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From bestselling author and internationally popular TV presenter Steve Backshall, an Underland for oceans - a remarkable exploration of aquatic life from one of Britain's most renowned naturalists.Take a deep breathSteve Backshall was nine years old the first time he saw a shark, while on holiday with his family in Malaysia. It was the beginning of a life-long fascination with these 'lords of the sea', and the oceanic life around them. His career as one of the world's most popular naturalists and explorers has taken him to countless underwater places, many never before seen by others. And he's also been witness to the startling decline in fortune of our oceans' wild inhabitants over the past fifty years.Deep Blue is a book a lifetime in the making: a remarkable blend of memoir, travel, and marine and environmental science that takes us on an unforgettable tour of the many worlds of aquatic life: from underwater deserts and rainforests to the evolution of ocean heroes like the sea turtl

B Smith thought escaping from an underground prison was a step towards salvation, but life above ground is another kind of hell. How will B survive in this city of the dead?

In the words of B. B. Mandelbrot's contribution to this important collection of original papers, fractal geometry is a "new geometric language, which is geared towards the study of diverse aspects of

A collection of often neglected anti-lynching pamphlets by Ida B. Wells, the most outstanding anti-lynching activist in American History. Wells's work exposes how the public murder and mutilation of B

A captivating new Regency romance from bestselling author Jane Ashford!Sarah Moran has returned home to Cornwall after a busy London season, reveling in the fresh air and expansive sea side views. On an outing to the cliffside while exploring one of its hidden crevices, she encounters Kenver Pendrennon, heir of an earl, just as he slips over the edge. From the moment Sarah reaches for him and they topple over together, escaping the tide becomes the least of their worries.After a night stuck at sea, they return the next morning to an uproar. While Kenver's family had hoped for a better match, marrying Sarah is the only way to keep a scandal at bay. But as the outside gossip dies down, family opinions only seem to grow louder, and Sarah and Kenver will need to lean on each other or risk losing the love that's growing between them.

This is the story of how, one by one, a man found himself a family. Almost nowhere in fiction is there a stranger, dearer, or funnier family -- and the life that the members of The Animal Familylive together, there in the wilderness beside the sea, is as extraordinary and as enchanting as the family itself.

A Paperback OriginalIn USA Today bestselling author Talia Hibbert’s newest rom com, the flightiest Brown sister crashes into the life of an uptight B&B owner and has him falling hard—literally.Eve

Bringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this “fascinating exploration of the importance of the outdoors to childhood development” (Kirkus Reviews) from a Swedish-Americ

The development of the B-1B Lancer bomber was difficult to say the least. Originally conceived to fulfill a USAF requirement for an Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft, the original B-1A concept aircra

02 John Jea (b. 1773) and George White (b. 1764-c.1830) were two of the earliest African American autobiographers, each writing nearly a half-century before Frederick Douglass. Jea and White represent

Journey the high seas with Inky the octopus as he attempts a daring escape from aquarium to open waters-now in paperback!Out of this tank, I must be free.I must explore the open sea!Inky the octopus i

Shark is lonely and wants some friends, so he goes out into the sea to find some. But will his plan work or will the other animals be afraid of him?Reading Gems is a supplementary reading programme th

The poesy ring flew high, caught by the wind. And with the breeze in its tail, the horse turned and galloped. The ring tumbled end over end, and settled deep in a meadow over the sea...From the multi-

Foreword by Laurel Cooper, author of Sell Up and SailSelling up and escaping to sea on their own boat is a dream that many think they can never make happen. Escape Under Sail is here to show you that

One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than the Allies, who had to cross the sea and then deploy in a cramped

Two months before he shot himself, Adolf Hitler saw where it had all gone wrong. By failing to seize Gibraltar in the summer of 1940, he lost the war. The Rock of Gibraltar, a pillar of British sea-po

What is it about the coast that attracts people running from their past?Maybe there’s something in a sea breeze that blows away your problems. Maybe when you look out at the ocean you can see th

