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EMPERORS OF THE DEEP. Copyright © 2019 by William McKeever. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Names: McKeever, William, author.

    Title: Emperors of the deep : sharks — the ocean’s most mysterious, most misunderstood, and most important guardians / William McKeever.

    Description: First edition. | San Francisco : HarperOne, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references.

    Identifiers: LCCN 2018059009| ISBN 9780062880321 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780062911629 (large print) | ISBN 9780062932990 (audio) | ISBN 9780062880345 (ebook)

    Subjects: LCSH: Sharks. | Sharks—Behavior.

    Classification: LCC QL638.9 .M344 2019 | DDC 597.3—dc23

    LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059009

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Digital Edition JUNE 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-288034-5

Version 05232019

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-288032-1