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Aquarium Atlasby Hans A. Baensch, Rudiger Riehl, Gero W. Fischer, Shelie E. BorrerISBN 1564651851 (1-56465-185-1)
Hardcover, Motorbooks Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aquarium Atlas'Book summary:This is a beautiful and enjoyable edition to the previous Atlases. This volume emphasizes catfishes, killfishes and the eternal aquarist favorite-cichlids. The exotic beauty of the coldwater fish of Russia's Amur River will fascinate western aquarists. This ensures the aquarist's ability to own the most complete collection of tropical fish information.
Dr. Rudiger Riehl and Hans A. Baensch are the authors of "Aquarium Atlas 1" and "2." They are recognized authorities in this field. [via]
Aquarium Fish: 300 Fresh-Water Fishes and Plants in Community, Species, and Biotope Aquariums. Expert Advice on Setting Up and Planting a Tank and Oby Ulrich SchliewenISBN 0812013506 (0-8120-1350-6)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Aquarium Plants Manual: Expert Advice on Selection, Planting, Care, and Propagationby Ines Scheurmann, Dennis W. StevensonISBN 0812016874 (0-8120-1687-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Aquariums for Dummiesby Mic Hargrove, Maddy HargroveISBN 0764551566 (0-7645-5156-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aquariums for Dummies'Book summary:Keeping an aquarium adds beauty and grace to your life. That elegant little world in a glass box can be your respite from the cares of the day and even can lower your blood pressure. It can be a great outlet for your artistic impulses, and educational for your kids. And when it comes to pets, you cant go wrong with fish. They eat little, require minimal space, and need no training. They never stray, bay at the moon, or leave surprises on your lawn. Theyre not prone to rude sniffing, and they wont chase your letter carrier. And fish never get hairballs or scratch your furniture.
Aquariums For Dummies answers all your fishy questions about keeping an aquarium and makes it easy to get into the swim of things with your own freshwater, brackish, or marine aquarium. Youll discover how to:
- Choose the right aquarium for you
- Select the best fish
- Create and maintain a healthy aquarium
- Locate good deals on equipment
- Design a dazzling underwater environment
With humor and without a lot of jargon, expert Maddy and Mic Hargrove cover all the bases. They give you step-by-step instructions on how to select equipment and set up your aquarium. And they explore an array of important and fun topics, including:
- Tanks, water sources, substrates and decorations, and water testing
- Live plants for freshwater and brackish aquariums and invertebrates for marine aquariums
- Fish anatomy and physiology (plus a guide to dozens of freshwater coldwater, tropical marine, and brackish fish)
- Choosing a quality dealer and developing a good relationship with them
- Deciding what the right species for you and selecting fish
- Fish diet and nutrition
- Diagnosing and treating diseases in fish
- Breeding fish for fun and profit
A fun and easy guide to creating and maintaining a beautiful aquarium, Aquariums For Dummies is your entrée to the fascinating and rewarding world of fishkeeping. [via]
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Big Alby Andrew Clements, YoshiISBN 0689817223 (0-689-81722-3)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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Big Alby Andrew Elborn, YoshiISBN 0887080758 (0-88708-075-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Coastal Fish Identification: California to Alaskaby Paul Humann, Howard Hall, Neil McDanielISBN 1878348124 (1-878348-12-4)
Softcover, New World Pubns Inc
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the Worldby Mark KurlanskyISBN 0140275010 (0-14-027501-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'Book summary:[via]The codfish. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been spurred by it, national diets have been based on it, economies and livelihoods have depended on it, and the settlement of North America was driven by it. To the millions it has sustained, it has been a treasure more precious than gold. Indeed, the codfish has played a fascinating and crucial role in world history.
Cod spans a thousand years and four continents. From the Vikings, who pursued the codfish across the Atlantic, and the enigmatic Basques, who first commercialized it in medieval times, to Bartholomew Gosnold, who named Cape Cod in 1602, and Clarence Birdseye, who founded an industry on frozen cod in the 1930s, Mark Kurlansky introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs, and of course the fishermen, whose lives have interwoven with this prolific fish. He chronicles the fifteenth-century politics of the Hanseatic League and the cod wars of the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. He embellishes his story with gastronomic detail, blending in recipes and lore from the Middle Ages to the present.
