When thirty-year-old Lindsey, an English teacher from Boston whos been assigned to a tiny Japanese fishing town, is saved from drowning by a local young fisherman, shes drawn into a battle with a neighboring town that has high stakes for everyone-- especially her.

"April 1976: St Constance, a tiny Caribbean village on the island of Black Conch, at the start of the rainy season. A fisherman sings to himself in his pirogue, waiting for a catch - but attracts a sea-dweller he doesn't expect. Aycayia, a beautiful young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid, has been swimming the Caribbean Sea for centuries. And she is entranced by this man David and his song."--Publisher description.

"First-grade teacher Holly Miller enjoys a quiet, low-profile life in Hope Harbor-but all of that changes when she must advocate for a cause dear to her heart and finds herself on the opposite side of the issue from a take-charge ex-Delta Force operator turned fisherman who complicates her mission-and threatens to steal her heart"--

Hannah Smith uncovers a museum scam that is seeking contributions from her neighbors and friends in Sulfur Wells while investigating a twenty-year-old cold case. A twenty-year-old unsolved murder from Florida's pothauling days gets Hannah Smith's attention, but so does a more immediate problem. A private museum devoted solely to the state's earliest settlers and pioneers has been announced, and many of Hannah's friends and neighbors in Sulfur Wells...

"From the middle of the ocean to your dinner table, the fish you eat may have taken a long journey. This meal was made possible by one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet. Commercial fishers risk their lives to make a living and provide food for the world's population. This book helps readers gain a better understanding and appreciation for the men and women who battle severe weather and other dangers of the ocean to cast their nets out in the...

Hannah Smith, a tall, strong, formidable Florida woman, the descendant of generations of strong Florida women, all known for their resourcefulness and a touch of the wild side. Her friends, neighbors, and clients also know her as an uncommonly resourceful woman with a keen sense of justice, someone who can't be bullied, and they have taken to coming to her with their problems. She lives on the Gulf Coast just across the bay from Sanibel Island. ...

"Engaging images accompany information about deep sea fishermen. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

"Before prehistoric humans began to cultivate grain, they had three main methods of acquiring food: hunting, gathering, and fishing. Hunting and gathering are no longer economically important, having been replaced by their domesticated equivalents, ranching and farming. But fishing, humanity's last major source of food from the wild, has grown into a worldwide industry on which we have never been more dependent. In this history of fishing--not as...

"Joe, Miles, and Harry are growing up on the remote southern coast of Tasmania--a stark, untamed landscape swathed by crystal blue waters. The rhythm of their days is dictated by the natural world, and by their father's moods. Like the ocean he battles daily to make a living as a fisherman, he is wild and volatile--a hard drinker warped by a devastating secret. Unlike Joe, Harry and Miles are too young to move out, and so they attempt to stay as invisible...

Reptile specialist Schuyler Baines--"the savior of giant tortoises" and the first female director of the Charles Darwin Research Station--arrives in Galapagos full of ides and idealism. But when she becomes aware of an exploding black market that threatens to destroy the islands' fragile ecosystem, Schuyler shuts the industry down, sparking a deadly, survial-of-the-fittest conflict with native fishermen.