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Book Title: Into Great Silence : a Memoir of Discovery and Loss Among Vanishing Orcas
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Beacon Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Animals / Marine Life, Ecology, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year: 2014
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Author: Eva Saulitis
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
