New Releases by Susan Casey

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets “An irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and vivid, visceral prose." —Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author of The Soul of an Octopus For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What’s down there? Unable to answer this for centuries, people believed the deep was a sinister realm of fiendish creatures and deadly peril. But now, cutting-edge technologies allow scientists and explorers to dive miles beneath the surface, and we are beginning to understand this strange and exotic underworld: A place of soaring mountains, smoldering volcanoes, and valleys 7,000 feet deeper than Everest is high, where tectonic plates collide and separate, and extraordinary life forms operate under different rules. Far from a dark void, the deep is a vibrant realm that’s home to pink gelatinous predators and shimmering creatures a hundred feet long and ancient animals with glass skeletons and sharks that live for half a millennium—among countless other marvels. Susan Casey is our premiere chronicler of the aquatic world. For The Underworld she traversed the globe, joining scientists and explorers on dives to the deepest places on the planet, interviewing the marine geologists, marine biologists, and oceanographers who are searching for knowledge in this vast unseen realm. She takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of deep-sea exploration, from the myths and legends of the ancient world to storied shipwrecks we can now reach on the bottom, to the first intrepid bathysphere pilots, to the scientists who are just beginning to understand the mind-blowing complexity and ecological importance of the quadrillions of creatures who live in realms long thought to be devoid of life. Throughout this journey, she learned how vital the deep is to the future of the planet, and how urgent it is that we understand it in a time of increasing threats from climate change, industrial fishing, pollution, and the mining companies that are also exploring its depths. The Underworld is Susan Casey’s most beautiful and thrilling book yet, a gorgeous evocation of the natural world and a powerful call to arms.

A thrilling journey into the spiritual, scientific and sometimes threatened world of dolphins. Includes an 8-page photo insert, explores the extraordinary world of dolphins in an interesting and accessible format that engages as well as entertains.

New York Times-bestsellerauteur Susan Casey neemt je mee in de wijde wereld van dolfijnen. Samen met haar reis je door vele wateren, op zoek naar hun verbazingwekkende eigenschappen en hun vriendschap. Zij laat je zien wat wij mensen kunnen leren van deze mysterieuze en zeer intelligente wezens: levensvreugde, lichaamsbeheersing, gebruik van intuïtie en beïnvloeding van welzijn. Maar ze vertelt ook hoezeer het magische bestaan van deze dieren wordt bedreigd. Stemmen in de oceaan is een fantastisch verhaal over de kracht van dolfijnen en onze rol in hun bestaan. Susan Casey (1973) is expert op het gebied van dolfijnen en was hoofdredacteur van O, Oprah Magazine. Ze publiceerde artikelen in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Outside en National Geographic en heeft als journalist diverse prijzen gewonnen. Susan Casey schreef onder andere de New York Times-bestseller The Devil''s Teeth, een waargebeurd verhaal over de obsessie en het overleven met witte haaien.

From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil''s Teeth and The Wave, a breathtaking look into the mysterious world of dolphins and their conflicted history with man. Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness, sociability and intelligence seems like an aquatic mirror of mankind. In recent decades, scientists have discovered dolphins recognize themselves in reflections, count, feel despondent, adorn themselves, rescue each other (and humans), deduce, infer, form cliques, throw tantrums, gossip and scheme. Several native peoples trace their lineage to dolphins. They are the stars of multi-million dollar aquatic theme parks, money which has fueled a sinister illicit trade as shown in the documentary Blackfish. The U.S. Navy has a secret program using dolphins as undersea soldiers. The theory that they are a superior, extraterrestial species is popular among the new age fringe. They are the victims of brutal slaughters as depicted in the documentary The Cove. To swim with a dolphin is a transporting experience, an encounter with a being seemingly so like us, yet so alien. No writer is better positioned to portray these magical creatures than Susan Casey, whose combination of personal reporting, intense scientific research, and evocative prose made The Wave and The Devil''s Teeth contemporary classics of writing on the oceans. For two years Casey traveled the world, and has written a thrilling book about the other intelligent life on the planet.

