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Fathoms: The World in the Whale
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Fathoms

By Rebecca Giggs ,

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Giant Squid
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Giant Squid

By Candace Fleming , Eric Rohmann (illustrator) ,

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Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
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Beyond Words

By Carl Safina ,

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Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales
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Watching Giants

By Elin Kelsey , Doc White (photographer) , Francois Gohier (photographer)

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The Lost Whale
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The Lost Whale

By Hannah Gold ,

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Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem
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Whale Fall

By Melissa Stewart , Rob Dunlavey (illustrator) ,

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The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals
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The Whale Warriors

By Peter Heller ,

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Souls in the Sea: Dolphins, Whales, and Human Destiny
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Souls in the Sea

By Scott Taylor ,

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Men and Whales
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Men and Whales

By Richard Ellis ,

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Trapped! A Whale's Rescue
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Trapped! A Whale's Rescue

By Robert Burleigh , Wendell Minor (illustrator) ,

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Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants
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Silent Thunder

By Katy Payne ,

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Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
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Spying on Whales

By Nick Pyenson ,

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When the Whales Walked: And Other Incredible Evolutionary Journeysvolume 1
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When the Whales Walked

By Dougal Dixon , Hannah Bailey (illustrator) ,

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The Ophiuchi Hotline
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The Ophiuchi Hotline

By John Varley ,

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The Blue Whale
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The Blue Whale

By Jenni Desmond ,

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The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea
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The Whale

By Philip Hoare ,

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Leviathan: Or, The Whale
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Leviathan

By Philip Hoare ,

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Wild Blue: A Natural History of the World's Largest Animal
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Wild Blue

By Dan Bortolotti ,

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The Presence of Whales: Contemporary Writings on the Whale
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The Presence of Whales

By Frank Stewart (editor) ,

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Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall
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Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall

By Lynn Brunelle , Jason Chin (illustrator) ,

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Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas
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Into Great Silence

By Eva Saulitis ,

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