for the debasement of science. Subjects entertained: trichromatic theory of light, the little amoeba''s remarkable inherent abilities, ultimate barrier of any new species or lasting hybrids, how the whale accomplishes the miracle of navigating the great oceans, black holes, differential rotation of sunspots, ring material of the fast-spinning planets, and the Great Red Spot. If you loved Star Trek and Star Wars, you will be fascinated by this extraordinary adventure into space and time.  (less)

do humans. In this moving and inspirational new audiobook, Blanchard explains how using the techniques of animal trainers -- specifically those responsible for the killer whales of SeaWorld -- can supercharge your effectiveness at work and at home. P When gruff business manager and family man Wes Kingsley visited SeaWorld, he marveled at the ability of the trainers to lead huge killer whales in performing acrobatic leaps and dives. Later, talking to the chief trainer, he learned their techniques of building trust, accentuating the positive, and redirecting negative behavior -- all of which make these extraordinary performances possible. Kingsley took a hard look at his own often accusatory management style and recognized how some of his shortcomings as a manager, spouse, and father actually diminish trust and damage relationships. He began to see the difference between GOTcha (catching people doing things wrong) and Whale Done! (catching people doing things right). P In IWhale Done!,/I Ken Blanchard shows how positive reinforcement and redirection can help increase productivity. These techniques are remarkably easy to master and can be applied equally well at home, allowing listeners to become better parents and more committed spouses and have happier personal lives.  (less)

poster, this map contains information about how commercial whaling has decimated the populations of these magnificent mammals and the actions being taken to protect them. The 1976 Great Whales, Migration and Range map features Shaded areas distinguishing the home waters of six species of the great whales Arrows indicating seasonal migration paths Information on the range, population and migratory habits of the six species of great whales Information on the countries that engage in whale hunting Shore whaling stations Floating factories catch and quota for 1975 and 1976 Notes on tagging whales, whale watching, and moreCoverage Area World  (less)

babies with mother's milk, just as humans do. This book describes the unique features, habits, and lifestyles of a variety of cetaceans, including bottlenose dolphins, spotted dolphins, river dolphins, porpoises, sperm whales, orcas (killer whales), narwhals, pilot whales, belugas, blue whales, humpback whales, right whales, gray whales, and fin whales.  (less)

explosives.brbrThree thousand miles away across the Atlantic Ocean the peaceful seaport of Goodwill, Maine, is getting ready for its annual summer festival, Founders Day. Tourists and locals alike are in carnival mood. But all is not right — freak swells strike the coast, corpses are washed from cemeteries, the whales disappear from the sea. A convoy of surfers arrive: their network tells them something big is going to happen in this town any day now, and they want part of the action.brMeanwhile the islanders have braved the ash clouds and packed their explosives into a fault line.brbrToday half their island will crash into the sea.brbrThree thousand miles of ocean will not save Goodwill from what happens next.  (less)

amid fields of sweet peas and wild fruit vines and red pear trees, coil and weave around each other, right up to the present. Young Isaac Hadley is more interested in his pet blackbird and the star charts in The Practical Navigator than in helping to build the house; and Violet, a century later, with her stained face and her own ghostly bird, reads the same book, and finds that it's easy enough to trick a learned man, though harder to catch one...Larkin Howard is ready to sell his soul to buy the farm, but meets a woman who hears the whales cry on the beach; while in another century the young Farrell boy sees more than he should on a snowy night...and the pond out back is still dark and unforgiving beneath its deceptively golden lilies. By the 1950s, the farmhouse is part of a community of steady men and wayward boys, and women who make jam but still feel the ghostly breath of Cora Hadley, with her green fingers. As a second century draws to a close and summer visitors from the cities take over the countryside, the house can barely hold all its ghosts, but the tragedies are not over...With a sense of place that is uncanny, and vividly real characters whose lives don't run smooth and whose stories loop together across space and time, this is a remarkable, haunting and accomplished work from a favourite novelist.  (less)