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Praise for A Sea Full of Turtles<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this lovingly-crafted book, Bill Streever both builds a case for optimism for the future and takes us on a grand adventure in the boat wake of Steinbeck and Ricketts. As much about the animals as our own decisions, A Sea Full of Turtles is a rare kind of honest reflection that shows us what survival can look like when we start to pay attention.\u201d\u2014Juli Berwald, author of Spineless and Life on the Rocks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you care about the plight of sea turtles and other marine life\u2014and we all ought to\u2014you will be moved by this heartfelt, intimate account. With a curious eye and a gift for prose, biologist Bill Streever weaves together strands of biology, history, and anthropology in a way that only one who spends large portions of his life on and in the ocean can do.\u201d \u2015Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows <\/em>and Super Fly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith humor, intelligence, and an infectious sense of wonder, Bill Streever’s A Sea Full of Turtles<\/em> fosters not only appreciation for the animals in its title but a fascination with the larger topic of extinction and how it might be averted. Far from being a downer about a beleaguered species, this travel and science adventure is an accessible and entertaining read that admirably avoids either excess gloom or unearned optimism. Nearly a century after John Steinbeck looked for philosophical insights in Mexican tidepools, Streever has given us a new reason to find delight and tentative hope along ever-changing shorelines.\u201d\u2015Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of Searching for Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez: A Makeshift Expedition Along Baja’s Desert Coast<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Praise for IN OCEANS DEEP by Bill Streever<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA beautifully written and thrilling exploration of humanity\u2019s place in the depths by a master interpreter who has spent a lifetime face-to-face with the shipwrecks, animals, machines, daring souls, and enduring mysteries that populate this gorgeous, hidden world.\u201d \u2013Robert Kurson, author of Shadow Divers<\/em> and Rocket Men<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Oceans Deep<\/em> combines painstaking research with narrative flair and a genuine love for the subject\u2026. It is both an education and a terrific read.\u201d -Chris Wright, journalist and author of No More World\u2019s to Conquer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBill Streever takes us on an entertaining and richly informative journey into the marine frontier. I recommend this book to anyone who may wish to be awed, and perhaps disturbed, by the depths to which humans will go to explore it.\u201d -Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExquisitely researched and written. I highly recommend In Oceans Deep<\/em>.\u201d -Jonathan White, author of Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBill Streever has written a gripping and important book about the sea, its science, and the technologies we\u2019ve invented to begin to experience it, but also about our own humanity\u2014and our future.\u201d -Juli Berwald, author of Spineless<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this homage-cum-history of human endeavor in the ocean depths, biologist, writer and diver Bill Streever brings to light a region less explored than the Moon.\u201d –Nature<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith a real knack for storytelling, Streever evocatively puts the reader in the helmets, flippers, and submersibles of sea explorers throughout history\u2026Streever crafts a book to be enjoyed by divers and general readers alike.\u201d \u2013Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUltimately, this timely and richly told story became something the author did not intend: an invaluable survey of how much damage has been done and how much we will lose if we don\u2019t protect the seas.\u201d –Booklist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA buoyant, at times thrilling, account of the deep sea experience, perfect for divers and other lovers of life beneath the waves.\u201d -Kirkus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Praise for COLD by Bill Streever<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New York Times <\/em>Bestseller
A New York Times <\/em>Notable Book
A Los Angeles Times <\/em>Book Award Finalist
A Popular Mechanics <\/em>and Library Journal <\/em>Best Book of the Year
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A \u201clove song to science and scientists, to Earth and everything that lives on and flies over and tunnels underneath it.\u201d<\/em>\u2014Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review
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\u201cOriginal and organic: it is flinty and tough-minded, with just enough humor glowing around the edges to keep you toasty and dry.\u201d<\/em><\/em>\u2014Dwight Garner, New York Times
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\u201c[Streever] demonstrates an amazing zeal for collecting cold facts\u2026His voice is so engaging and his writing so crisp.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/em>\u2014Washington Post
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\u201c[F]ascinating \u2026Streever\u2019s affection for cold offers intellectual air conditioning.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>\u2014Los Angeles Times
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Praise for HEAT by Bill Streever<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(A Nautilus Award Winner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Streever] operates in some of the same territory as Mary Roach and Bill Bryson: taking on big, serious topics, and making them entertaining without making them trivial, inserting himself into the narrative without overwhelming the material. This is a fine balancing act\u2026<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u2014San Francisco Chronicle

\u201cFrom the author of Cold, another engaging, easy-to-read, free-ranging exploration of a natural phenomenon. Streever mingles his personal adventures with heat and hot places with tidbits about early mistaken notions about heat, current events and research involving it, and narratives of those who have lived through its challenges\u2026[a] funny and factual blend of science, history and adventure.<\/em>\u201d \u2014Kirkus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“funny, matter of fact prose\u201d… \u201cIn this worthy companion to Cold, Streever is able to mix the pop science, personal experiences, and historic asides into a fun and informative commentary on a subject that few people think about despite its inherent life and death implications.<\/em>\u201d \u2014Publishers Weekly starred review.

\u201cWith engaging storytelling skill and deep scientific knowledge, Streever offers a fascinating exploration of one of the basic necessities of everyday life.\u201d<\/em> \u2014Booklist

\u201cStreever is an able guide into the flaming regions of our beleaguered evirons\u2026 a rare nature book, a pleasing mix of first-person narrative and layman science. The facts come fast and furious but are served on a platter of digestible prose.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Praise for AND SOON I HEARD A ROARING WIND by Bill Streever<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Another Nautilus Award Winner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo research the book, [Streever] didn\u2019t just study wind, he put himself at its mercy.\u201d \u2014Terry Gross, NPR\u2019s \u201cFresh Air\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStreever melds historical detail with seat-of-the-pants adventure in this portrait of a force of nature.\u201d \u2014Discover Magazine <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStreever intertwines scientific histories in terms palatable even for laymen. When the going gets technical, Streever is there with an analogy to clarify\u2026.He brings the reader an understanding of what\u2019s important [about wind, and] along the way, Streever sprinkles in surprises and makes historical connections.\u201d \u2014Seattle Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Streever approaches meteorology in a way that brings to mind John McPhee’s writings about geology, belaboring the text with no more scientific jargon than necessary\u2026.This book chronicles key discoveries in meteorology, and Streever\u2019s gale-force inquiry leads to some fascinating aside\u201d\u2014Dallas Morning News <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe wind is always changeable, whether it’s a brisk nor\u2019easter or the shifting tempests of intellectual history. And Soon I Heard Roaring Wind proves that Bill Streever is a master at navigating both.\u201d \u2014Sam Kean, author of The Disappearing Spoon <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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