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Author Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997.

Title The human, the orchid, and the octopus : exploring and conserving our natural world / Jacques Cousteau and Susan Schiefelbein.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  333.95 COUSTEAU    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  333.95 COUSTEAU    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.95 C835    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  333.95 COU    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  333.95 C    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  333.95 COU    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  333.95 COUSTEAU    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.9516 COU    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  333.9516 COUSTEAU    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  333.95 COU    Check Shelf

Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xi, 305 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-305).
Contents The drive to explore -- Personal risk -- Public risk -- Irreplaceable water, irreplaceable air -- The holy scriptures and the environment -- Saccage -- Catch as catch can -- Science and human values -- The hot peace: nuclear weapons and nuclear energy -- Life in a billion years -- The miracle of life: the human, the orchid, and the octopus -- Epilogue: An update since the writing of this book.
Subject Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997.
Oceanographers -- France -- Biography.
Nature conservation.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Added Author Schiefelbein, Susan.
ISBN 9781596914179 hardcover
1596914173 hardcover
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