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Sophie Elmhirst’s “A Marriage at Sea” chronicles the doomed aquatic adventure of a British husband and wife in 1972.

In the delightful new book, author Katherine Rundell spotlights 20 creatures in as many essays, writing of their strange ...

During the 19th century, whaling was a multi-million dollar industry in the United States involving long whale hunting ...