Product Description: Can fish only breathe underwater? Has a human ever made it to the deepest part of the ocean? Do all sharks live in oceans? Test your truth-finding skills in Lie Detector: Oceans and uncover some incredible oceans facts (and fibs) in this fun, interactive book.

Product Description: Using the same question-and-answer format of his highly successful first book Do Whales Get the Bends? marine expert Tony Rice sets out to answer another selection of general interest questions about the sea, the bounty of the life within it and the forces surrounding it...read more

Product Description: A uniquely fun Ripley’s Believe It or Not! way of looking at traditional subject matter with a Ripley's twist!From coastal waters teeming with life to the darkest oceans depths, meet amazing creatures such as the blobfish, candy flatworm, and harlequin shrimp, on every page!                                                                             Enjoy awesome facts and incredible photographs … plus extraordinary stories of the weird and wonderful from RIpley's Believe It Or Not...read more

Product Description: Using a question-and-answer format, this entertaining book addresses over 100 general interest questions about the sea, sea life, seabirds and man's relationship with the sea.Why is the sea salty?Does anything eat jellyfish?Why do whales sing?How do flying fish fly?Who owns the oceans?Inspired by questions raised while the author was a guest lecturer on cruise ships, this fascinating and informative book is a light-hearted, surprising, and entertaining read for anyone interested int he sea in its many forms...read more

An entertaining and informative collection of trivia and facts about the sea answers a host of questions about the maritime world, ranging from Why is the ocean blue? to What exactly do fish hear? and How much foam is on the sea right now?

Product Description: Why does a dinghy slid backward as we try to climb out? Why are cold seas green and warm seas blue? Why do barnacles attach themselves to boat hulls? When was the rudder invented? What have been the main steps in the evolution of sailboats? How does wind create waves?These are some of the questions asked about the sea, the sky, wind and weather, ships, sailing, navigation and the life aboard answered in Do Dolphins Ever Sleep...read more

Product Description: Covering 70 percent of the surface area of the globe, the oceans are vast, mysterious, and primal; this book tackles more than 1,000 questions on ocean life, waterspouts, whirlpools, ocean shelves, tides and quakes, ocean bottoms, navigation, famous shipwrecks, and the effects of pollution and global warming...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides miscellaneous information about oceans and the science of oceanography.

Question and answer format presents information about the world's oceans and rivers and how they were formed.

Offers an overview of oceanography, marine life, and ocean resources, answers frequently asked questions, describes seafaring careers, and provides related information. (view table of contents)

Answers such questions about the Earth's oceans as 'How deep is the ocean?', 'Why is the ocean blue?', and 'How old is the ocean floor?'

Answers common questions about the oceans and the creatures that live in them, including 'Why is the ocean blue?', 'Do whales drink seawater?', and ''What causes waves?'

Presents world records associated with water sports and craft, marine life, sea voyages and shipwrecks, and the physical aspects of oceans

Examines eight cases of ghost ships or ships that vanished under mysterious circumstances, including the Maine and the Mary Celeste