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A year with the seals : unlocking the secrets of the sea's most charismatic and controversial creatures / by Morris, Alexandra,author.(CARDINAL)624088; Montgomery, Sy,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)203377;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-282).Foreword / by Sy Montgomery -- Preface -- Part one: Autumn. Map of northwest Atlantic ; A seal with something to say ; The traveling seal ; The seal bounty conspiracy ; The mimic -- Part two: Winter. Why did the seal cross the road? ; The graveyard of the Atlantic ; The corkscrew seal mystery ; Scamps or scapegoats? -- Part three: Spring. Map of Puget Sound, Washington ; Blubber busters ; The fish wars ; The chase ; The seal snatcher -- Part four: Summer. Pinnipeds as prey ; Wild Cape Cod ; War and peacebuilding ; The shape-shifter -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography."It might be their large, strangely human eyes or their dog-like playfulness, but seals have long captured people's interest and affection, making them the perfect candidate for an environmental cause, as well as the subject of decades of study. Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life on the page, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate. Morris also gets to know all of the competing interests in the intense debate about the newly recovered seal populations in our coastal waters, from local fishermen whose catch is often diminished by savvy seals, to tribes who once relied on seal-hunting for food, clothing, and medicine, to seal rescue workers and biologists, to surfers and swimmers now encountering seal-hunting sharks in coastal waters. A Year with the Seals is a rare look at what happens when conservation efforts actually work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences. But it's also a gripping adventure story of a journalist determined to understand seals and our relationship with them for herself"--
Subjects: Seals (Animals); Seals (Animals); Seals (Animals);
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 20
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Legendary lighthouses [videorecording] / by Driftwood Productions,production company.(CARDINAL)326933; PBS Home Video,distributor.(CARDINAL)218235; WPSX-TV (Television station : University Park, Pa.),production company.;
"Discover the remarkably beautiful world of lighthouses in the United States, full of romance and history. Beginning in the North Atlantic, where lighthouses began in America, you'll explore the charm of Cape Cod and the Chesapeake Bay as well as the coast of Maine, where more than 60 lighthouses mark its rugged shoreline. The Western Great Lakes and South Atlantic include Lake Superior and Lake Michigan's hundred of lighthouses including the wildly beautiful and remote Isle Royal National Park as well as the dangerous shoreline that stretches from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Lands End of Key West. Then on to California and the Pacific Northwest for a program that features the lighthouses of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Big Sur as well as the wild and rugged wilderness coast of Washington and Oregon, where building lighthouses required ingenuity, courage, and strength" --Not rated.DVD, Region 1, full screen presentation, stereo.
Subjects: Educational films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Coasts; Lighthouses; Engineering;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Cod : a biography of the fish that changed the world / by Kurlansky, Mark,author.(CARDINAL)273920;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.Pt. 1. A fish tale -- pt. 2. Limits -- pt. 3. The last hunters -- A cook's tale : six centuries of cod recipes.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. 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.1200LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Literature.; Codfish; Cod fisheries.; Cooking (Codfish);
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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The last fish tale : the fate of the Atlantic and survival in Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port and most original town / by Kurlansky, Mark.(CARDINAL)273920;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Cod, Salt," and "The Big Oyster" comes the colorful story of a way of life that for hundreds of years has defined much of America's coastlines but is slowly disappearing.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Fisheries; Fishing ports;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Where should we camp next? : The best campgrounds and unique outdoor accommodations in and around national parks, seashores, monuments, and more / by Puglisi, Stephanie,author.(CARDINAL)626234; Puglisi, Jeremy,author.(CARDINAL)626224;
"With America's national parks seeing rejuvenated interest from campers, whether it's in tents, RVs, cabins, or yurts, one question continues to float around camping communities more than any other: "Where should I camp next?" Camping and RV experts Jeremy and Stephanie Puglisi are here with the answers. Where Should We Camp Next?: National Parks offers an expert but accessible guide to the best campgrounds and outdoor accommodations in and around over one hundred national parks, lakeshores, monuments, and more. The Puglisis will help you understand the different types of camping accommodations, find hidden gems across the country, and plan your family's next bucket list trip. It's time to make some memories in America's breathtaking national parks system!"--
