pacific ocean

"In the clear blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, a young bottlenose dolphin and her mother travel with their pod. As they bob up to the surface and down into ocean depths, they meet all of the happily swimming creatures, big and small, who share their home in this little corner of our blue planet"--Back cover.

Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis, " a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima and discusses the heroic struggles of sailors who survived the blast to stay alive in the sea for nearly five days before help arrived.

Battle-hardened World War II sergeant Joe Enders tries to maintain a professional distance when he is assigned to, protect Ben Yahzee, a young recruit fluent in the so-far unbreakable battlefield code based on the Navajo language--mindful of the unspoken order to kill Ben rather than let him be captured by the Japanese.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a cabin boy on a whaling ship in 1819, discussing the realities of life aboard ship, the catching and processing of the whale, being shipwrecked, and coming home again.

Examines the interrelationships of animals and nature in on or near coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean, focusing on the role of sharks in the ecosystem.

"[The] authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of [one of] the worst sea disaster[s] in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial"--Provided by publisher.

Tells of the author's fight to raise awareness and solve the problem of plastic marine debris. Eriksen writes of his voyage from Los Angeles to Hawaii aboard his homemade 'junk raft,' and recounts the efforts to fight corporate influence and demand that plastics producers take responsibility. Eriksen also provides concrete, actionable solutions to reduce plastics and microplastics in the oceans.

Until today, our collective memories of World War II have lived almost exclusively in black and white. Recently re-discovered color film archival materials, assembled after years of research, offers a new perspective on everything from the war's most critical battles and key personalities to details of life on the home front to the plight of uprooted refugees.

Five Union soldiers escape the siege of Richmond by hot air balloon and are marooned on an uncharted island.

Describes the organization, structure, and deployment of the Japanese Army in the Pacific during World War II.