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Clive Cussler Condor's fury [text (large print)] : a novel from the NUMA files / by Brown, Graham,1969-author.; Cussler, Clive,creator.;
"On a NUMA training mission in the Caribbean, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala catch a distress call from a nearby freighter. Leaping into action, they locate a damaged vessel and a dead captain clutching a shotgun. While searching the freighter for clues, Kurt and Joe are ambushed by crew members who seem terrified and disoriented, almost brainwashed. The trawler they were hauling has vanished, taken-the men say-by baffling lights that circled the ship. Kurt and Joe deduce that the men are suffering from Havana Syndrome, which deepens the mystery and raises the stakes. Soon, they're confronting Cuban mercenaries who plan to use magnificent modern airships to hijack a nuclear submarine-culminating in a life-or-death showdown in the skies"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Austin, Kurt (Fictitious character); National Underwater and Marine Agency; Brainwashing; Hijacking of ships; Marine scientists; Terrorism;
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In ascension / by MacInnes, Martin,author.;
"An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass the full trajectory of the cosmos and the passage of a single human life. Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of Earth's first life forms--what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings. Her discovery leads Leigh to the Mojave Desert and an ambitious new space agency. Drawn deeper into the agency's work, she learns that the Atlantic trench is only one of several related phenomena from across the world, each piece linking up to suggest a pattern beyond human understanding. Leigh knows that to continue working with the agency will mean leaving behind her declining mother and her younger sister, and faces an impossible choice: to remain with her family, or to embark on a journey across the breadth of the cosmos. Exploring and celebrating the natural world with wonder and reverence, In Ascension is a compassionate, deeply inquisitive epic that reaches outward to confront the greatest questions of existence, looks inward to illuminate the smallest details of the human heart, and shows how--no matter how far away we might be and how much we have lost hope--we will always attempt to return to the people and places we call home"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Discoveries in science; Evolution (Biology); Life on other planets; Marine biologists; Women scientists;
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The forgotten letters of Esther Durrant / by Nunn, Kayte,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.1951. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an isolated mental asylum by her husband. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther's prison but soon surprisingly becomes her refuge. 2018. Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters. Captivated by their passion and tenderness, Rachel determines to track down the intended recipient. But she has no idea of the far-reaching consequences her decision will bring. Meanwhile, in London, Eve is helping her grandmother, a renowned mountaineer, write her memoirs. When she is contacted by Rachel, it sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to reveal secrets kept buried for more than sixty years.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Grandmothers; Islands; Love-letters; Nineteen fifties; Psychiatric hospital patients; Reminiscing in old age; Secrecy; Women marine scientists; Women;
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The manatee scientists : saving vulnerable species / by Lourie, Peter.;
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Subjects: Manatees; Marine mammalogists;
© 2011., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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Daughter of the deep / by Riordan, Rick.;
In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Adventure and adventurers; Underwater exploration; Marine sciences; High schools; Schools; Characters and characteristics in literature; Orphans; East Indian Americans;
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Show me science. [videorecording] : how they live, learn & communicate / by Allegro Productions (Firm); TMW Media Group.;
As mammals, humans and dolphins share a number of important biological characteristics. Both species are warm-blooded, have body hair, breathe air, give live birth and nurse their young. But is it possible that we have more in common? Do they like us? Can they reason and solve problems? Just how intelligent are these gentle marine mammals? In this program, join marine scientists from Florida to Hawaii who are trying to answer these and other questions about dolphins by studying how they live, learn and communicate.G.DVD.
