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Between Empires
BRILL 2008; US$ 111.00This study examines the wholesale trade in sugar from Brazil to markets in Europe. The principal market was northwestern Europe, but for much of the time between 1550 and 1630 Portugal was drawn into the conflict between Habsburg Spain and the Dutch Republic. In spite of political obstacles, the trade persisted because it was not subject to monopolies... more...
Ocean
University of California Press 2009; US$ 60.00The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations. This book is a clear and lively survey of many of these amazing findings. Beginning with a brief review of the elements that define what the ocean is and how it works?from plate tectonics to the thermocline and... more...
The Wave
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.95From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil?s Teeth , an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories?waves that high would seem to violate the laws of... more...
Overboard!
Scribner 2010; US$ 15.00From masterful storyteller Michael J. Tougias comes a new, heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, his most thrilling and amazing story yet. In May 2005, Tom Tighe, captain of a forty-five-foot-long sailboat named the Almeisan, and his first mate, Loch Reidy, welcomed three new crewmembers for a five-day voyage from Connecticut across... more...
Marine Flatworms
CSIRO Publishing 2003; US$ 16.95The intriguing and colourful world of Polyclads - free-living marine flatworms. more...
Ebb and Flow
Dundurn 2007; US$ 26.99Drawing on history, science, and personal memories, Koppel demonstrates the complexity of tides and how they affect all our lives. more...
All the Fish in the Sea
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 30.00Between 1949 and 1955, the State Department pushed for an international fisheries policy grounded in maximum sustainable yield (MSY). The concept is based on a confidence that scientists can predict, theoretically, the largest catch that can be taken from a species’ stock over an indefinite period. And while it was modified in 1996 with passage... more...
The Atlantic Coast
Greystone Books 2011; US$ 31.95The North Atlantic coast of North America?commonly known as the Atlantic Coast?extends from Newfoundland and Labrador through the Maritime Provinces and the Northeastern United States south to Cape Hatteras. This North Atlantic region belongs to the sea. The maritime influence on climate, flora, and fauna is dominant ? even far inland. Both on land... more...
The Last Dive
HarperCollins 2012; US$ 11.99Chris and Chrissy Rouse, an experienced father-and-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve widespread recognition for their outstanding but controversial diving skills. Obsessed and ambitious, they sought to solve the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented World War II German U-boat that lay under 230 feet of water, only a half-day's mission from New... more...









