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The Traveller's Bookshelf
Three books for the sea.
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (1851) — the great whaling novel, which also takes in the Azores and the islanders who crewed American ships. Read it for the ocean.
The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson (1951) — a clear, lyrical natural history of the ocean. Read it for the wonder.
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh (2004) — a novel set in the Sundarbans, the tidal forests of the Bay of Bengal. Read it for the people.
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