University of Chicago Press, October 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The compelling and adventurous stories of seven pioneering scientists who were at the forefront of what we now call climate science. From the glaciers of the Alps to the towering cumulonimbus clouds of the Caribbean and the unexpectedly chaotic.....
Riverhead Books, November 2018. Trade Paperback. A book full of wonders --Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk Witty, insightful. . . .The story of jellyfish. . . is a significant part of the environmental story. Berwald's engaging account of these delicate, often ignored creatures shows how much they.....
Simon & Schuster, July 2015. Trade Paperback. Winner of the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award: "Horwitz's dogged reporting...combined with crisp, cinematic writing, produces a powerful narrative.... He has written a book that is instructive and passionate and deserving a wide audience" (PEN Award Citation). Six years in the.....
Ecco, April 2021. Trade Paperback. Los Angeles Times Bestseller IndieBound Bestseller One of USA Today's "5 Books Not to Miss" One of Forbes' "Best Summer Reads One of the LA Times' "21 New and Classic Books to Keep You in Touch with the Natural World" Part H Is for Hawk.....
Ecco, April 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Los Angeles Times Bestseller IndieBound Bestseller One of USA Today's "5 Books Not to Miss" One of Forbes' "Best Summer Reads One of the LA Times' "21 New and Classic Books to Keep You in Touch with the Natural World" Part H......
Atria Books, May 2016. Trade Paperback. A fascinating look at cephalopods. This book clues us in to just how amazing, smart, and full of emotion octupi are. Warning: You'll be youtubing octupi for hours! A new copy. Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller.....
Penguin USA, July 1998. Trade Paperback. "Cod" spans a thousand years and four continents. From the Vikings, who pursued the codfish across the Atlantic, and the enigmatic Basques, who first commercialized it in medieval times, to Bartholomew Gosnold, who named Cape Cod in 1602, and Clarence Birdseye, who founded an.....
State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1961. First Edition. Unknown. 229 pages with 52 full-page plates. First edition (first printing). Very good plus copies in white wrappers (paperback).
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 431 pages plus plates. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Algonquin Books, August 2018. Hardcover. "You might not expect unfettered passion on the topic of seaweed, but Shetterly is such a great storyteller that you find yourself following along eagerly." --Mark Kurlansky "Seaweed is ancient and basic, a testament to the tenacious beginnings of life on earth," writes Susan Hand.....
Penguin USA, July 1998. Trade Paperback. "Cod" spans a thousand years and four continents. From the Vikings, who pursued the codfish across the Atlantic, and the enigmatic Basques, who first commercialized it in medieval times, to Bartholomew Gosnold, who named Cape Cod in 1602, and Clarence Birdseye, who founded an.....
John Wiley and Sons, Inc, 1962. Hardcover. 545 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Second printing. A nearly fine copy in a dust jacket with creased snags to the spine head.
State of California, The Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game, 1983. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 352 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Chelsea Green Pub Co, March 1990. Hardcover.
Harry N Abrams Inc, March 1995. Hardcover. This volume, which explores the role that the seas play in our lives, is the companion to a travelling exhibition on ocean conservation at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, held in 1995.
The MIT Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 623 pages 8-1/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Brief essays about Stommel and his immense contributions to physical oceanography followed by eighteen survey articles on the subject itself. Illustrated in black-and-white First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with a......
Anchor, June 2016. Trade Paperback. A New York Times Bestseller Inspired by a profound experience swimming with wild dolphins off the coast of Maui, Susan Casey set out on a quest to learn everything she could about these creatures. Her journey takes her from a community in Hawaii known as.....
Harvard University, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Pp. 371-415. Published as the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 148, no. 8 (8 September 1978). Gould, while best-known for his essays and books on evolution, was in professional practice, an expert on land snails of the genus Cerion. First.....
Almqvist & Wiksell, 1959. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 229 pages illustrated with 75 figures in the text and 25 plates. Some illustrations in color. 9 by 11-3/4 inches. First edition (first printing). Very good in light green printed wrappers (paperback) with no text on spine. Some spotting and soiling to.....
(Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka), (1995). Hardcover. 138 pages followed by 13 black-and-white and 13 color plates, including 1 fold-out. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Facsimile of the 1829 edition printed in the original size and hand-bound in period style. The original was issued unbound in wrappers. Text in.....
State of Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological Survey, 1966. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Part 1: 111 pages (1966). Part 2: 113-356 pages (1967). Part 3: 357 - 553 pages (1968). Part 4: 555 - 800 pages (1970). 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Revises an earlier State report, setting.....
Basic Books, April 2008. Hardcover. Whale song is an astonishing world of sound whose existence no one suspected before the 1960s. Its discovery has forced us to confront the possibility of alien intelligence-not in outer space but right here on earth. Thoughtful, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining, Thousand Mile Song.....
Hutchinson University Library, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. 160 pages. A major contribution to the physics of fishes. Alexander is one of the leading theorists of animal mechanics and his work on fish bouyancy is particularly widely cited. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. From.....
Harvard University Press, April 1973. Hardcover.
Olympic Marketing Corp, February 1976. Hardcover.