When you think of the American Revolution, perhaps you envision the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere''s infamous ride, or George Washington crossing the Delaware River. But there are many other, lesser-known stories of the war that engulfed women''s lives as it did the lives of their fathers, husbands, and sons. Some women served as spies, nurses, and water carriers; some helped as fundraisers, writers, and couriers; and still others functioned as resistors, rescuers, and—surprisingly—even soldiers. Most often, their names did not make it into history books. In Women Heroes of the American Revolution, these fascinating women step into the spotlight they deserve. You''ll learn about such brave rebels as Martha Bratton, who blew up a supply of gunpowder to keep it out of the hands of approaching British troops and boldly claimed, "It was I who did it!"; 16-year-old Sybil Ludington, who rode her horse Star twice as far as the legendary Paul revere did in order to help her father, Colonel Ludington, muster his scattered troops to fight the British; and Deborah Sampson Gannett, who bound her chest, dressed as a man, enlisted in the Continental Army as Robert Shurtliff, and served undetected for three years alongside her fellow soldiers. These and 17 other inspiring stories of women and girls contributing to our nation''s independence are recounted through energetic narrative and revealing letters and documents that allow us to hear the voices of the women themselves and those who knew and admired them.

A riveting and rollicking tour-de-force about the terrifying power of nature''s most deadly phenomena — colossal waves — and the scientists and super surfers who are obsessed with them. The New York Times bestselling author of The Devil''s Teeth probes the dramatic convergence of baffling gargantuan waves that pummel oil rigs and sink massive ships, the extreme surfers willing to stare down death in order to ride them, and the marine scientists trying to unlock the physics of these waves, the climate changes that are provoking them, and what chaos they might wreak. Susan Casey explores the phenomenon of monster waves and how they have become an obsession for extreme surfers like Laird Hamilton — who serves as the author''s guide as she takes the reader into the intense, white-knuckle world of 100-foot waves.

Have you ever seen inventors on TV or in the newspaper and thought, "That could be me!" Well, it certainly could—and this book shows you how. Kids Inventing! gives you easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for turning your ideas into realities for fun, competition, and even profit. From finding an idea and creating a working model to patenting, manufacturing, and selling your invention, you get expert guidance in all the different stages of inventing. You''ll see how to keep an inventor''s log, present your ideas, and work as part of a team or with a mentor. You''ll meet inspiring kids just like you who designed their own award-winning inventions. And you''ll see how to prepare for the various state and national invention contests held each year, as well as international competitions and science fairs.

A journalist''s obsession brings her to a remote island off the California coast, home to the world''s most mysterious and fearsome predators--and the strange band of surfer-scientists who follow them Susan Casey was in her living room when she first saw the great white sharks of the Farallon Islands, their dark fins swirling around a small motorboat in a documentary. These sharks were the alphas among alphas, some longer than twenty feet, and there were too many to count; even more incredible, this congregation was taking place just twenty-seven miles off the coast of San Francisco. In a matter of months, Casey was being hoisted out of the early-winter swells on a crane, up a cliff face to the barren surface of Southeast Farallon Island-dubbed by sailors in the 1850s the "devil''s teeth." There she joined Scot Anderson and Peter Pyle, the two biologists who bunk down during shark season each fall in the island''s one habitable building, a haunted, 135-year-old house spackled with lichen and gull guano. Two days later, she got her first glimpse of the famous, terrifying jaws up close and she was instantly hooked; her fascination soon yielded to obsession-and an invitation to return for a full season. But as Casey readied herself for the eight-week stint, she had no way of preparing for what she would find among the dangerous, forgotten islands that have banished every campaign for civilization in the past two hundred years. The Devil''s Teeth is a vivid dispatch from an otherworldly outpost, a story of crossing the boundary between society and an untamed place where humans are neither wanted nor needed.

The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) was adopted at the Fourth Ministerial; Conference "Environment for Europe" in Aarhus, Denmark, on 25 June 1998, Thirty-nine countries and the European Community have since signed it. The Aarhus is a new kind of environmental agreement. It links environmental rights with human rights. The Convention focuses on the interactions between the public and public authorities in a democratic context and it is creating a new process for public participation in the negotiation and implementation of international agreements. This guide provides both a general overview and a detailed article-by-article analysis of the Convention. The guide also analyses each provision of the Convention to clarify both the fixed obligations, the obligations that allow for some flexibility, and the options for implementation in each case.

Uses short biographies of women inventors around the world to demonstrate how inventions come about.

The first survey of the popular adult entertainment phenomenon of weekend/getaway mystery fantasies, which occur at parties, resorts, on train trips, and other opportune places, providing details on how mystery fans can create their own "murder weekends".