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Product Description: From bodysurfing in Central American war zones, diving barrier reefs with his tragically fated love, Nancy, or being bumped by a whale off Antarctica, David Helvarg has lived a life often as endangered as the ocean he now works to protect...read more
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9780312567064 | Thomas Dunne Books, May 11, 2010, cover price $25.99 | About this edition: From bodysurfing in Central American war zones, diving barrier reefs with his tragically fated love, Nancy, or being bumped by a whale off Antarctica, David Helvarg has lived a life often as endangered as the ocean he now works to protect.

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Product Description: The Extraordinary Story Of The U.S. Coast GuardSince its inception more than 200 years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over 1.1 million people. Yet, despite having more than fifty thousand active and reserve members, most of us know very little about this often neglected but crucial branch of the U...read more
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9780312363727 | 1 edition (Thomas Dunne Books, May 12, 2009), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Since its founding more than two hundred years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over a million people.

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9780312628147 | 1 edition (Griffin, May 11, 2010), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: The Extraordinary Story Of The U.

Miscellaneous:

9781429989534 | 1 edition (Thomas Dunne Books, May 11, 2010), cover price $9.99

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Product Description: In this compelling book, which Bill McKibben calls “the most comprehensive account available of the state of our nation’s oceans, and the best reporting on how they got that way,” veteran journalist David Helvarg fuses his passion for the sea and his reportorial savvy into a panoramic chronicle of America’s maritime history and the challenges that our coastal and marine environments face today...read more
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9781578051571 | 2 edition (Sierra Club Books, April 1, 2006), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In this compelling book, which Bill McKibben calls “the most comprehensive account available of the state of our nation’s oceans, and the best reporting on how they got that way,” veteran journalist David Helvarg fuses his passion for the sea and his reportorial savvy into a panoramic chronicle of America’s maritime history and the challenges that our coastal and marine environments face today.

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Presents a range of practical and easily implemented actions that can be taken by everyday people to help protect and conserve the planet's oceans, from choosing and avoiding fish varieties and vacationing with awareness to protecting local water tables and supporting local marine education. Original.
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9781930722668 | New World Library, March 28, 2006, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents a range of practical and easily implemented actions that can be taken by everyday people to help protect and conserve the planet's oceans, from choosing and avoiding fish varieties and vacationing with awareness to protecting local water tables and supporting local marine education.

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Product Description: A new environmental movement is emerging to help combat threats to America's oceans and coasts, with hundreds of local and regional groups as well as dozens of national and international organizations being formed. The Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide represents a comprehensive guide to this new "Blue Movement...read more
By David Helvarg (editor)
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9781559638593 | Island Pr, June 20, 2005, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: A new environmental movement is emerging to help combat threats to America's oceans and coasts, with hundreds of local and regional groups as well as dozens of national and international organizations being formed.

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Product Description: A new environmental movement is emerging to help combat threats to America's oceans and coasts, with hundreds of local and regional groups as well as dozens of national and international organizations being formed. The Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide represents a comprehensive guide to this new "Blue Movement...read more
By David Helvarg (editor)
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9781559638616 | Island Pr, June 20, 2005, cover price $48.00 | About this edition: A new environmental movement is emerging to help combat threats to America's oceans and coasts, with hundreds of local and regional groups as well as dozens of national and international organizations being formed.

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9781555663285 | Rev upd edition (Johnson Books, May 1, 2004), cover price $19.00

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Product Description: For an increasing number of people, global warming is not an academic and scientific debate, but a matter of survival. As the planet warms at a rate of four degrees Fahrenheit per century, violent storms are increasing in frequency, icebergs are melting, sea level is rising, species are losing their habitats, and temperature records are being broken...read more
By Sally Deneen (contributor), Ross Gelbspan (contributor), David Helvarg (contributor), Mark Hertsgaard (contributor), Orna Izakson (contributor) and Jim Motavalli (editor)
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9780415946551 | Routledge, March 1, 2004, cover price $150.00 | About this edition: For an increasing number of people, global warming is not an academic and scientific debate, but a matter of survival.

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9780415946568 | Routledge, March 1, 2004, cover price $42.95 | About this edition: For an increasing number of people, global warming is not an academic and scientific debate, but a matter of survival.

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An account of America's oceans and ocean politics explores the impact of history, commerce, and policy on marine life, covering such topics as killer algae, hurricanes, and oil spills while arguing for sensible policies that can halt industrial destruction. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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9780716737155, titled "The Blue Frontier: Saving America's Living Seas" | W H Freeman & Co, April 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Oceans cover over 71% of the earth’s surface, absorb far greater amounts of carbon dioxide than rain forests, and exert a powerful control over climate, clouds, and weather.

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9780805071351 | 2 reprint edition (Owl Books, May 1, 2002), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: An account of America's oceans and ocean politics explores the impact of history, commerce, and policy on marine life, covering such topics as killer algae, hurricanes, and oil spills while arguing for sensible policies that can halt industrial destruction.

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Discusses the increasingly violent methods used by anti-environmental groups such as the 'Wise Use Movement' and the failure of the law-enforcement establishement to address the problem
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9780871564597, titled "The War Against the Greens: The "Wise-Use" Movement, the New Right, and Anti-Environmental Violence" | Sierra Club Books, October 1, 1994, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Discusses the increasingly violent methods used by anti-environmental groups such as the 'Wise Use Movement' and the failure of the law-enforcement establishement to address the problem

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9780871569073, titled "The War Against the Greens: The "Wise-Use" Movement, the New Right, and Anti-Environmental Violence" | Sierra Club Books, April 1, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Discusses the increasingly violent methods used by anti-environmental groups such as the 'Wise Use Movement' and the failure of the law-enforcement establishement to address the problem

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