New York: Taylor & Francis, (2012. second edition). Quarto, laminated boards, photographs, colour and black and white illustrations, maps. Virtually every area of research associated with sharks and their relatives has been strongly impacted by the revolutionary growth in technology. The questions we can now ask are very different than..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2008. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Part of the animal series which explores the natural and cultural history of an animal that has a prominent place in human religion, mythology and imagination. This work analyses the ways that the shark has been sensationalised in literature and..... More
London: Duckworth Overlook, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Eilperin explores the fascinating world of sharks and their interaction with humans. In this eye-opening adventure that spans the globe, Juliet Eilperin investigates the fascinating ways different individuals and cultures relate to the ocean's top predator. Along the way, she reminds us..... More
Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2012. Quarto, paperback, photographs, colour and black and white illustrations. In this book Richard Ellis sets about chronicling and debunking the myths of sharks throughout history. From 18th century art to the phenomena of Jaws, the shark has remained the indomitable aggressor of the deep, the last..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2014. Oblong format, publishers boards, photographs. Sharks engender our most primal emotion: fear. Real danger is something we seldom experience in the modern world, protected by the comforts of civilization. Yet fear is deeply inscribed at the core of our being. Jean-Marie Ghislain overcame his fear..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations, maps. This book is the first complete pictorial atlas of the world's ray fauna and includes information on many species only recently discovered by scientists while undertaking research for the book. It includes all 26 families and 633 valid named..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2009. second edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations by Lindsay Marshall, line drawings, maps. A long awaited second edition of this classic book on the cartilaginous fishes in Australia. This edition covers 323 species of sharks, rays and chimaerids, including species descriptions, full-colour illustrations, line illustrations and distribution..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Quarto, oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A contributing photographer to National Geographic, Thomas P. Peschak brings us as close as possible to sharks in the wild. Alongside the photographs, this book tells the compelling story of the natural history of sharks. Sharks have roamed..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. This book chronicles shark attacks both on Australia's fatal shores and overseas. It also records miraculous escapes - some so bizarre they defy belief, and some that display extraordinary courage in the face of extreme peril. Robert Reid interviews famous..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. Manta and devil rays are some of the most intriguing creatures in the ocean. Driven forward by powerful beats of wing-like pectoral fins, these filter feeders search the waters for prey, their horn-like head fins giving rise to..... More