Author: Cherie Burns
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250056209
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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In the mid 1930s, in the workroom of Parisian jeweler Boivin, a jewelry designer created one of the most coveted pieces of jewelry in the world: the famous starfish pin. Created out of gold and encrusted with 71 cabochon rubies and 241 small amethysts, the starfish was distinctive because its five rays were articulated, meaning that they could curl and conform to the bustline or shoulder of the women who wore it. The House of Boivin made three of them. After seeing it in the showroom of a Manhattan jewelry merchant, Burns set off on a journey to find out all she could about the elusive pins and the women who owned them.
Author: Peter Watts
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466881151
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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A huge international corporation has developed a facility along the Juan de Fuca Ridge at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to exploit geothermal power. They send a bio-engineered crew--people who have been altered to withstand the pressure and breathe the seawater--down to live and work in this weird, fertile undersea darkness. Unfortunately the only people suitable for long-term employment in these experimental power stations are crazy, some of them in unpleasant ways. How many of them can survive, or will be allowed to survive, while worldwide disaster approaches from below? Starfish, the first installment in Peter Watts' Rifters Trilogy At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Sue Pillans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648964049
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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This story illustrates the impacts of climate change on our Great Barrier Reef. It is told through the eyes of a feisty fish called Anthia who starts to see the disappearing colours of the reef as a warning sign that the reef is in trouble
Author: Bina Nayak
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9390441641
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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It wasn’t time to fly. Besides, she prefers the ocean to the sky. A skilled commercial diver in Goa, Tara Salgaonkar is a mystery to everyone around her. A strong girl who defies social conventions, she is trying to come to terms with her dark past. Her life takes an unpredictable turn when she visits Bholenath Guruji at one of his trance parties. What happens when she enters his realm? How does that fateful encounter change her life? Set in the vibrant locales of Goa, Starfish Pickle is an adventurous story which revolves around the impact of past secrets and unconventional life choices.
Author: Esther Susan Heller
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
ISBN: 0822573865
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Describes how, while studying sea urchins in Antarctica, marine biologist David Ginsburg celebrated Hanukkah by creating his own menorah on the sea floor.
Author: Cherie Burns
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802142542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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With masterful storytelling skill, Burns follows the punishing path of the Great Hurricane of 1938, which hit the eastern seaboard, from Long Island to Connecticut and Rhode Island, in a seamless and suspenseful narrative, preserving for posterity the personal stories of survivors and the legend of the storm.
Author: Akemi Dawn Bowman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481487728
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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From a debut author comes a gorgeous and emotionally resonant debut novel about a half-Japanese teen who grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school. 5 1/2 x 8 5/16.
Author: Tim Ecott
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802139078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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"Neutral Buoyancy is a journey filled with exotic, eccentric human characters competing for space with misunderstood sharks, weeping turtles, smiling dolphins and erotically shaped sea slugs. This unique and inspiring insight into our relationship with the deep will allow even the most timid swimmer to lose themselves underwater."--Jacket.
Author: Burt Jones
Publisher: Fourth Day Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780964273672
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Author: Norbert Wu
Publisher: Atheneum
ISBN: 9780689318962
Category : Coral reef animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Magnificent coral formations create a lovely and mysterious ocean home for schools of anemones, sharks, and barracuda in this photo essay by one of the world's leading underwater photographers. Flounders hide in the sandy bottom and predators lurk at the edges while a sea turtle swims through to lay her eggs on the beach beyond. Colorful and dramatic photos bring to the reader the wonders of a very special undersea realm.
