As expansive as the ocean itself, this entertaining, informative almanac offers hundreds of fascinating essays, anecdotes, facts, legends, and mysteries concerning the sea, its amazing inhabitants--both real and apocryphal--and the men and ships who have sailed it through the ages.
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As expansive as the ocean itself, this entertaining, informative almanac offers hundreds of fascinating essays, anecdotes, facts, legends, and mysteries concerning the sea, its amazing inhabitants--both real and apocryphal--and the men and ships who have sailed it through the ages.
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As expansive as the ocean itself, this entertaining, informative almanac offers hundreds of fascinating essays, anecdotes, facts, legends, and mysteries concerning the sea, its amazing inhabitants--both real and apocryphal--and the men and ships who have sailed it through the ages.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you like "Sea Stories", this is the book for you!,
By Mark P. Robinson (Idonthave1@aol.com) (Muscatine, Iowa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ocean Almanac (Paperback)
I have had over three copies of this book and read and re-read the stories contained within. It isn't a book that you have to read from front to back, just pick a subject or topic and have at it! Whether its Sea-monsters, Ship wrecks, or Sea life; Ghost stories or True stories, this wonderful book is a wealth of information & lore. A must have for Navy men (and women), sailors or any lover of the sea and the stories and mysteries she holds!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Fun, but out of date for biology,
By iwestray@isd.net (Minneapolis, MN, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ocean Almanac (Paperback)
I hunted for a book exactly like this after reading two titles (Deep Atlantic, Monsters of the Sea) by Richard Ellis. I was looking for something that would, like Ellis, recall me to my sense of wonder. This book can do that to some extent, but it's got a major flaw: a great deal of the information in it is simply out of date. It's especially flawed for marine biology; the supposed senseless ferocity of certain creatures reads like a 1960s children's book you found in the library. I'd recommend this to a person who wants a collection of classic sea yarns and who isn't especially sophisticated as a science reader.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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If it's on, in, over or under the oceans it's in this book.,
By CaptB98@aol.com (The Exumas, Bahama) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ocean Almanac (Paperback)
This book is a wonderful gift for someone who is in love with the oceans of the world, the history of man's adventures on them and all the creatures dwelling within them. The Ocean Almanac is the Guinness Book of the oceans. A great book for "installment reading".
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Throughout the world each year more than 60 million tons of food are harvested from the sea, but this immense bounty would not be possible were it not for the little-seen and unheralded organisms called plankton that form the first link in the sea's food chain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
true porpoises, boat thieves, external heart massage, screw pile, luminous fish, ocean station, moon jellies, seismic sea wave, sea wasp, killer waves, devil fish, other marine creatures, ship disasters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, World War, United States, Coast Guard, New Orleans, New World, South America, San Francisco, John Paul Jones, West Indies, Jean Lafitte, Moby Dick, Mocha Dick, Santa Maria, Indian Ocean, Pearl Harbor, Great Britain, Gulf of Mexico, New England, New Jersey, Gulf Stream, Rhode Island, North America, North Atlantic, North Carolina New!
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Throughout the world each year more than 60 million tons of food are harvested from the sea, but this immense bounty would not be possible were it not for the little-seen and unheralded organisms called plankton that form the first link in the sea's food chain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
true porpoises, boat thieves, external heart massage, screw pile, luminous fish, ocean station, moon jellies, seismic sea wave, sea wasp, killer waves, devil fish, other marine creatures, ship disasters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, World War, United States, Coast Guard, New Orleans, New World, South America, San Francisco, John Paul Jones, West Indies, Jean Lafitte, Moby Dick, Mocha Dick, Santa Maria, Indian Ocean, Pearl Harbor, Great Britain, Gulf of Mexico, New England, New Jersey, Gulf Stream, Rhode Island, North America, North Atlantic, North Carolina New!
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- The U.S. Navy: The View from the Mid-1980's (Westview special studies in military affairs) by James L. George on 4 pages
- Sailing Alone Around The World by Captain Joshua Slocum in Table of Contents, page 152, and page 176
- Life and Death of the Salt Marsh by John Teal on page 4, page 5, and Index
- The Star Spangled Banner (Pictureback(R)) by Francis Scott Key on page 259, and page 274
- Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack (Modern Library Humor and Wit) by Benjamin Franklin on page 189, and page 251
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- An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude by Ann Vanderhoof on page 34, and Back Matter
- A Biblical Text and its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture by Yvonne Sherwood on page 146, and Back Matter
- Horn of Plenty: Seasons in an Island Wilderness by April Newlin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef by Osha Gray Davidson in Back Matter
- Ocean Wildlife (Restless Sea) by Carole Garbuny Vogel in Back Matter
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