<div>An intrepid scientist and her fianc&eacute;&mdash;National Geographic&#39;s 2007 Adventurers of the Year&mdash;observe the changing ocean while rowing across the Atlantic. In 2005-06, Julie Angus and her fianc&eacute; Colin rowed 10,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean&mdash;from Lisbon to Costa Rica&mdash;making Angus the first woman in the world to travel from mainland to mainland in a rowboat. The 145-day journey gave Angus, a trained biologist, a unique perspective on the ocean. The slow-moving boat became an ecosystem unto itself, attracting barnacles, dorado fish, trigger fish, turtles, sharks, whales, birds, and more, which she was able to observe and document. Angus also saw unmistakable signs of the ocean&rsquo;s devastation, with far more plastic bottles, wrappers, toys, and bags than sharks or other once-common sea life. Four cyclones, including two hurricanes, hammered the small boat so intensely that Angus and her companion weren&#39;t sure they would survive. Rowboat in a Hurricane records this amazing journey in meticulous, dramatic detail, in the process offering a personal record of an awe-inspiring ecosystem, its fascinating denizens, and the mounting threats to its existence.</div>

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<div>This Mediterranean travel memoir offers &ldquo;an engaging mix of history, food travelogue, and botany lesson . . . There is much to enjoy here&rdquo; (Library Journal). Inspired by her Syrian forebears&rsquo; intimate relationship with the olive, Julie Angus embarks on a voyage around the Mediterranean to unlock the secrets of the fruit that meant so much to them. Accompanied by her husband and their ten-month-old son, Angus collects samples from ancient trees to determine where the first olive tree originated; feasts on inky black tapenades and codfish drizzled with olive oil, among many other delights; witnesses the harvesting of olives in Greece; and visits perhaps the oldest olive tree in the world, on Crete. The result is a fascinating history and biography of this most influential and irresistible fruit. &ldquo;It is a pleasure to try to keep up with this book; like its author, it covers an enormous amount of territory.&rdquo; &mdash;Christopher Bakken, Wall Street Journal</div>

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