The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez
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The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez
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Author : Peter Benchley
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2013-08-20
The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez written by Peter Benchley and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-20 with Fiction categories.
Peter Benchley’s fascination with the sea and its magnificent inhabitants inspired such classic novels as Jaws and The Deep, making him the preeminent author of ocean adventure and suspense. The Girl of the Sea of Cortez was his most heartfelt, cherished story of the relationship between man and the sea, both those that live in it and those who love it. On an island in the Gulf of California, an intrepid young woman named Paloma carries a special legacy from her father—a deep understanding of the sea and a sixth sense about the need to protect it. Every day, Paloma paddles her tiny boat into the ocean and anchors over a seamount—a submerged volcanic peak sixty feet underwater that is clustered with spectacular sea animals and a wondrous web of marine life. It is there that an astonishing event takes place, when on one of her dives Paloma is shadowed by a manta ray—an animal so large it blocks the sun. She develops an extraordinary relationship with this luminous, gentle creature, but instinctively knows its existence is a secret she must fiercely protect. Benchley’s novel paints a poignant picture of humanity’s precarious relationship with the ocean, which unfolds alongside a heartrending story of familial bonds, often revealing that the ignorance of man is far more dangerous than the sea. Full of beauty, danger, and adventure, The Girl of the Sea of Cortez is triumphant—a novel to fall in love with. Praise for The Girl of the Sea of Cortez “It’s hard not to compare Benchley’s tale . . . with Hemingway’s classic The Old Man and the Sea.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Charming.”—The New York Times Book Review “For a hot summer’s day, The Girl of the Sea of Cortez is the next best thing to looking through a clear face mask into blue water swimming with fish.”—United Press International
The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez
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Author : Peter Benchley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez written by Peter Benchley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
Vaquita
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Author : Brooke Bessesen
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2018-09-11
Vaquita written by Brooke Bessesen and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Nature categories.
"Intrepid conservation detective story." --Nature "A lucid, informed, and gripping account...a must-read." --Science "Passionate...a heartfelt and alarming tale." --Publishers Weekly "Gripping...a well-told and moving tale of environmentalism and conservation." --Kirkus "Compelling." --Library Journal In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inherited the dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Vaquita have been in decline for decades, dying in illegal gillnets intended for a giant fish, totoaba. Author Brooke Bessesen takes us to the Upper Gulf region in search of answers to a heart-wrenching dilemma. When diplomatic efforts to save the porpoise failed, Bessesen followed a scientific team in a binational effort to capture remaining vaquita and breed them in captivity--the only hope for their survival. In this fast-paced, soul-searing tale, she learned that there are no easy answers when extinction is profitable.
Nowhere Near The Sea Of Cortez
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Author : Jim Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-06
Nowhere Near The Sea Of Cortez written by Jim Harris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06 with Fiction categories.
A phone call reunites Jacob Belmo and his cousin Dorina after fifteen years apart. Dorina has been unjustly imprisoned for shooting a naked lawyer in a parking lot, but Dorina isn't angry. She just wants to talk about old times. The most magical time of t
Telling Our Way To The Sea
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Author : Aaron Hirsh
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2013-08-06
Telling Our Way To The Sea written by Aaron Hirsh and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-06 with Nature categories.
