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	blurb[0] = "On rare occasions, a book changes the way you see something that you’ve been looking at your whole life. The ocean, far from being a homogeneous basin of water, is full of slabs, snarks, and meddies. Ebbesmeyer and Scigliano use ancient documents, lost tennis shoes, and cutting-edge science to introduce us to the exquisite complexity and deep, rhythmic patterns of the seas.";
	blurb[1] = "This is science and story telling at its very best.";
	blurb[2] = "Our global ocean has a vast, invisible artery system that sustains its life—ocean currents. Everything is connected and this book shows that we must treat our ocean with respect and not as a garbage can of civilization.";
	blurb[3] = "Original and highly entertaining. Whether figuring out the flotsam forensics of human drifters lost at sea, estimating the leech of oil spills, or delving into the mysteries of marine disasters, oceanographer Ebbesmeyer and author Scigliano make beachcombers of us all.";
	blurb[4] = "The oceanic world moves in mysterious ways. Thank God we have Curtis Ebbesmeyer, detective of the tides, to solve the riddles that wash up on shore. Show him a rubber ducky or a lost sneaker — with or without a cadaverous foot — and he’ll reveal the inner workings of the world.";


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	attrib[0] = "DENIS HAYES, Earth Day founder and President of the Bullitt Foundation";
	attrib[1] = "DAVID SUZUKI, scientist, author, environmentalist, and host of CBC TV’s The Nature of Things";
	attrib[2] = "JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU, Founder and President, Ocean Futures Society";
	attrib[3] = "BRENDA PETERSON, author, Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals";
	attrib[4] = "BRUCE BARCOTT, author of The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw";




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