Subjects: Guidebooks.; Camping; Family recreation; Camp sites, facilities, etc.; National parks and reserves;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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Alone / by Aboville, Gérard d'.(CARDINAL)518228;
This is the incredible story of one heroic man's battle against almost impossible odds, a tale of pain and anguish, of bravery and utter solitude, a tale that ends in his victory not only over the "enemy"--The implacable ocean - but also over himself. Gerard d'Aboville was forty-five years old when he set out on his improbable mission: to row across the Pacific Ocean, from west to east, from Japan to the United States. He had already rowed across the Atlantic, from Cape Cod to the port of Brest, France. But that had been ten years before, when he was in the prime of life. Still, the nagging challenge of the Pacific - twice as vast as the Atlantic and several times as dangerous - would not be denied. His rowboat, the Sector, was 26 feet long. The ocean was 6,200 miles wide. His watertight living compartment, a scant 31 inches high, contained a bunk, a one-burner stove, a ham radio, and a telex (both powered by solar panels). Fresh water came from two desalination pumps."I have chosen the ocean as my field of confrontation, my field of battle," writes d'Aboville, "because the ocean is reality at its toughest, its most demanding. As my weapons against this awesome power, I have human values: intelligence, experience, and the stubborn will to win."After months of meticulous and often frustrating preparations, d'Aboville set out from Choshi, Japan, in mid-July, already several weeks behind schedule. He rowed ten to twelve hours a day - an average of 7,000 strokes per day - battled headwinds that pushed him backward or made him stand still (once for a full two weeks), cyclones with 100-miles-per-hour winds, and 40-foot waves that hit him like cannonballs and sent him hurtling into troughs 30 feet deep. His boat capsized more than thirty times; once he was trapped inside his hermetic cabin, upside down, for almost two hours, with the oxygen almost depleted, before he managed to right the boat. Finally, 134 days after his departure, he came ashore at the little fishing village of Ilwaco, Washington. He was bruised and battered - and weighed thirty-seven pounds less - but truly unbowed.
Subjects: Aboville, Gérard d'; Sector (Boat);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The power of gold : Asante royal regalia from Ghana / by Walker, Roslyn A.,editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)160229; Ehrlich, Martha J.(Martha Judith),1940-contributor.(CARDINAL)835858; Geary, Christraud M.,contributor.(CARDINAL)170024; McLeod, M. D.(Malcolm D.),contributor.(CARDINAL)160655; Ross, Doran H.,contributor.(CARDINAL)135504; Dallas Museum of Art,host institution.(CARDINAL)175863;
Includes bibliographical references.This stunning volume showcases and explores a rich and varied collection of Asante royal regalia in the broader context of Asante art. The Asante Kingdom, founded around 1701 in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), was renowned for gold, the foundation of its wealth and power. For centuries they mined this metal and traded it with northerners on the Saharan caravan routes and Europeans along the Atlantic coast. The earliest examples of Asante gold were recovered from the wreck of the Whydah, a slave ship that sank off Cape Cod in 1717. The Power of Gold focuses on a dazzling array of adornments and implements used by Asante royals and officials during the 18th century to the present day-providing a deeper understanding of the history, traditions, and visual arts of the Asante people, one of the thriving cultures of West Africa. Exhibition: Dallas Museum of Art, USA (15.04.-12.08.2018).Exhibition: "The power of gold, Asante royal regalia from Ghana," Dallas Museum of Art, USA
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Art, Ashanti; Goldwork; Regalia (Insignia);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Saltwater frontier : Indians and the contest for the American coast / by Lipman, Andrew,author.(CARDINAL)815669;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-327) and index.Prologue: October 29, 2012 -- Acknowledgments -- A Not on the Text -- Introduction -- One: The Giants' Shore -- Two: Watercraft and Watermen -- Three: The Landless Borderland, 1600-1633 -- Four: Blood in the Water, 1634-1646 -- Five: Acts of Navigation, 1647-1674 -- Six: Sea Changes, 1675-1750 -- Epilogue: "What Need Is There to Speak of the Past?" -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index."Andrew Lipman's eye-opening first book is the previously untold story of how the ocean became a "frontier" between colonists and Indians. When the English and Dutch empires both tried to claim the same patch of coast between the Hudson River and Cape Cod, the sea itself became the arena of contact and conflict. During the violent European invasions, the region's Algonquian-speaking Natives were navigators, boatbuilders, fishermen, pirates, and merchants who became active players in the emergence of the Atlantic World. Drawing from a wide range of English, Dutch, and archeological sources, Lipman uncovers a new geography of Native America that incorporates seawater as well as soil. Looking past Europeans' arbitrary land boundaries, he reveals unseen links between local episodes and global events on distant shores." -- Publisher's description.