And he brings to life the cod itself: its personality, habits, extended family, and ultimately the tragedy of how the most profitable fish in history is today faced with extinction.
From fishing ports in New England and Newfoundland to coastal skiffs, schooners, and factory ships across the Atlantic; from Iceland and Scandinavia to the coasts of England, Brazil, and West Africa, Mark Kurlansky tells a story that brings world history and human passions into captivating focus.More editions of Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World:
The Complete Aquariumby Peter W. ScottISBN 0789400138 (0-7894-0013-8)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freshwater Aquariumsby Mike WickhamISBN 0876053274 (0-87605-327-4)
Softcover, Macmillan Distribution
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The Conscientious Marine Aquarist: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyistsby Robert M. FennerISBN 1890087025 (1-890087-02-5)
Softcover, Microcosm Ltd
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El Viejo Y El Mar / the Old Man And the Seaby Ernest HemingwayISBN 9687968613 (968-7968-61-3)
Softcover, Libros Sin Fronteras Inventory
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En Cuba, un viejo pescador ya en el crepúsculo de su vida, pobre y sin suerte, cansado de regresar cada día sin pesca, emprende una última y arriesgada travesía en busca de una gran pieza. Cuando al fin logra dar con ella, comienza una feroz lucha. Y el regreso a puerto, con el acoso de los elementos y los tiburones, se convierte en una última prueba. Como un rey mendigo, coronado por su imbatible dignidad, el viejo pescador culmina finalmente su destino.
En la cúspide de su maestría, Hemingway alumbró una historia en cuya sencillez vibra el clásico tema del valor ante la derrota, del triunfo personal sacado de la pérdida. El viejo y el mar lo confirmó como uno de los escritores más significativos del siglo XX, obteniendo el Premio Pulitzer y allanando su carrera hacia el Premio Nobel.More editions of El Viejo Y El Mar / the Old Man And the Sea:
Encyclopedia of Tropical Fishes: With Special Emphasis on Techniques of Breedingby Herbert R. Axelrod, William VordervinklerISBN 0866221107 (0-86622-110-7)
Hardcover, Tfh Pubns Inc
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English Seafood Cookeryby SteinISBN 0140467378 (0-14-046737-8)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes of North Americaby G. Carleton Ray, C. Richard RobinsISBN 0395391989 (0-395-39198-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Fishby Time-Life BooksISBN 0809428636 (0-8094-2863-6)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books
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Fishby Jeunesse Gallimard, Claude Delafosse, Sabine Krawczyk, Heather MillerISBN 0590381555 (0-590-38155-5)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanthby Samantha WeinbergISBN 1857029062 (1-85702-906-2)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth'Book summary:In 1938, an alert young South African museum curator named Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer came upon a curious specimen in a fisherman's nets: a fish with "four limb-like fins and a strange little puppy dog tail," one that she thought resembled not a living being so much as a china ornament. When she could turn up no written descriptions of the find, she turned to other scientists for help, touching off a worldwide wave of interest in the creature that would come to be called the "coelacanth," long thought to be extinct, and now celebrated as one of the world's oldest species.
That interest took many forms, writes journalist Samantha Weinberg in her entertaining and instructive case study in scientific detective work. It spurred the development of new deep-sea craft to explore the farthest reaches of the ocean; it touched off more than one controversy over the coelacanth's lineage, and even over which nation claimed sovereignty over its oceanic haunts; and it launched or advanced the careers of dozens of researchers. The coelacanth continues to make news. In 1998, a young American scholar found a specimen in Indonesia, far from the western Indian Ocean waters where the coelacanth was thought to dwell. Although some scientists decried the discovery as a hoax at worst and an aberration at best, the find showed that the creature's range was widespread. It demonstrated, too, that international cooperation was necessary if the coelacanth were to be protected in the future, "continuing to exist," as Weinberg writes, "after this extraordinary duration of time." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth: ISBN 0060932856 (0-06-093285-6)
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The Fish Courseby Susan HicksISBN 0563212519 (0-563-21251-9)
Softcover, Bbc Pubns
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Fish Eyesby Lois EhlertISBN 0152280510 (0-15-228051-0)
Softcover, Voyager Books
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Fish Is Fishby Leo LionniISBN 0394827996 (0-394-82799-6)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fish Is Fish'Book summary:A tadpole and a minnow are underwater friends, but the tadpole grows legs and explores the world beyond the pond and then returns to tell his fish friend about the new creatures he sees. The fish imagines these creatures as bird-fish and people-fish and cow-fish and is eager to join them.
