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Looking for a matching gift for yourself or a friend?
Here is my selection of books and other materials you may be interested in. I am currently updating them.
You can scroll down the page, use the search facility in your browser to
search this page, or search the Amazon.com site.
And if you're looking for a gift for someone, but don't know which book to get, why not
send them a gift certificate? Gift certificates are always welcome.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. He mentions the Mariana Trench a few times and
one of my boss's friends and colleagues also ordered this book recently.
It contains all sorts of scientific tidbits.
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The Blue Planet - Seas of Life Collector's Set (Parts 1-4). Director: Alastair Fothergill.
Order it now. Not expensive.
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MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten. It features scientists and
a prehistoric "shark" the MEG.
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The Trench by Steve Alten. Part of the MEG sequel.
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MEG: Primal Waters by Steve Alten. Also part of the MEG series.
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The Core (DVD - Full Screen Edition) with Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, and Stanley Tucci.
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The Core (DVD - Widescreen Edition) with Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, and Stanley Tucci.
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Extremophiles in Deep-Sea Environments (Hardcover) by K. Horikoshi (Editor), K. Tsujii (Editor).
Whoa, you're serious. Good. That means you may also be interested in my boss's
science bookstore.
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew.
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The Geography Bee Complete Preparation Handbook: 1,001 Questions & Answers to Help You Win Again and Again! by Matthew T. Rosenberg, Jennifer E. Rosenberg, and Michael Knight.
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Debt of Honor (Jack Ryan Novels) by Tom Clancy.
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The Descent by Jeff Long.
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Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science (Casebound with OceanographyNow and InfoTrac) by Tom S. Garrison. Expensive.
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Essentials of Oceanography (7th Edition) by Harold V. Thurman and Alan P. Trujillo. Not expensive.
This Canadian book contains pages about the Mariana Trench as well (and has a picture of my boss in it).
It looks great!
Its title is "The Top 10 Most Amazing Land Formations" and the Mariana Trench is number 4.
The publisher is Rubicon Publishing in Ontario (ISBN 978-1-55448-329-7).
If you'd like to order it for your school, see this
Scholastic Canada page, please.
Below are some books that my boss is familiar with and thinks you may like. No, Oceanography
for Dummies does not exist yet. My boss (who is a marine scientist and geologist) did write an outline for it,
but it didn't fit
within the publisher's marketing strategy.
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Btw, you may want to check out the start page too!
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