Book Description
Contains indexes for the encyclopedia of the aquatic world.
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Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 10,29 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761474180
Contains indexes for the encyclopedia of the aquatic world.
Author : Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 29,46 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761474289
Title not sold separately. See ISBN 0761474188 for the complete set.
Author : Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 23,3 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761474296
Contains indexes for the encyclopedia of the aquatic world.
Author : Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 39,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761474241
Title not sold separately. See ISBN 0761474188 for the complete set.
Author :
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Aquatic organisms
ISBN : 9780761474197
Title not sold separately. See ISBN 0761474188 for the complete set.
Author : Donald G. Groves
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 32,46 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Presents over 400 articles on oceanography, the geography of the oceans, the ocean floor, waves and currents, the ocean's chemistry and natural resources, plant and animal life, and expeditions.
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Publisher :
Page : 1582 pages
File Size : 40,27 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Aquatic organisms
ISBN : 9780761499480
Author : Richard Ellis
Publisher : Globe Pequot
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Cryptozoology
ISBN : 9781592289677
Few creatures have captured the imaginations of so many for so long as have monsters of the deep. Their history has been surprisingly consistent, the author notes. Most began as myths and then acquired a sense of reality when the existence of creatures resembling those chronicled in legend was documented. Ellis (Men and Whales) gives a superb account of marine monsters and their attendant myths, sightings, scientific discovery and biology. He describes only the best known and the best documented. He traces the mermaid to the manatee and dugong, Leviathan to the sperm whale, kraken to the giant squid and polyp to the octopus (sharks, however, remain sharks). He examines these monsters in art, literature and film, taking Jules Verne and Victor Hugo to task for their ignorance of biology, hysterical fantasy and unmitigated malice. Herman Melville, Arthur C. Clarke and Peter Benchley get better ratings. Of all the sighted monsters, only the giant squid (Architeuthis) retains its mythological and cryptozoological status, for its very existence is shrouded in mystery. Sharks have had a bad reputation throughout history, but until Jaws (1974) they did not figure prominently in literature. At the end of this engaging book, Ellis confesses to skepticism: "monsters, if they exist, have more to fear from us than we do from them.
Author : Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Publisher : Cavendish Square
Page : 1582 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761474265
Title not sold separately. See ISBN 0761474188 for the complete set.
Author : Derek Hall
Publisher : Lorenz Books
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 18,71 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Aquatic animals
ISBN : 9780754833581
The watery habitats of the world are home to a more var ied and concentrated array of animal lif e than an yw her e on dry land. This guide contains an explanation of how cer tain key animal groups ha ve evolved to live and breed within their dif ferent environments. The detailed directory section provides a comprehensive overview to the vast array of mar ine and freshw ter life that inhabit the globe. Each profile features a descriptive identification guide and contains a map to pinpoint distr ibution, plus inf ormation on habitat, size, breeding and mor e. This visual encyclopedia offers an insight into the wonderful world of freshwater and marine creatures