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Sea Life

Fishing How the Sea Fed Civilization

Fagan Brian

ISBN: PB: 9780300240047, Yale University Press, October 2018
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 39 black&white illus.

In this history of fishing – not as sport but as sustenance – archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food t...

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Ecology

Fishing Lessons Artisanal Fisheries and the Future of Our Oceans

Bailey Kevin M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226307459, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 halftones, 9 line drawings

Fish bones in the caves of East Timor reveal that humans have systematically fished the seas for at least 42,000 years. But in recent centuries, our ancient, vital relationship with the oceans has changed faster than the tides. As boats and fishing t...

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Ark and Beyond The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation

Minteer Ben A., Maienschein Jane, Collins James P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226538464, ISBN: HB: 9780226538327, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
528 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 51 halftones, 2 line drawings, 6 tables

Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gatheri...

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Carnivore Minds Who These Fearsome Animals Really are

Bradshaw G. A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300218152, Yale University Press, May 2017
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 44 black&white illus.

Myth and media typically cast animals we consider predators or carnivores as unthinking killers – dangerous, unpredictable, and devoid of emotion. But is this portrait valid? By exploring their inner lives, this pioneering book refutes the many mispe...

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Mammals

Birds

Field Guide to Long Island Sound Coastal Habitats, Plant Life, Fish, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, and Other Wildlife

Lynch Patrick J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300220353, Yale University Press, March 2017
416 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 1200 colour illus.

A lavishly illustrated and long-overdue guidebook to the rich natural history of Long Island Sound and its coastlines, a region beloved by millions of people. Long Island Sound consists of a diverse collection of unique marine, estuarine, and terres...

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Ecology

Sea Life

All the Boats on the Ocean How Government Subsidies Led to Global Overfishing

Finley Carmel

ISBN: HB: 9780226443379, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
224 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 11 halftones

Most current fishing practices are neither economically nor biologically sustainable. Every year, the world spends $80 billion buying fish that cost $105 billion to catch, even as heavy fishing places growing pressure on stocks that are already strug...

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Amazing Nature

Dolphin Confidential Confessions of a Field Biologist

Bearzi Maddalena

ISBN: PB: 9780226418605, ISBN: HB: 9780226040158, University of Chicago Press, July 2016
216 pp., 23x15 cm, 71 line illus.

Who hasn't fantasized about the unique thrill of working among charismatic and clever dolphins in the wild? We need not live this solely in our imaginations anymore. With "Dolphin Confidential" Maddalena Bearzi invites all of us shore-bound dreamers...

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Anthropology

Sea Life

Made of Salmon Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project

Lord Nancy

ISBN: PB: 9781602232839, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, May 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 colour plates

All over the world, salmon populations are in trouble, as overfishing and habitat loss have combined to put the once-great Atlantic and Pacific Northwest runs at serious risk. Alaska, however, stands out as a rare success story: its salmon population...

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Ecology

Western Flyer Steinbeck's Boat, the Sea of Cortez, and the Saga of Pacific Fisheries

Bailey Kevin M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226116761, University of Chicago Press, March 2015
184 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 31 halftones

In January 2010, the Gemini was moored in the Swinomish Slough on a Native American reservation near Anacortes, Washington. Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the rusted and dilapidated boat was in fact the most famous fishing vessel ever to have sailed...

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Nature

Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean

Gershwin Lisa-ann

ISBN: PB: 9780226213033, University of Chicago Press, September 2014
456 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 16 colour illus.

Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life – growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of collapse. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick enviro...

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