Subjects: Children's films.; Dolphins.; Educational films.; Human-animal relationships.; Marine mammals.; Video recordings for children.;
© c2012., TMW Media Group,
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One ocean [videorecording] / by Suzuki, David T.,1936-; CBC Home Video (Firm); Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.; Entertainment One (Firm);
Birth of an ocean -- Footprint's in the sand -- Mysteries of the deep -- The changing sea.Birth of an ocean, Footprint's in the sand / produced by Michael Allder, Caroline Underwood, Tina Verma ; Mysteries of the deep, The changing sea / produced by Merit Jensen Carr and Sandra Moore.Narrated by David Suzuki.With a wealth of never-before-seen HD footage, One ocean bears witness to underwater volcanoes erupting meters from the camera and discoveries of rare and bizarre life forms. Some of the planet's most innovative and charismatic marine scientists guide us on this adventure. Journey with One ocean's cameras as they travel to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the USA exploring the richness of the underwater world. In each breathtaking episode, join scientists as they explore the ocean's beauty, power and fragility.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Marine biology.; Marine habitats.; Oceanography.; Oceans; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wildlife films.;
© c2010., Entertainment One,
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Adrift / by Gear, W. Michael,author.;
The Maritime Unit had landed in paradise. After a terrifying ten-year transit from Solar System aboard the Ashanti, the small band of oceanographers and marine scientists were finally settled. Perched on a reef five hundred kilometers out from shore, they were about to embark on the first exploration of Donovan's seas. For the twenty-two adults and nine children, everything is new, exciting, and filled with wonder as they discover dazzling sea creatures, stunning plant life, and fascinating organisms. But Donovan is never what it seems; the changes in the children were innocuous--oddities of behavior normal to kids who'd found themselves in a new world. Even then it was too late. An alien intelligence, with its own agenda, now possesses the children, and it will use them in a most insidious way: as the perfect weapons. How can you fight back when the enemy is smarter than you are, and wears the face of your own child? Welcome to Donovan.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Human-alien encounters; Life on other planets; Ocean; Space colonies; Space ships; Survival;
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The ocean's whistleblower : the remarkable life and work of Daniel Pauly / by Grémillet, David,author.; translation of:Grémillet, David.Daniel Pauly, un océan de combats.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Daniel Pauly is a living legend in the world of marine biology. He is also a man whose life has been shaped by struggle. In this first authorized biography, writer David Gremillet recounts the scientists extraordinary life, including his heartbreaking childhood, his escape to Germany, his political and racial reawakening in 1960s America, and his one-of-a-kind career as a brave scientist who blew the whistle on overfishing.
Subjects: Biographies.; Pauly, D. (Daniel); Biologists; Biologists; Marine ecology.; Overfishing;
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A plastic ocean [videorecording] / by Bittner, George,commentator.; Cutler, Miriam,composer.; Elliott, Mindy,screenwriter,editor of moving image work.; Fossi, Maria Cristina,commentator.; Galgani, François,commentator.; Gonsior, Michael,commentator.; Jobling, Susan,commentator.; Lavers, Jennifer,commentator.; Leeson, Craig,film director,screenwriter,commentator.; Leipzig, Adam,film producer.; Monteleone, Bonnie,commentator.; Pitts, Michael,director of photography.; Porter, Lindsay,commentator.; Ruxton, Jo,film producer.; Streeter, Tanya,1973-commentator.; Brainstorm Media,production company.; Passion River Films,film distributor.; Plastic Oceans Foundation,production company.;
Director of photography, Michael Pitts ; edited by Mindy Elliott ; original score written and produced by Miriam Cutler.Explorers: Craig Leeson, Tanya Streeter ; scientists, Lindsay Porter, Maria Cristina Fossi, Bonnie Monteleone, François Galgani, Jennifer Lavers, Michael Gonsior, Susan Jobling, George Bittner.An international team of adventurers, researchers, and Ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is truly lurking beneath the surface our seemingly pristine ocean. The result will astound viewers, just as it did our adventurers, who captured never-before-seen images of marine life, plastic pollution, and its ultimate consequences for human health.E.DVD, widescreen ; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Environmental films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Science films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Marine pollution.; Plastic marine debris; Waste disposal in the ocean.;
For private home use only.
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