Jesus said to Peter: "...go to the sea and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money..." Matthew 17:27Young readers will enjoy this story of

One boy stranded at sea. One girl back on land. One ocean between them. The only thing willing him to survive is the thought of her. A romance with bite, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Nicola Yo

Shark is lonely and wants some friends, so he goes out into the sea to find some. But will his plan work or will the other animals be afraid of him? Reading Gems is a supplementary reading programme t

Every chess player needs to decide which openings he or she is going to play. But where do you start? The risk of drowning in the turbulent sea of chess opening theory is only too real for beginning a

A ghostly tale of survival, courage, the Spirit of the sea, and the adventures of the Ocean Commander. As the sun rises over the now calm ocean, the only sound is that of the waves as they lap gently

From the time the little penguin crawls out of his cracked egg, cradled on his father’s feet, until the day when he goes off to live at sea alone, he is a majestic figure in an extraordinary setting—t

Follow along as Pup learns how to eat spiky sea urchins, somersault beneath the waves and groom himself. He still needs a lot of help from Mother, but one day Pup will be old enough to dive down below

Search for over 140 sights in nature with this i-SPY guide. This fun activity book encourages kids to explore outdoors, from down by the sea to town and country animals, in search of i-SPY points. A f

Our jobs are often a big part of our identities, and when we are fired, we can feel confused, hurt, and powerless—at sea in terms of who we are. Drawing on extensive, real-life interviews,Job Loss, Id

A breath of Bombay hope, in the first glimpse of the sea, on Marine Drive, filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers, and Sanjay

Jay Griffiths is a tour guide for anyone who has ever wished to commune with the side of our human psyche that remains in touch with the wild. Equally at home among the ?sea gypsy” Bajo people who liv

The first VF-2 was a prewar unit that had been dubbed the 'hottest outfit afloat' due to the skill of their non-commissioned pilots. This first unit only saw combat at the Battle of the Coral Sea, but

What is the effect of light as it measures the seasons? How does light leave different traces on the terrain–on a Pacific Island, in the Aegean Sea, high in the Alps, or in the forest? John Sallis con

In Sea Fog, Lily McGee is a 15-year-old au pair taking care of nine-year-old Michael Cook. It’s her first summer away from her family and while the Ocean City beach resort is lovely, complicating her

Olivia can’t wait to meet the sea lions at the aquarium—but waiting is exactly what she’ll have to do in this 8x8 storybook with stickers!Olivia’s class is going on a field trip to the aquarium, and s

Sea Swept is the first novel in a stunning quartet of four men bound by the love of the extraordinary couple who took them in and raised them as brothers. Now grown and living on their own, the Quinn

Evan is entranced by the alluring song of the beautiful naked woman he saw in the surf one lonely night. But this is no mere seductress. She is a siren, one of the legendary sea creatures who prey o

Naval Warfare 1919–45 is a comprehensive history of the war at sea from the end of the Great War to the end of World War Two. Showing the bewildering nature and complexity of the war facing those char

Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, God of the Sea, has woken from a very deep sleep and come face to face with two snake-haired ladies who refuse to die. But they're the least of his problems. Because Pe

Querido amigo, mi deseo es que a trav?'s de este libro de lecciones y experiencias, pueda usted notar en cualquiera que sea la situaci n que usted pase, la mano de Dios encima de todo. Sin duda usted

This novel tells of a group of immigrants who were kept at sea for an extended time. The joy they expected when they finally arrived in Boston was overshadowed by the fact that most of them would be u

Awash in a sea of data that seems to have no meaning and bombarded by images and sounds transmitted from around the globe 24/7, people are no longer sure what is real and what is fake. Artists recycle

What's more scary than a shark? Two Sharks. Shark is seriously scary. Lobster is the only creature in the sea who isn't afraid of him. Then along comes Sadie. As big as Shark and as scary as shark, sh