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Happily Inc volume 2
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Mathias Mitchell's easy smile hides a world of hurt. After the worst kind of betrayal, he moved from Fool's Gold to Happily Inc, California with the brother he once thought was his twin. The wedding destination town supplies a steady stream of bridesmaids, perfect for his "no promises, no pain" lifestyle. Why then, can't he stop watching for his beautiful, elusive neighbour every morning on the animal preserve behind their homes? As a biologist, gamekeeper...
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In the summer of 2002, Shannon Leone Fowler, a twenty-eight-year-old marine biologist, was backpacking with her fiance and love of her life, Sean. Sean was a tall, blue-eyed, warmhearted Australian, and he and Shannon planned to return to Australia after their excursion to Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand. Their plans, however, were devastatingly derailed when a box jellyfish wrapped around Sean's leg, stinging and killing him in a matter of minutes as Shannon...
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"Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture. Humans, AIs, and animals are swept up in the machinations of governmentsand corporations in this near-future thriller about the nature of intelligence"--
9) Aquariums
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"A marine biologist finds herself stranded in the Arctic while humanity is ending. In a near future, a young French Canadian biologist is making a name for herself by recreating marine ecosystems — a process that will ultimately save them. In honour of her work, she is invited to participate in an Arctic expedition along with scientists from around the globe. While they are gone, humanity is almost entirely eliminated by a virus. Alone on the open...
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Dr. Francine Burk is offered a placement at a prestigious research institute where she can put to good use her award money. With advanced technological resources and a group of fascinating bonobos, Francine can begin to verify her subversive scientific discovery. Frankie comes to know the bonobos and further develops her groundbreaking theory with the help of her research partner, a man with a complicated past and perhaps a place in her future. And...
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Ernest Everett Just was not like other scientists of his time. He saw the whole, where others saw only parts. He noticed details others failed to see. He persisted in his research despite the discrimination and limitations imposed on him as an African American. His keen observations of sea creatures revealed new insights about egg cells and the origins of life. Through stunning illustrations and lyrical prose, this picture book presents the life and...
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Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that...
15) Fauna
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In a world ravaged by climate change, a biologist struggles to understand how her own body is changing, as well as the world around her.
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"Thirty-four-year-old marine biologist Kyra Winthrop remembers nothing about the diving accident that left her with a complex form of memory loss. With only brief flashes of the last few years of her life, her world has narrowed to a few close friendships on the island where she lives with her devoted husband, Jacob. But all is not what it seems. Kyra begins to have visions--or are they memories?--of a rocky marriage, broken promises, and cryptic...
17) The secret path
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At just twenty years old, Tara Tremain has everything: a trainee doctor, engaged to the man of her dreams-- a passionate American biology student called Alex Carter. But just when life seems perfect, Alex betrays her in the worst way possible. Ten years later, she's moved on-- with a successful career, good friends and a man who loves her. But when she's pulled back into her wealthy family's orbit for an unmissable party in the heart of Costa Rica,...
19) Deep blue
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Doc Ford novels volume 23
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On a moonless night on Sanibel Island, Florida, marine biologist Marion "Doc" Ford carefully watches a video of a hooded man executing three hostages. The man is an American working with ISIS, and in the next few days, it'll be Ford's job, as part of his shadowy second life, to make sure he never kills anybody else again.
20) Away & back
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"Hostility turns into something else between a widowed farmer and a pushy ornithologist who came to his farm to save a family of swans."--www.imdb.com.
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