‘A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things … Nicolson is unique as a writer … I loved it’ EDMUND DE WAAL ‘Miraculous … An utterly fascinating glimpse of a watery world we only thought we knew’ PHILIP HOARE Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise. How do sandhoppers inherit an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the tides? How can...
The photographs in this book reveal to the reader a kaleidoscopic environment of frenzied colours and shapes; a world of unexpected harmonies, wondrous forms of camouflage, unique life forms and surprising relationships between the species.
Penguins - our loveable, cute, flightless friends who are constantly dressed for a formal occasion - have always fascinated us. As we shuffle through life one day at a time, it's easy to take things far too seriously, but when we see penguins taking a walk in our shoes it's impossible not to recognise how silly we can actually be.Featuring amusing illustrations with captions that show penguins in the day-to-day situations we've all experienced - from a relaxing day at the beach to a stressful mo...
"The Search for Sunken Treasure" captures the excitement felt by the discoverers of shipwrecks dating from the beginning of recorded history to the twentieth century. In a fascinating text written with his wife, renowned underwater archaeologist Robert Marx tells the remarkable stories behind the discoveries of famous wrecks from around the world--the HMS "Bounty," the "Andrea Doria," the "Titanic" and the "Mary Rose" --as well as the unsung shipwrecks that deserved to be better known.Marx relat...
Composition Journal - Sea Turtle Swimming (Wide Ruled)
by Royanne Composition Journals
Porpoises (Worldlife Library (Paperback))
by Andy Read and Andrew J. Read
This book provides the only compendium of the research efforts of the German Federal Republic for the development of offshore wind energy that summarizes the main findings of German accompanying research. The main objective of the book is to show the relevance of the new results and realizations of the research projects for the planning and permission process for offshore wind energy plants.
General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (FAO Fisheries Report)
