title: The Beach Book: Science of the Shore
author: Carl Hobbs
description: ...interesting to anyone curious about the science of the shore. (<i>Library Journal</i>)<br /><br />...for the serious minded beachgoer... (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>)<br /><br />Fascinating phenomena  from surf beat, edge waves and beach cusps to the dunes known as barchans  bob through this crisply written guide to ecology and geology at the edge. (<i>Nature</i>)<br /><br />...offers material not only for science junkies but for anyone who loves the beach experience. (<i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i>)<br /><br />It is an easy read for those who live by the shore and want a good, simple understanding of why it's there, what is going on now, and what might happen in the future... (Andrew D. Short <i>Oceanography</i>)<br /><br />Engaging and easy to read.... This book helps readers understand the physical processes that form that shore... Highly recommended. (<i>Choice</i>)<br /><br />a good comprehensive introduction to the shore... (Judith S. Weis <i>Quarterly Review of Biology</i>)
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  # Plan of Action
  
  
  ### Lantern Beach PD, Book 5
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Christy Barritt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![River Heights](../images/00003.jpeg)
  
  
  ![River Heights](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Christy Barritt
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Complete Book List](part0003.html#2RHM0-6be919d7046e40d1895fa11a353b2453)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0004.html#3Q280-6be919d7046e40d1895fa11a353b2453)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0005.html#4OIQ0-6be919d7046e40d1895fa11a353b2453)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0006.html#5N3C0-6be919d7046e40d1895fa11a353b2453)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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