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Eternal Wind by Sergei Zhemaitis

  The Eternal Wind is a science-fiction story about people of the not-too-distant future. The setting is an island float in the Indian Ocean, a biostation and a scientific centre for the biological research of ocean life. The main characters … Continue reading

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The Origin Of Continents And Ocean Basins by M. V. Muratov

Professor Mikhail Muratov, P.Sc., Corr. Mem. USSR Acad. Sci., is Head of the Chair of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Moscow Institute of Geological Prospecting. He is the winner of State and Lenin Prizes. This book deals with the origin, structure, … Continue reading

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Wondrous Ships – Sakharnov

In this post, we will see the book Wondrous Ships by Svyatoslav Sakharnov. About the book Ships ply the seven sea. They puff and chug, and the waves slap against their sides as they hurry on their different ways. One … Continue reading

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Adventures Of Captain Wrungel by Andrei Nekrasov

In this post, we will see the book Adventures Of Captain Wrungel by Andrei Nekrasov. About the book A story book for children about a Captain Wrungels adventurous voyage in the sea. The episodes of Captain and his crew are … Continue reading

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A Planet of Riddles – Novikov

In this post, we will see the book A Planet of Riddles by E. Novikov. About the book (from the back cover): This book is about our planet, the Earth we know so well. But is it then a planet of riddles? … Continue reading

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The Riddles of Three Oceans – Kondratov

We now come to a book titled The Riddles of Three Oceans by Alexander Kondratov. As the title suggests the book is about mysteries which are scattered throughout the three major oceans, namely, Atlantic, Pacific and the Indian. In this … Continue reading

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