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Fish Out of Waterby Helen PalmerISBN 0394800230 (0-394-80023-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Fish: The Basics An Illustrated Guide to Selecting and Cooking Fresh Seafoodby Shirley King, Glenn WolffISBN 1881527964 (1-881527-96-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fish: The Basics An Illustrated Guide to Selecting and Cooking Fresh Seafood'Book summary:Shirley King wrote Fish: The Basics in 1990. In 1997, Chapters Publishing reissued it in this updated paperback edition. King still divides the book into three parts. First, "The Basics" offers guidance on buying and storing seafoods, nutritional information, and other useful tips, all presented with authority and charm. Next, "Basic Cooking" explains all about cooking techniques, including how to prepare seviche and escabèche, using the microwave, and smoking. King emphasizes learning principles over following hard-and-fast rules. The recipes in this section, such as Filets Baked with Tomatoes and Squash, provide many variations on presenting simple dishes with a bit of flair. The final section, "Profiles," describes all varieties of seafood in detail, including 23 kinds of sole and flounder, gooseneck barnacles, and skate. Various charts and tables help you assess nutritional values and amounts of fish to buy. Glenn Wolff's appealing drawings amplify King's instruction. [via]
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Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cookingby Mark Bittman, Dennis M. GottliebISBN 0028631528 (0-02-863152-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking'Book summary:From anchovy to wolffish, Mark Bittman, the executive editor of Cook's Illustrated magazine, presents fish and shellfish by name, offering discussions on preparation and presentation along with sumptuous recipes. Bittman proposes everything from traditional fare--Dungeness crab salad and marinated grilled salmon--to more complex dishes like curried mussels and raw sea bass salad. The more than 500 recipes are tried-and-true, and any cook with access to a decent fish market is advised to take full advantage of Bittman's expert and substantial overview. The book won the 1995 Julia Child Cookbook Award in the Single Subject Category. [via]
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Fishes: A Guide to Fresh and Salt-Water Speciesby Hurst Shoemaker, Herbert Spencer Zim, James Gordon IrvingISBN 0307240592 (0-307-24059-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Fishes, Whales and Dolphinsby National Audubon Society Staff, Herbert T. Boschung, David K. Caldwell, Melba C. Caldwell, Daniel W. GotshallISBN 0394534050 (0-394-53405-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fishes, Whales and Dolphins'Book summary:This delightful field guide features 585 full-color photographs of marine and freshwater fishes, 30 photographs and 45 paintings of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, and 24 pictures of freshwater and saltwater habitats. 529 species are described in detailed written accounts-with information on measurements; body shape and color; scales, fins, and gills; habitat; range; and behavior-and 400 other species are briefly noted. Poisonous or otherwise dangerous fish are distinguished by a warning symbol. [via]
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The Founding Fishby John A. McPheeISBN 0374528837 (0-374-52883-7)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Founding Fish'Book summary:A long-awaited new book by the nonfiction master, winner of the Pulitzer Prize[via]
Few fish are as beloved-or as obsessed over-as the American shad. Although shad spend most of their lives in salt water, they enter rivers by the hundreds of thousands in the spring and swim upstream heroic distances in order to spawn, then return to the ocean.
