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The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
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The Underworld

By Susan Casey ,

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Middle Passage
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Middle Passage

By Charles Johnson ,

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The Devil and the Dark Water
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The Devil and the Dark Water

By Stuart Turton ,

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The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed
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The Brilliant Abyss

By Helen Scales ,

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The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
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The Outlaw Ocean

By Ian Urbina ,

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Neptune's Laboratory: Fantasy, Fear, and Science at Sea
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Neptune's Laboratory

By Antony Adler ,

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Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean
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Planet Ocean

By Patricia Newman , Annie Crawley (photographer) ,

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Saltwater in the Blood: Surfing, Natural Cycles and the Sea's Power to Heal
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Saltwater in the Blood

By Easkey Britton ,

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Wave
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Wave

By Suzy Lee ,

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Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans
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Sea Change

By Sylvia Earle ,

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Seven Tears Into the Sea
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Seven Tears Into the Sea

By Terri Farley ,

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Namesake
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Namesake

By Adrienne Young ,

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Twelve Mile Bank
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Twelve Mile Bank

By Nicholas Harvey ,

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Don't Date Rosa Santos
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Don't Date Rosa Santos

By Nina Moreno ,

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The King's Coat
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The King's Coat

By Dewey Lambdin ,

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The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
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The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'

By William Hope Hodgson ,

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Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter
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Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter

By Lizzie Pook ,

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We, the Drowned
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We, the Drowned

By Carsten Jensen , Charlotte Barslund (translator) , Emma Ryder (translator)

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The Unnatural History of the Sea
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The Unnatural History of the Sea

By Callum Roberts ,

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H.M.S. Surprise
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H.M.S. Surprise

By Patrick O'Brian ,

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Dangerous Women
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Dangerous Women

By Hope Adams ,

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The Unlikely Master Genius
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The Unlikely Master Genius

By Carla Kelly ,

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The Ominous Ocean: Rogue Waves, Rip Currents and Other Dangers Along the Shoreline and in the Sea
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The Ominous Ocean

By Gary Griggs ,

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The Deep
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The Deep

By Alex Rogers ,

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Ocean
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Ocean

By Colin Butfield , David Attenborough ,

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