The Strange Sound by the Sea
The Strange Sound by the Sea

Author: Haley Stewart

Publisher: Pauline Books and Media

Published: 2023-06-08

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 0819891363

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On the shores of Lyme Regis, where G.K. Chesterton takes his holidays, a strange sound haunts the night.... The sleuthing mice of Saint Wulfhilda’s Abbey School are back for a seaside adventure in this third installment of The Sister Seraphina Mysteries! Join Sister Seraphina, Sister Alberta, Dominic, and Marigold as they investigate some mysterious happenings on their summer holiday—and learn unexpected lessons about the corporal works of mercy and the gift of imagination along the way.

Our Castle by the Sea
Our Castle by the Sea

Author: Lucy Strange

Publisher: Chicken House

Published: 2019-01-03

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1911490524

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England is at war. Growing up in a lighthouse, eleven-year old Pet's world has been one of storms, secret tunnels and stories about sea monsters. But now the clifftops are a terrifying battleground, and her family is torn apart ...

The Strangest Thing in the Sea
The Strangest Thing in the Sea

Author: Rachel Poliquin

Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd

Published: 2021-10-05

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1771389184

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A wonderfully weird book about the strangest creatures in the sea. A feathery tutu dancing through the water? A tiptoeing rock wearing a wig? Not everything is as it seems in this fascinating exploration of bizarre sea animals. Each creature is introduced with intriguing art and text, and the question, “Am I the strangest thing in the sea?” Open the gatefold, and the actual creature in its habitat and a full description appear, along with the answer: No, it’s not the strangest thing in the sea. That is, until the last creature, which is the strangest. But what could it be? What’s cooler than bizarre things that are real? Kids will want to dive right in!

Strange Sounds
Strange Sounds

Author: Mark Brend

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780879308551

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What do David Bowie, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Radiohead, The Troggs, The Human League, The Osmonds and The Beach Boys have in common? They've all used unusual musical instruments on big hit records. Strange Sounds tells the stories behind these recordings and many more. It includes some of the biggest names in pop music from the 1950s to the present, explaining and illustrating what instruments were used - their history, how they were played, how the artists came to choose them - and in the process uncovering a parallel history of pop music, one where guitars and drums make way for claviolines, ocarinas and stylophones. The accompanying CD includes demonstration recordings of many of the instruments documented, as well as incidental music composed by the author, recorded using a unique line-up of the instruments featured in the book.

Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Author: Alexander E. Gates

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0816072701

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Provides information on earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in various regions of the world, major quakes and eruptions throughout history, and geologic and scientific terms.

The Odd Sea
The Odd Sea

Author: Frederick Reiken

Publisher: Delta

Published: 1999-07-13

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0385333382

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“A haunting first novel that takes a horrifying family calamity and turns it into a form of magic.”—The New York Times On a sunny spring morning, sixteen-year-old Ethan Shumway walks down his gravel driveway, turns the bend, and vanishes without a trace. As police search for clues, Ethan's devastated family and friends—from his parents and four siblings to the older woman who was more than a teacher to Ethan—grapple for answers in the teenager's enigmatic life. As this elusive mystery slowly weaves its way into the fabric of the family, Ethan's younger brother, Philip, becomes the last, most stubborn searcher of all: a boy caught between the power and fragility of youth, between the bonds and fissures of family, searching for understanding in the unbearable presence of loss. Praise for The Odd Sea “A powerful debut novel.”—People “[An] extraordinarily good first novel . . . The story has a dark, dreamlike quality, and author Reiken tells it with no melodrama nor any word out of place.”—Time “A luminous parable about growing up, about the necessity of dealing with inevitable loss and questions that cannot be answered . . . Reiken is a smoothly seductive storyteller. He has talent for telling but not telling, for revealing only enough information to whet our appetite.”—Newsday

The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans

Author: Cynthia Barnett

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 0393651452

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A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year A stunning history of seashells and the animals that make them that "will have you marveling at nature…Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation" (John Williams, New York Times Book Review). Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom—and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.

From the Depths
From the Depths

Author: M. Ashley

Publisher: Tales of the Weird

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780712352369

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From atop the choppy waves to the choking darkness of the abyss, the seas are full of mystery and rife with tales of inexplicable events and encounters with the unknown. In this anthology we see a thrilling spread of narratives: sailors are pitched against a nightmare from the depth, invisible to the naked eye; a German U-boat commander is tormented by an impossible transmission via Morse Code; a ship ensnares itself in the kelp of the Sargasso Sea and dooms a crew of mutineers, seemingly out of revenge for her lost captain. The supernatural is set alongside the grim affairs of sailors scorned in these salt-soaked tales, recovered from obscurity for the 21st century.

The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft
The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft

Author: Gary Hill

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 184728776X

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Arguably no other author has inspired more musicians than has Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Here, for the first time, is a book documenting the music inspired by the works of this literary genius, with insights provided by the artists. The book features a foreword by H. P. Lovecraft expert S. T. Joshi and cover artwork by Joseph Vargo.