Author: Edward Marriott
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1250108977
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Nicaragua's Atlantic coast is home to the most dangerous of fish, the bull shark, a lethal predator with a fearsome appetite and the only shark that swims in inland waters. Braving Nicaragua's hurricane-torn wilderness of mangrove swamps, Edward Marriott joins the last surviving shark fishermen to sail in a dugout canoe and fish for sharks with a hand line. As Marriott charts the life of the bull shark, its migrations, its voracious feeding patterns, and the treasures it offers -- oil for vitamins, hide for leather, and fins for soup -- he reveals lives spent in fear and awe in the shadow of a monster that can sniff fresh blood a mile away. He also tells a tale of human greed: an elemental community, battered by civil war and natural disasters, is now degraded beyond repair to the point of providing bounty for modern-day pirates. A gripping narrative of risk and adventure, a poignant record of loss and corruption, Savage Shore confirms Marriott as one of our most original and insightful travel writers.
The Last of the Shark Hunters
Author: Howard Mccrindle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781539198925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The memories of a Scottish fisherman. Growing up in a typical fishing village on the Southwest coast of Scotland. Taking the reader on a journey from childhood to becoming the most hated and controversial fisherman in the UK. Sharing with the reader the ups and downs, the successes and heartbreaks of fishing. Along the way we meet many of the characters who made the industry what it was as well as learning a lot about the natural lore of the job. The author was so lucky to become a fisherman as the old traditional ways of fishing changed with the advent of modern technology at which he was always at the forefront. Reviving a fishery for basking sharks caused more trouble than he could possibly have imagined.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781539198925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The memories of a Scottish fisherman. Growing up in a typical fishing village on the Southwest coast of Scotland. Taking the reader on a journey from childhood to becoming the most hated and controversial fisherman in the UK. Sharing with the reader the ups and downs, the successes and heartbreaks of fishing. Along the way we meet many of the characters who made the industry what it was as well as learning a lot about the natural lore of the job. The author was so lucky to become a fisherman as the old traditional ways of fishing changed with the advent of modern technology at which he was always at the forefront. Reviving a fishery for basking sharks caused more trouble than he could possibly have imagined.
Wild Shore
Author: Edward Marriott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780330354509
Category : Nicaragua
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780330354509
Category : Nicaragua
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Shark Hunters
Author:
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
ISBN: 189183052X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Join Julie and her Grampa as they search the high seas for Stephen, the largest shark in the world.
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
ISBN: 189183052X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Join Julie and her Grampa as they search the high seas for Stephen, the largest shark in the world.
The Great Shark Hunt
Author: Hunter S. Thompson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743250451
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The first volume of the Gonzo papers shows the brilliant, ranting observations and cultural commentary of Thompson at his best.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743250451
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The first volume of the Gonzo papers shows the brilliant, ranting observations and cultural commentary of Thompson at his best.
Sharks
Author:
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
ISBN: 9780864380470
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Now available in paperback, the true story of sharks: the fascinating details of their lives and habits; the acuteness of their senses; and the terrible tales of attacks on people. Includes information on the chances of attack and how to prevent it, a complete catalog of all 344 known species, and more. 360 full-color photos.
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
ISBN: 9780864380470
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Now available in paperback, the true story of sharks: the fascinating details of their lives and habits; the acuteness of their senses; and the terrible tales of attacks on people. Includes information on the chances of attack and how to prevent it, a complete catalog of all 344 known species, and more. 360 full-color photos.
