"The Blue" is a special edition coffee table book of 200 pages. It features the work of some of the world's greatest ocean authors and underwater photographers. Take a journey of the coral gardens where colourful fish live in apparent harmony with venomous invertebrates. Realise that the lives of fish are as diverse and fascinating as those of the animals that inhabit dry land. Discover the largest inhabitants of the ocean world are, in fact, mammals. Learn that life not only survives but thrives at the North and South Poles and be fascinated by the hidden depths, a world of alien life forms and underwater volcanoes.;The master magicians who reveal this hidden universe are a celebrated group of people who wish to share their enthusiasm for the oceans and their inhabitants including, Buzz Aldrin, Jean-Michel Cousteau, David Bellamy, Sylvia Earle, Valerie Taylor, Tim Severin, Martha Holmes, Bob Halstead and Julian Partridge. The book is published in conjunction with UNESCO's IOC to celebrate our planet's oceans. The UN IOC Trust for Ocean Research receives a donation from the sale of every copy.