John McPhee is a shad fisherman, and his passion for the annual shad run has led him, over the years, to learn much of what there is to know about the fish known as Alosa sapidissima, or "most savory." In The Founding Fish McPhee makes of his obsession a work of literary art. In characteristically bold and spirited prose-inflected, here and there, with wry humor-McPhee places the fish within natural history and American history. He explores the fish's cameo role in the lives of William Penn, Washington, Jefferson, Thoreau, Lincoln, and John Wilkes Booth. He travels with various ichthyologists, including a fish behaviorist and an anatomist of fishes; takes instruction in the making of shad darts from a master of the art; and cooks shad and shad roe a variety of ways (delectably explained at the end of the book). Mostly, though, McPhee goes fishing for shad-standing for hours in the Delaware River in stocking waders and cleated boots, or gently bumping over rapids in a chocolate-colored Kevlar canoe. His adventures in the pursuit of shad occasion the kind of writing, at once expert and ardent, in which he has no equal. -
Gould's Book of Fishby Richard FlanaganISBN 0802139590 (0-8021-3959-0)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gould's Book of Fish'Book summary:Gould's Book of Fish, an extraordinary work of fact-based fiction by Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan (Death of a River Guide) is a journey through the fringe madness of Down Under colonialism. Set during the 1830s in a hellish island prison colony off the Tasmanian coast, the novel plucks a real-life thief and prisoner, English forger William Buelow Gould, from the pages of history to act as protagonist-narrator. Through Gould's unique capacity to blend hyperbole, hyperrealism, and self-effacing honesty, the reader acquires a shockingly clear picture of daily torment on the island. Yet more remarkable is Gould's portrait of bizarre ambitions among prison authorities to further principles of art and science amidst so much misery. Key to such plans is Gould's talent as a painter and illustrator. The compound's surgeon, nursing hopes of publishing a definitive guide to the island's fish, leans heavily on Gould's ability to record the taxonomy of various species. Though Gould accommodates his masters, the manuscript, in his hands, becomes testimony to their perverse dreams of civilization and his own quick-witted survival instincts. Throughout, Flanagan never loses the well-imagined voice of Gould's candor or the character's dense descriptive powers, talents that translate into a thrilling text that reads like a blend of Melville and Burgess. --Tom Keogh [via]
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Los Pueblos Indios En Sus Mitos: Quichua Amazonicos Del Aguarico Y San Miguelby Paul HumannISBN 1878348094 (1-878348-09-4)
Hardcover, New World Pubns Inc
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Manual of Fish Healthby Chris Andrews, Neville Carrington, Adrian ExellISBN 1552978249 (1-55297-824-9)
Hardcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Manual of Fish Health'Book summary:A comprehensive guide to keeping fish healthy for the serious hobbyist.
A healthy environment is crucial for any aquarium. Fish need more than a tank of water and a daily sprinkle of food to stay healthy, and the fish-keeper is regularly challenged to understand irregularities that can cause trouble.
Manual of Fish Health is a fully illustrated and highly informative reference that concentrates on:
- Maintaining a healthy aquatic environment
- Recognizing and coping with pests, diseases, parasites and bacteria
- Balancing water chemistry so the fish's environment is always healthy
The book also includes an A to Z directory of common pests and diseases and a practical guide to their control and treatments.
The expert authors explore the vital aspects of health care for all types of fish, including freshwater and saltwater, tropical and temperate, and pond and aquarium. The clear and concise text is abundantly illustrated with underwater photography, charts and diagrams.
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McElligot's Poolby SeussISBN 0394800834 (0-394-80083-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'McElligot's Pool'Book summary:McElligot's Pool is a Seuss classic from the distant era before even The Cat In The Hat. It's a single poetic variation on the theme of adult skepticism that's no match for childhood faith and daydreaming. A small boy is fishing in the tiny, unpromising McElligot's Pool, a puddle that (as a passing farmer informs our diminutive hero) is nothing but a hole where people dispose of their junk. But the boy is all optimism: what if the pool is deeper than anyone thinks? What if it connects to an underground stream that flows under the town to the sea? Might not all sorts of fish then swim up the stream and be caught here? "I might catch an eel... (Well, I might. It depends.) A long twisting eel with a lot of strange bends. And, oddly enough, with a head at both ends!" The moral of the story is straightforward: "If I wait long enough, if I'm patient and cool,/ Who knows what I'll catch in McElligot's pool?" (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr [via]
McElligot's Pool/Audio Cassetteby SeussISBN 0394076761 (0-394-07676-1)
Hardcover, Sra
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Mediterranean Seafoodby Alan DavidsonISBN 0807109738 (0-8071-0973-8)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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Mediterranean Seafood: A Comprehensive Guide With Recipesby Alan DavidsonISBN 1580084516 (1-58008-451-6)
Softcover, Ten Speed Pr
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes: North Americaby James D. Williams, Carter Rowell GilbertISBN 0375412247 (0-375-41224-7)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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The New Marine Aquarium: Step-By-Step Setup & Stocking Guideby Michael S. Paletta, Edward Kadunc, Scott W. Michael, John GoodmanISBN 1890087521 (1-890087-52-1)
Softcover, Microcosm Ltd
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The Old Man and the Seaby Ernest HemingwayISBN 0684801221 (0-684-80122-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Old Man and the Sea'Book summary:Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honor to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such postwar stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favorite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work: "The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords." Hemingway's style, too, reverts to those superb snapshots of perception that won him his initial fame:
Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air.
