The true story of Kurt Carlsen, the captain of the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise, who, in December 1951, struggled to evacuate his passengers and crew and bring the severely disabled ship back to port after high winds and waves threw the vessel over on her side.

Traces the history of the sea, describing the wide range of creatures that used to be found in the world's seas and explaining why so many have disappeared over the past few centuries.

Presents information about the world's oceans, how they were formed, their geology, tides, waves, sea life, coasts, resources provided by oceans, myths and legends about the ocean, and more.

Text and photographs explore the physical characteristics, life forms, and fragility of the world's oceans.

Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat,...

Discusses the oceans, including their shores, bottoms, currents, and relationship to man, including ocean resources.

Explores the ocean depths, sweeping tides and currents, northern inlets, coral reefs, and other aspects of the waters of the world. Includes fact boxes and suggested experiments.

Tells of Gerard d'Aboville's journey across the Pacific Ocean by rowboat from Japan to the United States.