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        Ring of Bright Water (Ring of Bright Water, #1)
       
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        The Wind in the Willows
       
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        Dead in the Water (Kate Shugak, #3)
       
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        The Sea, the Sea
       
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        By the Shores of Silver Lake  (Little House, #5)
       
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        The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
       
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        The Blackwater Lightship
       
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        Turning
       
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        Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water
       
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        The Secret River
       
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        Pondlife: A Swimmer's Journal
       
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        Connecting the Drops: A Citizens' Guide to Protecting Water Resources
       
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        At the Water's Edge
       
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        At Swim, Two Boys
       
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        Across the River and into the Trees
       
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        A River Sutra
       
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                 3.90 avg rating — 2,536 ratings
          
         
                  
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        The Lake of Dreams
       
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        Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
       
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        Wide Sargasso Sea
       
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        Liquid Assets: The Lidos and Open Air Swimming Pools of Britain
       
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        Deforestation: Social Dynamics in Watersheds and Mountain Ecosystems
       
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        Adventures in Ocean Exploration : From the Discovery of the Titanic to the Search for Noah's Flood
       
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        The Old Man and the Sea
       
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                 3.81 avg rating — 1,289,747 ratings
          
         
                  
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        Islands in the Stream
       
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                 3.88 avg rating — 16,874 ratings
          
         
                  
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        Mudlark River: Down the Thames with a Victorian Map
       
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                 3.80 avg rating — 49 ratings
          
         
                  
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        Taking the Waters: A Swim Around Hampstead Heath
       
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                 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
          
         
                  
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        The Improbable Primate: How Water Shaped Human Evolution
       
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                 3.54 avg rating — 69 ratings
          
         
                  
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        The Light Between Oceans
       
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        Five Go Down to the Sea (Famous Five, #12)
       
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        Spring Torrents
       
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        The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
       
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                 3.82 avg rating — 157 ratings
          
         
                  
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        The Ocean at the End of the Lane
       
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        The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage Departures)
       
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        Dip: Wild Swims from the Borderlands
       
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        The Edge of the Water (Whidbey Island Saga, #2)
       
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        Swim to Me
       
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        The Beach
       
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        Deadwater Deep
       
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        Something In the Water
       
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        Hell and High Water: My Epic 900-Mile Swim from Land’s End to John O'Groats
       
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        Romancing the East: A Literary Odyssey from the Heart of Darkness to the River Kwai
       
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        Downstream: A History and Celebration of Swimming the River Thames
       
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        Secret Water (Swallows and Amazons, #8)
       
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        The River is The River
       
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        The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
       
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        The Hospital by the River
       
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        Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do
       
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        On a Cold Dark Sea
       
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        The Moon on the Water
       
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        The Shipwreck Hunter
       
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        Water in England
       
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        Deadly River: Cholera and Cover-Up in Post-Earthquake Haiti
       
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        Salt to the Sea
       
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        Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc.
       
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        Nick Of The River
       
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        Into the Water
       
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        Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
       
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        Otter Country: In Search of the Wild Otter
       
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