"You do not have to travel to find the sea, for the traces of its ancient stands are everywhere about."

Rachel Carson's award-winning book about the fragile oceans is a rarity ~ a scientific work accessible enough to be a bestseller, finely drawn and lyrical as the marine ecosystem itself. The book was adapted into an Academy Award-winning documentary, that despite the critical acclaim, so disappointed Rachel, she refused to sell the film rights to any more of her books.

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