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Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Startling wildlife photography reveals the sea and its communities at their most fearsome and alluring in this landmark BBC mini-series on the ocean, a world we know less about than the moon.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
From tidal waves to storm surges to underwater volcanoes, the staggering power of the world's oceans has proved a destructive force for humankind throughout time. Track the history and evolution of the seven deadliest underwater zones on the planet at locations that have been the setting for events such as floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and whirlpools, to name a few. Discover how people today have learned to avoid some of these catastrophes, and much...
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses dolphins and sharks, their ocean habitats, and general information about oceans and oceanography.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperFestival/HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2019
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
"Baby Oceanographer explores the oceans. With his snorkel and mask, he looks at the animals and plants under the sea. What creatures are found deep down? Are waves in the ocean like waves in the bathtub? Find out with Baby Oceanographer!"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"Bill François' Eloquence of the Sardine is a charming narrative nonfiction book about the secret lives of fishes. If we listen to the ocean, what do we hear? What can it teach us? How can it change us? Written by a marine scientist (and winner of French eloquence competitions), this work of narrative non-fiction blends Bill François' personal story with that of sea creatures to create an original and exciting work. In poetic prose, he describes...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Neither an occult book nor a work of fantasy, this 1882 classic offers an erudite blend of evidence from geologic, oceanographic, and anthropologic studies and remains a captivating work of enthusiasm and imaginative thought. 128 illustrations. Introduction by E. F. Bleiler.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
In recent decades we've learned more about the ocean than in all previous human history combined. But, even as our knowledge has exploded,...
In recent decades we've learned more about the ocean than in all previous human history combined. But, even as our knowledge has exploded,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming...
Author
Publisher
Apollo Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Meet the world's most fascinating sea creatures-see the lives and curiosities of colorful fish and coral reefs-this spectacular volume has more than 300 color photos and extraordinary text from a leading marine biologist and underwater photographer, and the international expert on seahorses.
In this richly informative volume, brimming with new discoveries and more than three hundred colorful images of jaw-dropping fish and coral reefs, you'll swim...
18) Oceans
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Lavishly illustrated text presents facts and explanations on the world beneath the sea.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone. It's you and me, dudes"--
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