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Reef Creature Identification
• Paul Humann
FIELD GUIDE •
2002 •
FLEXI-BOUND
• 448 PAGES
An excellent photographic guide to common invertebrates of Caribbean reefs, featuring 660 excellent color photographs. This revised edition includes 220 new photos of shells, camouflaged crabs, wild nudibranchs and (according to NWP) the most outrageous octopus ever discovered in the Caribbean.
(DIV08, $39.95) |
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Reef Madness, Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz and the Meaning of Coral
• David Dobbs
SCIENCE •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• 306 PAGES
Dobbs weaves together family drama, Victorian science and oceanography in this spirited history of a great 19th-centrury debate -- and rivalry. Agassiz, whose father lead the fight against the theory of evolution by natural selection, spent decades collecting evidence, never published against Darwin's ideas over the formation of coral reefs. David Dobbs writes for Popular Science and is also the author of The Northern Forest and the Great Gulf.
(NAT80, $25.00) |
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Sea Change, A Message of the Oceans
• 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. In this book she introduces us to marine biology and recounts her many exploits underwater. Former chief scientist of NOAA (the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration), Earle has become our ambassador-at-large for the world's oceans. Using many examples of contemporary threats to the health of the world's oceans in this lively book, she takes us to the fish markets of Tokyo, sight of the Valdez disaster in Prince William Sound, and to the Persian Gulf. The book concludes with a detailed, constructive plan of what we must do to preserve our ocean resources.
(OCE01, $16.00) |
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Sharks in Question, The Smithsonian Answer Book
• 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) |
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A Small Place
• Jamaica Kincaid
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2000 •
PAPER
• 81 PAGES
• FAVORITE
A stunning achievement, this book by Antigua-born Kincaid meditates on the politics, history and culture of the island. She exposes the poverty, corruption and startling beauty of the Caribbean in this book -- a thought-provoking antidote to the usual fun-in-the-sun approach of the local tourist office. Essential reading for anyone interested in the Caribbean and tourism.
(CRB03, $13.00) |
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Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas
• 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) |
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World Atlas of Coral Reefs
• Edmund P. Green
• Corinna Ravilious
• Mark D. Spalding
SCIENCE •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 416 PAGES
A comprehensive survey of the world's coral reefs, produced by the United Nations office on biodiversity. With 84 full-page color maps and 200 color photographs and NASA images, it is an excellent survey of the distribution and abundance of coral reef habitats worldwide.
(OCE60, $70.00) |
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