Neighborhood Sharks
Author: Katherine Roy
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 146688083X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Up close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them—just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge! A few miles from San Francisco lives a population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants dine on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the great white sharks return to California's Farallon Islands to dine on their favorite meal: the seals that live on the island's rocky coasts. Massive, fast, and perfectly adapted to hunting after 11 million years of evolution, the great whites are among the planet's most fearsome, fascinating, and least understood animals. In the fall of 2012, Katherine Roy visited the Farallons with the scientists who study the islands' shark population. She witnessed seal attacks, observed sharks being tagged in the wild, and got an up close look at the dramatic Farallons—a wildlife refuge that is strictly off-limits to all but the scientists who work there. Neighborhood Sharks is an intimate portrait of the life cycle, biology, and habitat of the great white shark, based on the latest research and an up-close visit with these amazing animals.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 146688083X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Up close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them—just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge! A few miles from San Francisco lives a population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants dine on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the great white sharks return to California's Farallon Islands to dine on their favorite meal: the seals that live on the island's rocky coasts. Massive, fast, and perfectly adapted to hunting after 11 million years of evolution, the great whites are among the planet's most fearsome, fascinating, and least understood animals. In the fall of 2012, Katherine Roy visited the Farallons with the scientists who study the islands' shark population. She witnessed seal attacks, observed sharks being tagged in the wild, and got an up close look at the dramatic Farallons—a wildlife refuge that is strictly off-limits to all but the scientists who work there. Neighborhood Sharks is an intimate portrait of the life cycle, biology, and habitat of the great white shark, based on the latest research and an up-close visit with these amazing animals.
Shark Moves Out of the Ocean
Author: Nikki Potts
Publisher: Picture Window Books
ISBN: 1977121667
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Shark is bored with its habitat! Follow Shark as it tries out different places to live. Which habitat will make the best home for Shark?
Publisher: Picture Window Books
ISBN: 1977121667
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Shark is bored with its habitat! Follow Shark as it tries out different places to live. Which habitat will make the best home for Shark?
Savage Shore
Author: Edward Marriott
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1250108977
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Nicaragua's Atlantic coast is home to the most dangerous of fish, the bull shark, a lethal predator with a fearsome appetite and the only shark that swims in inland waters. Braving Nicaragua's hurricane-torn wilderness of mangrove swamps, Edward Marriott joins the last surviving shark fishermen to sail in a dugout canoe and fish for sharks with a hand line. As Marriott charts the life of the bull shark, its migrations, its voracious feeding patterns, and the treasures it offers -- oil for vitamins, hide for leather, and fins for soup -- he reveals lives spent in fear and awe in the shadow of a monster that can sniff fresh blood a mile away. He also tells a tale of human greed: an elemental community, battered by civil war and natural disasters, is now degraded beyond repair to the point of providing bounty for modern-day pirates. A gripping narrative of risk and adventure, a poignant record of loss and corruption, Savage Shore confirms Marriott as one of our most original and insightful travel writers.
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1250108977
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Nicaragua's Atlantic coast is home to the most dangerous of fish, the bull shark, a lethal predator with a fearsome appetite and the only shark that swims in inland waters. Braving Nicaragua's hurricane-torn wilderness of mangrove swamps, Edward Marriott joins the last surviving shark fishermen to sail in a dugout canoe and fish for sharks with a hand line. As Marriott charts the life of the bull shark, its migrations, its voracious feeding patterns, and the treasures it offers -- oil for vitamins, hide for leather, and fins for soup -- he reveals lives spent in fear and awe in the shadow of a monster that can sniff fresh blood a mile away. He also tells a tale of human greed: an elemental community, battered by civil war and natural disasters, is now degraded beyond repair to the point of providing bounty for modern-day pirates. A gripping narrative of risk and adventure, a poignant record of loss and corruption, Savage Shore confirms Marriott as one of our most original and insightful travel writers.
Shooting and Fishing
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144062660X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A Penguin Classic More than four decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist who covered world events from the Great Depression to Vietnam. Now, this distinctive collection offers a portrait of the artist as citizen, deeply engaged in the world around him. In addition to the complete text of Steinbeck's last published book, America and Americans, this volume brings together for the first time more than fifty of Steinbeck's finest essays and journalistic pieces on Salinas, Sag Harbor, Arthur Miller, Woody Guthrie, the Vietnam War and more. This edition is edited by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw and Steinbeck biographer Jackson J. Benson. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144062660X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A Penguin Classic More than four decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist who covered world events from the Great Depression to Vietnam. Now, this distinctive collection offers a portrait of the artist as citizen, deeply engaged in the world around him. In addition to the complete text of Steinbeck's last published book, America and Americans, this volume brings together for the first time more than fifty of Steinbeck's finest essays and journalistic pieces on Salinas, Sag Harbor, Arthur Miller, Woody Guthrie, the Vietnam War and more. This edition is edited by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw and Steinbeck biographer Jackson J. Benson. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.