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Dark Waters Dancing to a Breeze
Greystone Books 2009; US$ 22.95Humans? fascination with water finds full expression in this stellar collection. Included are writings from Mark Twain, who marvels at the teeming humanity on the Ganges; Henry Stanley, searching for Livingston and discovering instead Lake Albert Edward; selections from A Compleat Angler and A River Runs Through It; and more than a dozen other... more...
Demon Fish
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 16.00A group of traders huddles around a pile of dried shark fins on a gleaming white floor in Hong Kong. A Papua New Guinean elder shoves off in his hand-carved canoe, ready to summon a shark with ancient magic. A scientist finds a rare shark in Indonesia and forges a deal with villagers so it and other species can survive. In this eye-opening adventure... more...
Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences
Springer 2010; US$ 159.99Measurements of variable chlorophyll fluorescence have revolutionised global research of photosynthetic bacteria, algae and plants and in turn assessment of the status of aquatic ecosystems, a success that has partly been facilitated by the widespread commercialisation of a suite of chlorophyll fluorometers designed for almost every application in... more...
The View from Lazy Point
Henry Holt and Co. 2011; US$ 17.99An exhilarating journey of natural renewal through a year with MacArthur fellow Carl Safina Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, Carl Safina's The View from Lazy Point takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south to Antarctica, across the warm belly of the tropics... more...
Membrane and Desalination Technologies
Springer 2010; US$ 129.99In this essential new volume, "Volume 13: Membrane and Desalination Technologies", a panel of expert researchers provide a wealth of information on membrane and desalination technologies. An advanced chemical and environmental engineering textbook as well as a comprehensive reference book, this volume is of high value to advanced graduate... more...
Global Change
Springer 2011; US$ 139.99This text focuses on the management of marine environments and presents new technologies that aid our observation of the marine environment. It is based on the material presented at a conference organized by the Centre d'Oceanologie of Marseille, held in 2008. more...
Grayson (ESPANOL)
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 9.95De una de las nadadoras profesionales m á s destacadas del mundo nos llega este maravilloso relato, sobre el poder de la fe que supera todos los obst á culos En Grayson , Lynne Cox narra la historia de un milagroso e inolvidable encuentro que vivió en el mar a los diecisiete años. En una madrugada serena pero cargada de energía, Lynne nadaba en aguas... more...
To Touch a Wild Dolphin
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 16.95To Touch a Wild Dolphin is the first intimate account of dolphin life in the wild. In 1982 Rachel Smolker traveled to Monkey Mia, a remote beach on the west coast of Australia where wild dolphins regularly interact with humans. Over the next fifteen years, Smolker and a team of fellow scientists were able to explore the lives of dolphins as they... more...









