October 26, 2010 / Leslie

Giveaway: The Wave [Closed]

Giveaway, Nature, Non-Fiction, Science, Surfing

Thanks to Liz at Doubleday Books I have 2 copies of The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey to give away to my readers.

Click here to read my review of this fascinating and entertaining story of the waves in our oceans and the people who study them, sail them and surf them.

Description from the publisher:

The Wave by Susan Casey

In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean

Category: Non-Fiction, Surfing, Nature, Science
Publish Date: September 2010
Pages: 312

For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories—waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary was brewing in the planet’s waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea—including several that approached 100 feet.

As scientists scramble to understand this phenomenon, others view the giant waves as the ultimate challenge. These are extreme surfers who fly around the world trying to ride the ocean’s most destructive monsters. The pioneer of extreme surfing is the legendary Laird Hamilton, who, with a group of friends in Hawaii, figured out how to board suicidally large waves of 70 and 80 feet. Casey follows this unique tribe of people as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sport, a 100-foot wave.

Read an excerpt.

About The Author

SUSAN CASEY is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks. She served as creative director of Outside Magazine, where she was part of the editorial team that developed the stories behind the bestselling books Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm, as well as the 2002 movie Blue Crush. The Toronto-born Casey was also recently named Editor-in-Chief of O, the Oprah Magazine.

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