 | To Follow the Water: Exploring the Ocean to Discover Climate by Dallas Murphy
Buy new: $26.00 / Used from: $0.01 An entertaining, easily understood, and though-provoking read. Describes the role of the ocean in regulating climate, a topic that has been ignored in the climate change discussions.
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 | Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas by Carl Safina
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $1.88 Beautifully written. We're big fans of Dr. Safina's and appreciate his ability to paint a disturbing picture of the plight of the ocean then finding reasons for hope that it's not too late.
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 | Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival by Carl Safina
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $4.94 Another beautifully written and entertaining journey through the ocean realm.
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 | Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans by Sylvia Earle
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.13 This book changed my life. Earle is a pioneer of ocean research and a passionate advocate for a healthy ocean.
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 | Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach (6th Edition) by James W. Nybakken
Buy new: $105.30 / Used from: $89.71 One of our favorite textbooks. You'll find this one referenced throughout MarineBio.org.
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 | 50 Ways to Save the Ocean (Inner Ocean Action Guide) by David Helvarg
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $0.01 What we all need to be doing now to save the ocean.
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 | The Living Ocean: Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity by Boyce Thorne-Miller
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $0.64 Understand marine biodiversity and how and why it must be protected.
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 | The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef by Osha Gray Davidson
Buy new: $23.73 / Used from: $6.32 Learn about reef ecosystems and why they're in trouble.
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 | The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $0.01 Rachel Carson is a poet. This book is a classic no ocean lover should be without.
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 | The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson
Buy new: $12.78 / Used from: $0.37 Another beautifully written classic that vividly describes life on the seashore.
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 | Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity
Buy new: $44.95 / Used from: $54.29 A more scientific approach to marine biodiversity edited by 3 of the pioneers in the field of marine conservation biology.
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 | The Empty Ocean by Richard Ellis
Buy used from: $5.19 Understand the impact humans are having on the ocean and what we can do to prevent further decline.
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 | Marine Biology by Peter Castro
Buy used from: $37.99 Another favorite textbook and frequently used reference for MarineBio.org.
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 | Introductory Oceanography (10th Edition) by Harold V. Thurman
Buy new: $101.62 / Used from: $59.95 A great textbook for understanding the physical ocean.
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 | Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A World Handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation by Erich Hoyt
Buy new: $37.05 / Used from: $25.00 A hopeful future for whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
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 | Whale Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife (Firefly Animal Rescue) by Erich Hoyt
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $3.00 A great book for young readers (age 9 and up) describing the impact of commercial whaling on whale species and how we can protect them.
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 | Whales and Seals: Biology and Ecology by Pierre-henry Fontaine
Buy new: $26.56 / Used from: $20.50 This book is a fascinating look at the biology and ecology of whale and seal species. Not for the squeamish, the book has an abundance of color photographs depicting all aspects of whale and seal biology from morphology to anatomy, dentition, habitat, behavior etc. The photos alone make this an excellent resource, but there is also a wealth of information on whales and seals. Highly recommended!
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 | Blue Planet by DK Publishing
Buy used from: $5.38 The companion volume to MarineBio.org's all-time favorite DVD series on marine life.
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 | Jacques Cousteau: The Ocean World (Abradale) by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Buy used from: $0.59 A classic - the name says it all.
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 | Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific by Gerald Allen
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $25.98 The Reef Fish ID guides are invaluable resources during MarineBio.org expeditions
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 | Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas by Paul Humann
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $22.29 |
 | An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $0.32 See the movie. Read the book. The truth is inescapable.
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 | Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled a Climate Crisis -- And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster by Ross Gelbspan
Buy used from: $0.01 Understand the climate crisis and make changes needed to reverse it. Human health and the health of the ocean depends on it.
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 | The Blue Planet - Seas of Life Collector's Set (Parts 1-4)
Buy used from: $44.50 Beautifully filmed. You will watch these again and again.
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 | Master Guide for Underwater Digital Photography by Jack Drafahl
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $18.94 Our guide to mastering the art of underwater photography.
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 | Water Light Time by David Doubilet
Buy used from: $16.50 Inspiration.
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 | Secrets of the Ocean Realm by Michele Hall
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $0.85 Inspiration.
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