“Human beings had polluted the seawater and mechanically destroyed the nearby coast; all life had paid this price. Often, in airports, on sidewalks, at restaurants, children and adults alike stop me to ask about barracuda and sharks; killer whales; the deadly sorcery of the Bermuda Triangle; the Loch Ness Monster. When I saw Le Veyron, I believed that the sea’s most monstrous force doesn’t live in Loch Ness. It lives in us.”
― The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
― The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
“On aime ce qui nous a émerveillé, et on protège ce que l'on aime.”
― The Human, the Orchid and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
― The Human, the Orchid and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
“Every explorer I have met has been driven—not coincidentally but quintessentially—by curiosity, by a single-minded, insatiable, and even jubilant need to know.”
― The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
― The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
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Freda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Freda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Business, Classics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, History, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Travel, and Young-adult
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