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Georgia and the Carolinas beckon curious beachcombers with over 600 miles of wave-swept Atlantic coastline. These beaches offer more than a sandy stroll amidst stunning scenery—they are alive! As ever-changing ribbons of sand, these beaches foster unique life-forms and accept beguiling castaways from a vast marine wilderness. Mysteries abound. What is this odd creature? Why does the beach look this way? How did this strange item get here? Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas satisfies a beachcomber's curiosity within a comprehensive yet easily browsed guide covering beach processes, plants, animals, minerals, and manmade objects. The guide is written in a familiar style and is illustrated with distribution maps and over a thousand color photos.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pineapple Press; Illustrated edition (May 31, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1561644900
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1561644902
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Reviewer: Dana D.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best Beach Guide
Review: Instead of separate books on shells, fish, arthropods, plants and so forth, this volume brings it all together. Beautifully illustrated with concise and informative text. The geology and mechanics of the tidal and wave action, sand movement, and littoral zone are wonderfully explained and tied together. Anyone with a touch of scientific curiosity about the beach ecologic system will find this a handy guide and satisfying read. Finding a beach book that deals with a single location is rare. The three states covered in this volume are sufficiently similar to be covered in depth in a manageable single volume.

Reviewer: K. Rush
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Awesome guide and great gift for kids!
Review: Such a great book! We live in Hilton Head and this was a great birthday gift for my 6 year old who loves exploring our beaches and learning about where we live. I consider some other more kid-centered beach guide books but they were all super basic and not terribly detailed. This one isn’t necessarily designed for kids, but it still works great because we read through it as a family and I think my kids will use it for years. It includes pictures and has so many great details about our specific ecosystem and I love this book as much as my kiddos! We keep it in the car and thumb through it all the time.

Reviewer: Tova R.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Six start! A treasure trove of help-full info!
Review: When you purchase a book online you just never know what you'll get. What a sweet surprise this book is! Not only is it opening my eyes beyond what I can see of the abundant life on the seashore, it's preparing me for my move to the coast and helping to know, in part, what to expect with weather, erosion, etc. I now know why some of the live oaks look like they do (salt pruning). The pictures are colorful and big. Fantastic book. Well done!

Reviewer: TOWGunner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for beach lovers.
Review: Full of practical knowledge for those who love the beach. Good for kids.

Reviewer: geekfish
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great quick reference
Review: Fun and informative book full of great pictures and facts about the coastal environment and the myriad of things that you may find along the shore. We always take it along with us on our beach vacations each year.

Reviewer: Nazzir S
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I thought it was supposed to be new?
Review: I got the book on time and also made sure that the inside was in good a condition( which it was), but the cover has wear on it which makes me think this was used.

Reviewer: Dpatrick
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Such a gem!
Review: This book is a must have if you live in Coastal Georgia! So much information and beautiful pictures!

Reviewer: stevew
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A beautiful and really useful guidebook
Review: If you carry only one book on Coastal Georgia's plant and animal life, this can be it. Extremely comprehensive for identification and comparison, you will find chapters covering everything from what you can find in tide pools, or attached to pier pilings, or creepy crawling in the sand or tidal mud. Great color pictures help identify the large variety of shore and sea birds, mollusks, shells, plants, and strange things. The book opens with a large chapter describing in photos and text many things you never noticed about the beach and it's important features. Could only wish that it was spiral bound making it easier to use.

Reviewer: Janice Campbell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This is a wonderful book. A must-have for anybody who loves the beach.