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Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific
Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history 'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of...
Whale Hunt
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A gloriously idiosyncratic fusion of travelogue, ecology, history, moral controversy, and high-seas adventure from the acclaimed author of The Meadowlands. In the fall of 1997, Robert Sullivan arrived in Neah...
Shark Attacks: Myths, Misunderstandings and Human Fear
Humans spend more time in or on the water than ever before; we love the beach. But for many people, getting in the water provokes a moment's hesitation. Shark attacks...
The Water Book
Water is the most every day of substances. It pours from our taps and falls from the sky. We drink it, wash with it, and couldn't live without it. Yet,...
The Hawkesbury River: A Social and Natural History
The Hawkesbury River is the longest coastal river in New South Wales. A vital source of water and food, it has a long Aboriginal history and was critical for the...
Tasmanian Mayflies: Identification, Ecology, Behaviour and Imitation
Mayflies are one of the world's most diverse, abundant and important aquatic insects. Famous for their brief adult life spans, mayflies play a key role in the ecology of aquatic...
The Ghost Lake
'Remarkable' OBSERVER 'Deeply profound... this is no ordinary memoir' THE TIMES 'Astounding' ADAM FARRER 'Brave and luminous' SARAH LANGFORD 'Mesmerising' POLLY ATKIN 'Beautifully written' YORKSHIRE POST 'Steadfastly honest' GEOGRAPHICAL A...
What the Wild Sea Can Be: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 No matter where we live, 'we are all ocean people,' Helen Scales observes in her bracing yet hopeful exploration of the future...
What the Wild Sea Can Be: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 No matter where we live, 'we are all ocean people,' Helen Scales observes in her bracing yet hopeful exploration of the future...
Future Sea: How to Rescue and Protect the World's Oceans
A counterintuitive and compelling argument that existing laws already protect the entirety of our oceans-and a call to understand and enforce those protections. The world's oceans face multiple threats: the...
The Seine: The River that Made Paris
Blending memoir, travelogue, and history, The Seine is a love letter to Paris and the river that determined its destiny. Master storyteller and longtime New York Times foreign correspondent Elaine...
Ecology Matters: Conversations with Australian Ecologists
Australia is known for its spectacular and diverse natural environment, from sweeping landscapes to unique flora and fauna. It is a place that invokes wonder and demands protection in equal...
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World
Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself- what it...
Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in
Edith Widder grew up wanting to become a marine biologist. But after complications from surgery caused her to go temporarily blind, she became fascinated by light, and her focus turned...
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go
Triumphs and disasters in the deep seaThis is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see...
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go
Triumphs and disasters in the deep seaThis is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see...
The Book of Tides
This is a book for those who want to understand better how the waters surrounding us affect our daily lives, how it imperceptibly but crucially shapes our actions, and has...
In Oceans Deep: Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves
In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and endlessly fascinating: full of mystery, danger, beauty, and inspiration. In Oceans Deep celebrates the daring pioneers...