Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks
10 best books like Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks (Juliet Eilperin): Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish, Swimming with Orca: My Life with New Zealand's Killer Whales, Narwhals: Arctic Whales in a Melting World, Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid, Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry, The Extreme Life of the Sea, Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World, Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons, Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption
Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
| Author | Neil Shubin |
| ISBN | 0375424474 |
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most common diseases, we have to turn to unexpected sources:...
| Author | James Prosek |
| ISBN | 0060566116 |
Tour through the life history and cultural associations of the freshwater eel, exploring its biology in streams and epic migrations in the ocean, its myth and lore, its mystery and beauty. Prosek travels the globe to tell the story of the eel--from New York to New Zealand; from Europe to Japan and the...
The inspiring stories of Dr Ingrid Visser's encounters with orca. Called orca by some, and killer whales by others, these mysterious animals have become part of Ingrid's life. She has got to know many orca by sight and calls them her friends. Her experiences with orca challenge their fearsome reputation:...
| Author | Todd McLeish |
| ISBN | 0295992646 |
Among all the large whales on Earth, the most unusual and least studied is the narwhal, the northernmost whale on the planet and the one most threatened by global warming. Narwhals thrive in the fjords and inlets of northern Canada and Greenland. These elusive whales, whose long tusks were the stuff...
| Author | Wendy Williams |
| ISBN | 0810984652 |
Kraken is the traditional name for gigantic sea monsters, and this book introduces one of the most charismatic, enigmatic, and curious inhabitants of the sea: the squid. The pages take the reader on a wild narrative ride through the world of squid science and adventure, along the way addressing some...
| Author | Christie Wilcox |
| ISBN | 0374712212 |
A thrilling tale of encounters with nature’s masters of biochemistry
From the coasts of Indonesia to the rainforests of Peru, venomous animals are everywhere—and often lurking out of sight. Humans have feared them for centuries, long considering them the assassins and pariahs of the...
| Author | Stephen R. Palumbi |
| ISBN | 1400849934 |
The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world--the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It dives into the icy Arctic and boiling hydrothermal...
Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity— personality, language, childcare—with completely different...
Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons
| Author | Gerald Durrell |
| ISBN | 0671507575 |
On this speck of volcanic soil in the middle of a vast sea, a complete, unique and peaceful world was created slowly and carefully. It waited there for hundreds of thousands of years for an annihilating invasion of voracious animals for which it was totally unprepared, a cohort of rapacious beasts led...
Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption
| Author | Ben Mezrich |
| ISBN | 1250217741 |
The fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's big bet on crypto-currency and its dazzling pay-off.
Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their...
