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The wave : in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the ocean

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  • Running Time: 10:26 hrs
    Narrator: Kirsten Potter
    Publisher:
    Random House Audio, 2010
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 10:26 hrs
    Narrator: Kirsten Potter
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Casey, Susan
    Contributor: Potter, Kirsten
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2010
    Summary:

    From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories--waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics ...

    Genre:
    Nature and the environment
    Subject(s): Rogue waves
    Original Publisher: New York, Random House Audio
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780307578105