The fragile edge : diving and other adventures in the South Pacific Julia Whitty (Author)

By:

Whitty, Julia

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 2007Description: viii, 292 pages : maps 22 cmISBN:

9780547053721

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

578.77 WHI

Contents:

Part 1. Rangiroa. Rapture Swimming in the Bellybutton The manysided lagoon Changeover Breath control Inside the turtle's shell The Near-field/Far-field boundary Eavesdropping Big songs The king of Lake Vaihiria Impermanence The Infinity pool Inshallah Poi dogs The consorting together of dissimilar organisms It furthers one to cross the great water The lemon shark affair Grand secret. Part 2. Tuvalu. Hideaway Falling dominoes Liquid faultline Leave your values at the Front desk Little cemeteries Diving the Apocalypse Nuptials Just do it Beseeching the wind horses Sinking dragons. Part 3. Mo'orea. The churning of the ocean An ocean of silence and bliss The sleep of plants Living lanterns The clamor of true democracy The spirit of godly gamesomeness Coral noose Mother ocean Fish tamer A force like a hundred thousand wedges Gleanings Across the threshold

Summary: A mesmerizing, scientifically rich portrait of the teeming coral reefs of Rangiroa in French Polynesia and the island of Mo'orea in the South Pacific

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	CamTech Library	General Collections	578.77 WHI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Available		CamTech 001145

Part 1. Rangiroa. Rapture
Swimming in the Bellybutton
The manysided lagoon
Changeover
Breath control
Inside the turtle's shell
The Near-field/Far-field boundary
Eavesdropping
Big songs
The king of Lake Vaihiria
Impermanence
The Infinity pool
Inshallah
Poi dogs
The consorting together of dissimilar organisms
It furthers one to cross the great water
The lemon shark affair
Grand secret. Part 2. Tuvalu. Hideaway
Falling dominoes
Liquid faultline
Leave your values at the Front desk
Little cemeteries
Diving the Apocalypse
Nuptials
Just do it
Beseeching the wind horses
Sinking dragons. Part 3. Mo'orea. The churning of the ocean
An ocean of silence and bliss
The sleep of plants
Living lanterns
The clamor of true democracy
The spirit of godly gamesomeness
Coral noose
Mother ocean
Fish tamer
A force like a hundred thousand wedges
Gleanings
Across the threshold

A mesmerizing, scientifically rich portrait of the teeming coral reefs of Rangiroa in French Polynesia and the island of Mo'orea in the South Pacific

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