Life, the spectacular companion volume to the new Discovery Channel/BBC series, tells a majestic and compelling story of survival and of the amazing behaviors animals and plants adopt to stay alive and pass their genes to a new generation. Beautifully written and illustrated with more than 300 high-definition color photographs, Life focuses on the most exciting examples of the millions of species to demonstrate the harrowing and very different challenges that all living things must overcome to prevail and to procreate. In 60 concise and captivating vignettes, intriguingly grouped in categories like Extraordinary Sea Creatures, Fabulous Fish, Irrepressible Plants, Hot-blooded Hunters, and Intellectual Primates, the authors provide the most up-to-date science. Each chapter parallels an episode of the television series, making the book a must-have addition to any interested viewer’s library. From the familiar to the rare―polar bears, Japanese snow macaques, monarch butterflies, and fish-catching bats, a mega-roost of 10 million fruit bats in Zambia, capuchin monkeys that use stone tools, marine life beneath and upon the ice of Antarctica, and tiny goby fish that climb Hawaiian waterfalls―this sumptuous volume brims with information and unforgettable images of the spectacular, the dangerous, and the bizarre.

Life: Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour

Science & Math

Holmes, Martha

GUNTON, Michael

Biological Sciences

University of California Press

A compelling study of the use of submarines during both World Wars looks at the experiences of submariners from all nations, describing the difficult living conditions they endured, their dangerous missions and exploits, and the toll it took.

Submarines at War: A History of Undersea Warfare

History

Asia

Basic Books

Submarine warfare not only took its combatants in World Wars I and II into the oceans' terrifying deeps, but also subjected them to crowded, unhygienic, frequently dispiriting, and incredibly hazardous conditions. Yet fear and despair among submariners were regularly countered by courage and camaraderie, and the dangers these men faced daily were no less real than the triumph they felt in victory, or simple survival. For up to two months at a stretch a submarine might be home to its officers and crew, a home which might also become a tomb. Among the combating nations in World War II, submarine warfare claimed the lives of 40,000 men. Bringing the gripping and often horrifying World War experiences of submariners to the page, this history offers more than well-researched facts and concretely detailed events. It conjures up the emotions of the servicemen and the sensations of combat, drawing extensively upon written firsthand accounts and dozens of interviews with veterans of submarine warfare. With a focus on the experiences of the officers and men—most of them in their early twenties—Submarines at War chronicles the triumphs of Allied submarines, the plights of the German U-boats, and lesser-known maneuvers of the Russians, Italians, and French.

Submarines at War: A History of Undersea Warfare from the American Revolution to the Cold War

Portsea 1896: Hampshire Sheet 83.07 (Old O.S. Maps of Hampshire)

Alan Godfrey Maps

Planet Earth III (Planet Earth, 3)

Humor & Entertainment

Television

BBC Books

In September 1776 British Admiral Lord Howe, in his 74-gun ship of the line, Eagle, was in New York port to support the forces opposing George Washington as they advanced on the city. Suddenly the sailors spotted a small egg-shaped vessel lying nearby just under the waterline. From it came another, smaller object which floated towards their ship. Wisely, they sheered off just as the object exploded, sending up a plume of water. The very first submarine-launched torpedo had gone off and made history. Hardly a rip-roaring success for its inventor, Yale graduate David Bushnell - but a foretaste of things to come. For the majority of people the world below the sea is hard to imagine and the fears and excitement of submarine warfare quite alien. The submarines of the Second World War were 200-feet long, about the size of four London underground carriages put together, and a good deal of the space was taken up by the engine and water tank. On the surface, with its deck so close to the waterline, the ship was subject to all the worst effects of wind and weather. Below the water the atmosphere was claustrophobic, and air quality soon deteriorated. This book conjures up the peculiar combination of physical hardships and the feelings of danger, excitement and camaraderie that are the submariner's lot.Drawing on written records and dozens of interviews, the author tells the history of submarine warfare, focusing mainly on the two world wars and concentrating on the experiences of officers and men who served and fought - all incredibly young - from all the leading maritime nations. The resulting tale brings those perilous days vividly to life and will appeal to submarine aficionados and general readers alike.

Dive! Dive! Dive!: submarines at war

Military

Constable And Co

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