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Review: Eels 1

Review: Eels

By Pieter Hartsook / December 6, 2010 / 0 Comments
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Eels by James Prosek My rating: 4 of 5 stars I just finished reading “Eels”. This book is on the order of Rachael Carson’s Silent Spring about the decline (populations are down about 90% in the last 20 years!) of an important but mysterious global species of fish (yes, eels are fish), and the natural history and cultural significance of eels around the world from New Zealand to New England. Did you know… eels are one […]

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Review: The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean 3

Review: The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

By Pieter Hartsook / November 10, 2010 / 0 Comments
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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey My rating: 4 of 5 stars A well researched and interesting account of 100-foot waves, the big ones that are expected and provide an “Everest” for tow-surfers to climb and ride — and the unexpected ones that come out of nowhere in a storm to sink giant supertankers in less than a minute or tsunamis that wipe out whole […]

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