New Books - from SF Ocean Film Festival

The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival donated several books about the seas and marine conservation to the library this week, including:

David Helvarg's 50 Ways to Save the Ocean - a practical guide to the daily choices we can make to help restore and preserve the seas,

Jon Bowermaster's Descending the Dragon - his account of his 800-mile sea kayak expedition along the northern coast of Vietnam, and

Douglas Whynott's Giant Bluefin - an account of the New England bluefin tuna harpoon fishery, a fish greatly prized in Japan for sushi and sashimi.

Also: Stephen Harrigan's Water and Light, David Mercy's Berserk: My Voyage to the Antarctic in a Twenty-Seven-Foot Sailboat, Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers, and John Long's The Big Drop.

Be sure to check out their website for information about their film festival coming up this February 19 to 22 with over 35 documentary, fictional, and animated films from around the world. Thank you SF Ocean Film Festival.