If ever there was a book that can get you enthralled about primordial life and how inter-connected we are to nature--in particular, the ocean--this is it. A non-fiction masterpiece that reads like a science fiction thriller sprinkled with exquisite prose, Rachel's Carson's 1950 classic had me reading the chapter about the Sargasso sea over and over. I kept imagining the plants feasting on the salty calm of the Sargasso's brown weeds, achieving immortality; some possibly living for centuries and witnessing Columbus sail by.