Subjects: Indians of North America;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Heart song [large print] / by Andrews, V. C.(Virginia C.),author.(CARDINAL)293532;
"Melody Logan was as alone as a solitary gull, with only the wild Atlantic wind to lift her spirits... When Melody Logan's mother died in a car accident, Melody lost the last shred of family she had ever known. She was practically a stranger to the Logans, her wealthy relatives on Cape Cod, where she now drifted on a sea of dark secrets. In the eyes of gentle Aunt Sara, Melody was a replacement for her dead daughter, while for Uncle Jacob she was a reminder of the family's shameful past. Only good-hearted Cary seemed to care, and since it was revealed that she and Cary weren't truly cousins, the affection that had always surged between them now crested in thrilling waves. But Melody knew she could never truly echo Cary's loving promises until she discovered her own buried identity. Despite Grandma Olivia's dagger-like threats, Melody sought out Belinda, a mysterious, half-crazy woman who was her real grandmother. Belinda gave Melody hope - and a glimmer of the pearls of truth she knew were hidden in the shifting Cape Cod sands. Somehow, someday, the story of her past would be her hard-won treasure, to be savored in a world of sunshine and happiness...where she truly belonged." --Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Families; Logan family (Fictitious characters : Andrews); Young women;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Heart song / by Andrews, V. C.(Virginia C.)(CARDINAL)293532; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)376993;
Childs, the handsome, successful artists she believed might be her real father. And ever since it was revealed that she and Cary weren't truly cousins, their tender affection for each other had risen and crested in thrilling waves. But Kenneth was as silent about the past as he was eager to have Melody pose nude for his new sculpture. If Melody agreed, that meant she too would have a secret to keep - even from her beloved Cary. Though Cary had pledged his love and.Confided his dream of becoming a boatbuilder, she knew she could not echo his promise until she discovered the buried truth about her past ... Deep inside, Melody had her own compass, which pointed her toward Belinda, the mysterious, half-crazy woman who was her real grandmother. Straining against the tide of the Logans' cruel legacy, Melody yearned to break free of the web of lies that had bound her family for so long. Only then would she wake up to sunshine and.Happiness, on a sparkling sea of goodness ... in a world where she truly belonged.Spirits. Forced to live in the room and wear the clothes that belonged to Laura, Cary's dead twin sister, Melody sometimes felt she had no identity at all. In the eyes of gentle Aunt Sara, Melody was a replacement for her dead daughter, but for Uncle Jacob she was a constant reminder of the family's painful past. And more than anyone, Melody was a target for Grandma Olivia's daggerlike glares and cruel commands. Luckily, Melody had a summer job working for Kenneth.When Melody Logan's beloved stepfather died, and her mother left her with his relatives on Cape Cod, Melody felt marooned. She discovered that the wealthy, tight-lipped Logans harbored dark secrets - even about Melody's own twisted history - and no one but their good-hearted son, Cary, would breathe a word about it. Then her mother died in a car accident in California, and Melody was suddenly as alone as a solitary gull, with only the wild Atlantic wind to lift her.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Young women; Families;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 26
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