A luminous and revelatory journey into the science of life and the depths of the human experience By turns epic and intimate, Telling Our Way to the Sea is both a staggering revelation of unraveling ecosystems and a profound meditation on our changing relationships with nature—and with one another. When the biologists Aaron Hirsh and Veronica Volny, along with their friend Graham Burnett, a historian of science, lead twelve college students to a remote fishing village on the Sea of Cortez, they come upon a bay of dazzling beauty and richness. But as the group pursues various threads of investigation—ecological and evolutionary studies of the sea, the desert, and their various species of animals and plants; the stories of local villagers; the journals of conquistadors and explorers—they recognize that the bay, spectacular and pristine though it seems, is but a ghost of what it once was. Life in the Sea of Cortez, they realize, has been reshaped by complex human ideas and decisions—the laws and economics of fishing, property, and water; the dreams of developers and the fantasies of tourists seeking the wild; even efforts to retrieve species from the brink of extinction—all of which have caused dramatic upheavals in the ecosystem. It is a painful realization, but the students discover a way forward. After weathering a hurricane and encountering a rare whale in its wake, they come to see that the bay's best chance of recovery may in fact reside in our own human stories, which can weave a compelling memory of the place. Glimpsing the intricate and ever-shifting web of human connections with the Sea of Cortez, the students comprehend anew their own place in the natural world—suspended between past and future, teetering between abundance and loss. The redemption in their difficult realization is that as they find their places in a profoundly altered environment, they also recognize their roles in the path ahead, and ultimately come to see one another, and themselves, in a new light. In Telling Our Way to the Sea, Hirsh's voice resounds with compassionate humanity, capturing the complex beauty of both the marine world he explores and the people he explores it with. Vibrantly alive with sensitivity and nuance, Telling Our Way to the Sea transcends its genre to become literature.
Jaws
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Author : Peter Benchley
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books
Release Date : 1998
Jaws written by Peter Benchley and has been published by Penguin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with English language categories.
This level 2, elementary Penguin Reader contains 500 words and tells the story of Amity, a quiet town near New York, that gets terrorized by a great white shark. Policeman Brody is a good policeman and tries to close the beaches, but people won't listen to him.
Shark Trouble
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Author : Peter Benchley
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2002-06-04
Shark Trouble written by Peter Benchley and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-04 with Nature categories.
Drawing on more than three decades of experience writing about sharks and other marine animals, the bestselling author of Jaws combines high adventure with practical information in a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and around the sea. “Shark attacks on human beings generate a tremendous amount of media coverage,” Benchley writes, “partly because they occur so rarely, but mostly, I think, because people are, and always have been, simultaneously intrigued and terrified by sharks. Sharks come from a wing of the dark castle where our nightmares live—deep water beyond our sight and understanding—and so they stimulate our fears and fantasies and imaginations.” Benchley describes the many types of sharks (including the ones that pose a genuine threat to man), what is and isn’t known about shark behavior, the odds against an attack and how to reduce them even further—all reinforced with the lessons he has learned, the mistakes he has made, and the personal perils he has encountered while producing television documentaries, bestselling novels, and articles about the sea and its inhabitants. He tells how to swim safely in the ocean, how to read the tides and currents, what behavior to avoid, and how to survive when danger suddenly strikes. He discusses how to tell children about sharks and the sea and how to develop, in young and old alike, a healthy respect for the ocean. As Benchley says, “The ocean is the only alien and potentially hostile environment on the planet into which we tend to venture without thinking about the animals that live there, how they behave, how they support themselves, and how they perceive us. I know of no one who would set off into the jungles of Malaysia armed only with a bathing suit, a tube of suntan cream, and a book, and yet that’s precisely how we approach the oceans.” No longer. Not after you’ve read Shark Trouble.
Girl Sea Cortez
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Author : Peter Benchley
language : en
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date : 1975
Girl Sea Cortez written by Peter Benchley and has been published by Berkley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Cruise Of The Gringo Vagabundos
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Author : Bud Hedrick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-10-14
Cruise Of The Gringo Vagabundos written by Bud Hedrick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-14 with categories.
Bud Hedrick and his life-long pal flip Hoffman take us on an exciting, wonder – filled voyage – a gunk-hole cruise the length of the Sea of Cortez, across the Gulf and down the mainland coast of Mexico in an open catamaran powered by two outboard engines, fishing, diving, surfing. This trip wasn't about cheating death, but expanding life.….Kevin Short,artist, author "Trestles"
A Trout In The Sea Of Cortez
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Author : John Salter
language : en
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Release Date : 2006
A Trout In The Sea Of Cortez written by John Salter and has been published by Counterpoint LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Cabo San Lucas (Baja California Sur, Mexico) categories.
As Dennis Pratt reluctantly prepares for an anniversary trip to Mexico with his wife, Patricia, he becomes convinced that she is having an affair when she loses twenty pounds--an obsession that changes the whole course of their lives.