Fish Science

Purely by chance, renowned author Mary Summer Rain met No-Eyes, a blind Chippewa visionary who lives in a small, remote cabin in the Colorado mountains. Spirit Song the first volume in Summer Rain's No-Eyes tetralogy, introduces us to this remarkable, unforgettable woman. No-Eyes teaches her about many fascinating topics, including the history of the Chippewa people, the songs of the shaman, and the healing power of medicinal herbs.

The Myth of Race deals concisely with a wide range of topics, from how the concept of race differs in different cultures and race relations in the United States, to IQ tests and the census. It draws on scientific knowledge to topple a series of myths that pass as facts, correct false assumptions, and clarify cultural misunderstandings about the highly charged topic of race.

Justin Pitre was born and raised on his grandfather's Louisiana bayou, and he has made a promise to keep his family's prized 500-acre property safe. But across town, Big-Tex oil bigwig Tom Huff and his company have major plans to cash in on the resources that lie below the bayou.

To 10-year-old Keeper, this moon is her chance to fix all that has gone wrong...and so much has gone wrong. But she knows who can make things right again: Meggie Marie, her mermaid mother who swam away when Keeper was just three. A blue moon calls the mermaids to gather at the sandbar, and that's exactly where she is headed - in a small boat, in the middle of the night, with only her dog, BD (Best Dog), and a seagull named Captain.

After being hired to run security for a secretive team of scientific researchers attempting to travel into the future lands him in a 60’s-era version of San Francisco under control of the Chinese empire, Marine Captain Brian O’Connor has a few questions. The first one is: "When are we?” Join O’Connor and his team as they race against time to unravel a diabolical plot set to alter the future. Battling ancient empires and facing betrayals, their discovery redefines time and reality.

After the Battle of Meridian, new blood and old warriors face unforeseen challenges as one war ends in triumph and another conflict looms. Stories you'll love to hear again and stories you will hear for the first time await in a stand-alone Sacred Band anthology that follows the Stepsons where they've never been before. Tales of risk and glory, past, present and future, figure in the latest Sacred Band novelized anthology that includes the new title novella, The Fish the Fighters and the Song-girl. Tempus and his Sacred Band won the battle of their dreams, but now the time has come to count...

Archaeologist Duncan Rigby thinks he’s finally struck it rich when he discovers a trunk of legendary jewels, buried 300 years ago by exiled priests in a remote Mexican mountain range. But he’s not the only one on the trail of the famous Jesuit Treasure.… Rumors of the find have brought a wave of fortune hunters onto Baja’s southern shores - and that in turn attracts the attention of Atticus Fish, the expatriate American billionaire with a knack for getting caught up in other people’s troubles. When Rigby goes missing, Fish fires up his seaplane and enlists Baja’s infamous bootlegger, Skegs, to join him in his search.

It's the beginning of the worst knock-knock joke ever: a dead body, a pregnant vampire, and a murderous ex all show up on the same doorstep. Except this joke happens to be my life. The dead body is a "gift" from the notorious vampire serial killer. Doesn't anyone send flowers anymore? The only upside to his attention is that Nico, a one-eyed werewolf private detective, has decided to assign himself as my personal bodyguard. As if that wasn't enough, I'm also juggling a new cleaning job at a supernatural brothel and trying to hunt down a kidnapped baby.

Ocean animals' special features help them survive in all parts of their watery homes, from the deep dark depths to busy coral reefs. Learn all about the amazing adaptations of ocean animals.

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is one of the strangest creatures nature ever created. Remarkably little is known about the eel, even today. What we do know is that it’s born as a tiny willow-leaf-shaped larva in the Sargasso Sea, travels on the ocean currents toward the coasts of Europe - a journey of about 4,000 miles that takes at least two years. Upon arrival, it transforms itself into a glass eel and then into a yellow eel before it wanders up into fresh water.

The island is open for guests, and Phoebe feels like she's finally found her place, writing a novel in her new beach house. But when a local fisherman's boat washes ashore and the catch of the day is the fisherman, Phoebe and the Hadley witches are determined to make sure there's no connection to them or the island. Phoebe attempts to use her powers as a medium to consult with the newly departed for answers. But the poor soul doesn't even understand he's dead, let alone know how he met his demise.

How does the First Amendment really work? Is it a principle or a value? What is hate speech and should it always be banned? Are we free to declare our religious beliefs in the public square? What role, if any, should companies like Facebook play in policing the exchange of thoughts, ideas, and opinions? With clarity and power, Stanley Fish explores these complex questions in The First.

The lives of five fishermen are forever altered when they embark on a fishing trip together. The trip brings forth an evil that beckons them to the fulfillment of their destinies. When an evil cult attempts to use the fishermen to their own means, a powerful time traveler comes to the rescue, but only after they are first led through a trial of great suffering and despair.

I'm Paige Harper, and I'm now afraid to leave my own house. But, a girl can only hide from reality for so long. So, when my ex-husband needs my help finalizing our divorce so that he can get remarried, it just feels like another bump in the pot-hole road that is my life. There’s a minor wrinkle, though. We gotta go to Fairieland and petition Oberon - the king of the Fae himself - to make our split official. As usual, Jax has everything figured out - for himself. Nico will come along as my fake boyfriend to convince the Faerieland King that I've moved on.

In A Fish Rots from the Head Down: Exposing HPCSA Corruption—Dr. Luke Gordon describes the dysfunctional and corrupt Health Professions Council of South Africa. The HPCSA is the medical board which oversees complaints against doctors practising in South Africa. With its draconian stance on treating doctors charged with unprofessional conduct—contrary to common law principles—doctors are deemed guilty until proven innocent.

Zoom! A California sea lion makes a deep dive. Listen to learn all about these playful mammals.

Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more than 100 miles from the ocean, she pursued an improbable path that brought her to the island of Sicily. There, she took up natural history and solved the two-thousand-year-old mystery of how the argonaut octopus gets its shell. In an era when most research focused on dead specimens, Jeanne was determined to experiment on living animals. And to keep sea creatures alive for her studies, she had to invent a contraption to hold them: the aquarium.

It's almost Fish-mas in Kittentail Cove and the purrmaids can't wait for Santa Paws to arrive! When Coral's younger brother, Shrimp asks her to mail his letter to Santa Paws, Coral is happy to help! But then the day gets busy and the post office closes early and...will Santa Paws still bring presents if he doesn't get Shrimp's letter? With some help from her friends, Coral will do whatever it takes to give Shrimp the Merriest Fish-mas ever!

This third installment in the Atticus Fish series takes listeners on an unforgettable adventure through treacherous Baja California. The storied pearl beds of La Paz were long thought destroyed, but when a local fisherman discovers a handful of rare, red-tinged pearls, it could mean big bucks - and even bigger trouble - for all involved. Enter billionaire expatriate Atticus Fish, who knows he'd better act fast before all hell breaks loose.

Can you train your fish? Can you pet them? Learn more about pet fish with these fun and informative questions and answers.