If a younger Hemingway had written this novella, Santiago most likely would have towed the enormous fish back to port and posed for a triumphal photograph--just as the author delighted in doing, circa 1935. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. Returning with little more than a skeleton, he takes to his bed and, in the very last line, cements his identification with his creator: "The old man was dreaming about the lions." Perhaps there's some allegory of art and experience floating around in there somewhere--but The Old Man and the Sea was, in any case, the last great catch of Hemingway's career. --James Marcus [via]More editions of The Old Man and the Sea:
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Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0808519328 (0-8085-1932-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0020519109 (0-02-051910-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0023530006 (0-02-353000-6)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Co - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0684718057 (0-684-71805-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0023529903 (0-02-352990-3)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0684102455 (0-684-10245-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0684153637 (0-684-15363-7)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0684182270 (0-684-18227-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - The Old Man and the Sea: ISBN 0684801221 (0-684-80122-1)
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The Old Man And the Seaby HemingwayISBN 0684163268 (0-684-16326-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fishby SeussISBN 0394892240 (0-394-89224-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish'Book summary:"Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head?" Such are the profound, philosophical queries posed in this well-loved classic by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. While many rhymes in this couplet collection resemble sphinx-worthy riddles, Seuss's intention is clear: teach children to read in a way that is both entertaining and educational. It matters little that each wonderful vignette has nothing to do with the one that follows. (We move seamlessly from a one-humped Wump and Mister Gump to yellow pets called the Zeds with one hair upon their heads.) Children today will be as entranced by these ridiculous rhymes as they have been since the book's original publication in 1960--so amused and enchanted, in fact, they may not even notice they are learning to read! (Ages 4 to 8) [via]
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- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: ISBN 0394800133 (0-394-80013-3)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: ISBN 0394900138 (0-394-90013-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: ISBN 0375811648 (0-375-81164-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: ISBN 0808525255 (0-8085-2525-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: ISBN 0394892240 (0-394-89224-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: ISBN 0394800133 (0-394-80013-3)
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One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fishby Dr. SeussISBN 0375833870 (0-375-83387-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish'Book summary:Five fish-shaped beads that move across the top of this sturdy board book allow toddlers to count along as they this adorable book based on the classic Beginner Book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish! Safety-tested for children of all ages, the bright colors and interactive elements will make this a hit with little fish-lovers everywhere!
The Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection introduces the most beloved Dr. Seuss characters to the littlest of listeners. Based on Dr. Seusss signature art and rollicking rhymes, each book introduces the most popular characters of the title on which its based in a bold and simple format, which will engage babies and toddlers at each stage of development. [via]More editions of One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish:
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Pond Lifeby George S. Fichter, John L. Brooks, George K. Reid, Jonathan P. Latimer, Herbert Spencer Zim, Karen Stray Nolting, Tom Dolan, Sally D. KaicherISBN 1582381305 (1-58238-130-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pond Life'Book summary:This guide describes and illustrates, in full color, the plants and animals that live in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and wetlands. It includes surface-dwelling creatures as well as those of open water, the bottom, and the shore and tells how various animals and plants live together in a community.[via]
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The Rainbow Fishby Marcus PfisterISBN 0735812322 (0-7358-1232-2)
Hardcover, North-South Books, Incorporated
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Rainbow Fish: Finders Keepersby Marcus Pfister, J. Alison JamesISBN 1558580093 (1-55858-009-3)
Hardcover, North South Books
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Rainbow Fish: Finders Keepersby J. Alison James, Marcus PfisterISBN 1558585362 (1-55858-536-2)
Hardcover, North South Books
