As a young boy, Harry Lee would often visit his grandmother in South Orange, N.J. Her next-door neighbor, a retired scissors maker, was a shell collector who gave the young Lee one of his shells. "I ...

There you stand before the shelf of shell books for sale. Suddenly it doesn't seem as easy as you expected to grab one off the rack and pitch it in amongst the suntan lotion and beach towels and tool ...

Despite its pretty visuals and elaborate production design, it’s fair to say this year’s live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell didn’t work so well. Despite ripping images right from Mamoru Oshii’s ...

What is a mollusk? -- What is a shell? -- Shell collecting -- Shell identification key -- The shells -- Chitons -- Bivalves -- Schaphopods -- Gastropods ...

GIFT FROM THE SEA (128 pp.)—Anne Morrow Lindbergh—Pantheon ($2.75). Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author of charming books about flying to far-off places (North to the Orient, Listen! The Wind) now has ...