Shark: Travels Through a Hidden World

A salutary and eye-opening take on the world of the shark. A creature that predates the dinosaurs, its species present in every ocean and sea, deserves such a wide-ranging book -- Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan, winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction A dream come true ... The natural history is pretty amazing * The London Review of Books * Juliet Eilperin has followed the story of sharks, and their uneasy relationship to man, across the globe; her intriguing, even-handed account is an eye-opener * Daily Telegraph *