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Reef Coral Identification: Florida-Caribbean-Bahamasby Paul Humann, Ned DeloachISBN 1878348302 (1-878348-30-2)
Softcover, New World Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas'Book summary:You know the fishes and can identify the reef critters, but what about the animals that actually form a coral reef? Existing in an abundance of colours and intriguing shapes, these animals are worth a closer look. 530 classic photographs of living specimens and the most current scientific classifications help identify virtually every species of stony coral, gorgonian, fire coral and black coral inhabiting the tropical western Atlantic. This new 2nd edition includes a comprehensive photo-essay of coral diseases and predation and a photo gallery on coral reproduction. If you want to know more about marine plants, this book has got them, too; an appendix with descriptions and photos of 100 species of marine plants is included. Improved flexibinding with plastic covers allows book to lie flat. [via]
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- Reef Coral Identification: Florida-Caribbean-Bahamas: ISBN 1878348329 (1-878348-32-9)
Softcover, New World Pubns Inc - Reef Coral Identification: Florida-Caribbean-Bahamas: ISBN 1878348035 (1-878348-03-5)
Softcover, New World Pubns Inc - Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas: ISBN 1878348078 (1-878348-07-8)
Softcover, New World Pubns Inc - Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas: ISBN 1878348302 (1-878348-30-2)
Softcover, New World Pubns Inc
- Reef Coral Identification: Florida-Caribbean-Bahamas: ISBN 1878348329 (1-878348-32-9)
Reef Creature Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamasby Paul Humann, Ned DeloachISBN 1878348310 (1-878348-31-0)
Softcover, New World Pubns Inc
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Reef Fish Identification: Galapagosby Paul HumannISBN 1878348353 (1-878348-35-3)
Softcover, New World Pubns Inc
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Rick Stein's Taste of the Seaby Rick SteinISBN 0563387815 (0-563-38781-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Simon and Schuster Pocket Guide to Aquarium Fishesby Henry Gwynne VeversISBN 0671254510 (0-671-25451-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Simon and Schuster's Complete Guide to Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Fishesby Francesco Bianchini, Mondadori, Giuseppe Mazza, Michael K. OliverISBN 0671228099 (0-671-22809-9)
Softcover, Fireside
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Simon and Schuster's Complete Guide to Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Fishesby Giuseppe Mazza, Michael K. Oliver, Francesco BianchiniISBN 0671227076 (0-671-22707-6)
Softcover, Simon and Schuster
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Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seasby Carl SafinaISBN 0805061223 (0-8050-6122-3)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Swimmyby Leo LionniISBN 0394826205 (0-394-82620-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Swimmy'Book summary:Deep in the sea there lives a happy school of little fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . . until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends howwith ingenuity and team workthey can overcome any danger. With its graceful text and stunning artwork, this Caldecott Honor Book deserves a place on every childs shelf.
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Ten Little Fishby Audrey Wood, Bruce Robert WoodISBN 0439635691 (0-439-63569-1)
Hardcover, Blue Sky Pr
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You and Your Aquariumby Dick MillsISBN 0394729854 (0-394-72985-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Der Regenbogenfischby Marcus PfisterISBN 3314005814 (3-314-00581-4)
Hardcover, North South Books
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Regenbogenfisch, Komm Hilf Mir!by Marcus PfisterISBN 3314007167 (3-314-00716-7)
Hardcover, North South Books
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El Veijo y el Marby Ernest HemingwayISBN 0307274195 (0-307-27419-5)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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En Cuba, un viejo pescador ya en el crepúsculo de su vida, pobre y sin suerte, cansado de regresar cada día sin pesca, emprende una última y arriesgada travesía en busca de una gran pieza. Cuando al fin logra dar con ella, comienza una feroz lucha. Y el regreso a puerto, con el acoso de los elementos y los tiburones, se convierte en una última prueba. Como un rey mendigo, coronado por su imbatible dignidad, el viejo pescador culmina finalmente su destino.
En la cúspide de su maestría, Hemingway alumbró una historia en cuya sencillez vibra el clásico tema del valor ante la derrota, del triunfo personal sacado de la pérdida. El viejo y el mar lo confirmó como uno de los escritores más significativos del siglo XX, obteniendo el Premio Pulitzer y allanando su carrera hacia el Premio Nobel.More editions of El Veijo y el Mar:
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El Viejo Y El Marby Fabio Silva VallejoISBN 9583008028 (958-30-0802-8)
Softcover, Panamericana Pub Llc
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Il Vecchio E Il Mareby Ernest HemingwayISBN 8804488255 (88-04-48825-5)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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