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Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's not so long ago that a woman's expressed interest in other realms would have ruined her reputation, or even killed her. And yet spiritualism, in various incarnations, has influenced numerous men - including lauded modernist artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Paul Klee - without repercussion. The fact that so many radical women artists of their generation - and earlier - also drank deeply from the same spiritual...
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Author Jeffrey Romano, a New England native, covers the best trails across six states, including hikes on Vermont's famous Long Trail, the challenging rocky peaks of New Hampshire's White Mountains, in the forests of Connecticut and the many conservation areas of Massachusetts, and along the picturesque coasts of Maine and Rhode Island. Romano provides options for both shortening or extending many hikes so everyone can find the route that matches...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Description
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times, bestselling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love.
A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant...
Author
Series
Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection volume 4, article 3
Publisher
[Bingham Oceanographic Foundation]
Pub. Date
1933
Physical Desc
90 pages diagrams, maps 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1977, ©1976
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of the great and beautiful ships, built for speed and comfort, that regularly plied between Europe and America on the North Atlantic route. It is the story of a line in ship design that runs from Brunel's Great Eastern through the early Cunarders and the might German ships of the late nineteenth century, to the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, the Normandie, the United States and, finally the QE2.
6) Midnight
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"While on a dream cruise aboard a luxury liner to Antarctica, actuary Olivia Campbell is plunged into a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to stop the ship from reaching its final destination, soon discovering she may have booked a one-way ticket to her own death"--
Author
Publisher
[Tin House]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1973, the United States Congress came together with bipartisan support to create and pass a bold and visionary act-one of protection, preservation, and promise. For the past fifty years this promise, The Endangered Species Act, has ensured that the most threatened and vulnerable species and their habitats are protected. From the Stellar Sea Lion to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, from the Steelhead Trout to the Red Wolf-this landmark act has worked...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Shipwrecked! is an adventure-filled nonfiction book for young readers about the most captivating shipwrecks from history. Combining new research, stunning archival material, and vivid storytelling, Shipwrecked! dives deep into the world of marine archaeology and shows young readers what each discovery reveals about the world before our time"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
x, 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An account of the making of modern international law and one woman's fight for justice"--
In 1973, on the Chagos Islands off the coast of Africa, Liseby Elyse-- twenty years old, newly married and four months pregnant-- was rounded up, along with the entire population of Chagos, and ordered to pack her belongings and leave her homeland by ship or slowly starve. Some two thousand people who had lived on the islands of Chagos for generations, many...
Author
Publisher
7th Generation Book Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
One hot morning, all the forest animals discover that their creek had dried up because Great Snapping Turtle is sitting on top of the mother spring and refuses to move. Desperate, the thirsty animals try to come up with a solution to restore water to the earth.
Author
Series
Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 2
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Shinji and his S.E.A. cohorts travel to a forgotten island in Polynesia in search of a lost culture.
As Shinji struggles to understand and control his new guardian magic, the members of S.E.A. learn that a sunken ship belonging to the long extinct Natia people has been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Shinji, Lucy and Tinker, along with Oliver Ocean and Phoebe Mystic, a quirky, enthusiastic magic expert who has been called...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this lively history and celebration of the Pacific razor clam, David Berger shares with us his love affair with the glossy, gold-colored Siliqua patula and gets into the nitty-gritty of how to dig, clean, and cook them using his favorite recipes. In the course of his investigation, Berger brings to light the long history of razor clamming as a subsistence, commercial, and recreational activity, and shows the ways it has helped shape both the identity...
13) Coastal
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations ; 26 x 34 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and photographer Gray Malin's new collection of aerial beach photography, highlighting coastal locations from around the world A return to Gray Malin's famed aerial beach photography, Coastal celebrates the beaches of the United States, from the East Coast to the West and Hawaii, as well as some international beaches. This book includes stunning, never-before-published photographs from the luminous waters of Maui to the pebbled...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 atlas (x, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Low-lying island nations are least responsible for global warming, but they are already suffering its impacts severely and disproportionately. According to the International Panel on Climate Change, island nations are responsible for 0.03% of global emissions. A weave of essays, maps, poems and illustrations, Sea Change presents the impacts of and solutions to sea level rise. An essay, drawing on interviews, scientific reports, academic scholarship...
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm..
Language
English
Description
"Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this gorgeously illustrated guide from The Explorers Club, the historic and esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers"--
Author
Series
Irregular spy volume 3
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost-lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin. Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and is soon driving the boss's girlfriend around town. Molly wants O'Connell to support her Irish nationalist cause - a cause needing guns to defeat the British--and then they go to find them in America....
17) Titanic
Author
Publisher
Dash!, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This title will help readers understand the causes, timeline, and aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic. The title is complete with glossary, index, and additional facts. This title is at a Level 3 and is written specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core Standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO."--
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
879 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined always to do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the President of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line's only prototype--Athena, Patrol Coastal 15--with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the...
Publisher
Wownow Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Milo and Bella travel the oceans high and low to get to Shark School on time for today's lesson! Their favorite teacher, Professor Fins is ready to teach them anything and everything about the incredible creatures of the ocean! Swim with Milo and Bella to Shark School and learn all about the wonderful world under the waves.
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
ix, 236 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Suzette Mullen had been raised to play it safe--and she hated causing others pain. With college and law degrees, a kind and successful husband, two thriving adult sons, and an ocean-view vacation home, she lived a life many people would envy. But beneath the happy facade was a woman who watched her friends walk boldly through their lives and wondered what was holding her back from doing the same. Digging into her past, Suzette uncovered a deeply...
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