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SEX IN THE SEA by Marah J. Hardt

February 24, 2016

THE SEX LIVES OF MARINE animals, entertainingly discussed by a marine conservation ecologist. Racy stuff! B PLUS

SEX IN THE SEA : OUR INTIMATE CONNECTION WITH SEX-CHANGING FISH, ROMANTIC LOBSTERS, KINKY SQUID, AND OTHER SALTY EROTICA OF THE DEEP
St. Martin’s Press
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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WEIRD LIFE, by David Toomey

May 17, 2013

EARTH’S STRANGEST LIFEFORMS and the hunt for other “extremophiles” on land, in ocean, in space.  Fun science!

Grade: B PLUS

WEIRD LIFE: THE SEARCH FOR LIFE THAT IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN
W. W. Norton & Company
2013

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INTO GREAT SILENCE, by Eva Saulitis

March 2, 2013

TOUCHING, POETIC MEMOIR of a life spent studying a group of endangered orcas in Alaska. Vivid, impassioned.

Grade: B PLUS

INTO GREAT SILENCE: A MEMOIR OF DISCOVERY AND LOSS AMONG VANISHING ORCAS
Beacon Press
2013

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