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Books, CDs and DVDs About Diving
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Call to Adventure
Hillary Hauser
Hauser, a diver, writes both of her own adventures and those of other adventurers, particularly underwater explorers such as Jacques Cousteau and Sylvia Earle.
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Scuba Divers Sign Language Manual
James P. Smith, Smith Lee Ann
This book expands standard "emergency signs" through the use of signs adapted from the hearing impaired. The signs are easy to learn, to use, and to understand. They will make diving safer and a more enjoyable experience.
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Scuba Diving Explained : Questions and Answers on Physiology and Medical Aspects of Scuba Diving
Lawrence Martin
"Scuba Diving Explained" is written for a general audience, non-specialists with an interest in the sport. Anyone who has taken the basic certification course, or who is interested in becoming certified, should be interested in the book. It answers questions on physiology and medical aspects of diving that are raised all the time. It comes with photos and figures, many anecdotes about diving, and several appendices. The author is a pulmonary medicine physician and recreational scuba diver.
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The Fireside Diver - An Anthology of Underwater Adventure
Bonnie J. Cardone (editor)
Many of the world's best known divers share their experiences in this collection of stories of memorable underwater adventures. Encounters with whales, sharks, and giant squid; dives to the USS Monitor and into sunken mine shafts; and unusual situations of all kinds serve as settings for these entertaining tales, where the unexpected is common.
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The Oceans
Ellen J. Prager, Sylvia A. Earle
"The Oceans" explains how the study of oceans is more than just oceanography - it is an intertwined science that must deal with everything from plate tectonics to climate to air pressure to wildlife biology to paleontology, among other scientific disciplines. Prager and Earle offer readers an exciting, yet authoritative, exploration of the oceans from their origins to the complicated issues surrounding the harvesting of energy and food from depleted ocean sources.
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Diving Cozumel
Steve Rosenberg
This guide covers in detail 30 of the best dive sites of Cozumel - both shore and boat dives. For the primary sites, a cross-section diagram is provided which shows the bottom profile and depths of various points of interest. Also included is a chapter on interesting and unusual marine life.
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Diving Southeast Asia - A Guide to the Best Dive Sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
Kal Muller, Fiona Nichols, Heneage Mitchell, John Williams
"Diving Southeast Asia" presents the best diving spots in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Each site is covered in great detail with maps, colour photos and a full description of dive spots and dive facilities. An up-to-date Practicalities section with essential information on prices, accommodation, transport and the best times to visit makes this Periplus Action Guide indispensable for all divers who visit the region.
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Islands of Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Hugh Finlay
This guide contains a 24-page, full-colour marine life section; 48 maps, including all the resort islands; where to stay - from the best resorts to camping on your own tropical island; detailed guide to diving and snorkelling, and all the other reef activities; transport options from helicopter to high-speed catamaran.
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Sportduikersgids Zeeland
John Neuschwander
Dutch book on the underwaterworld in the province of Zeeland and the Oostvoornse meer.
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The Dive Sites of the Red Sea - Comprehensive Coverage of Diving and Snorkelling
Guy Buckles
"The Dive Sites of the Red Sea" is an indispensable guide for divers and snorkellers of all levels of qualification and experience. Enhanced by magnificent full-colour photographs, this practical book offers detailed information on the best places to witness the wonders of the underwater realm and gives comprehensive coverage of the dive sites of one of the world's most exciting dive areas.
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The Red Sea Dive Guide
Andrea Ghisotti, Alessandro Carletti, Hanan Golombek
Abbeville's new, comprehensive scuba diving guides offer the most important, up-to-date diving and travel advice necessary to make every scuba diving experience an unforgettable one. Written by leading diving authorities, each guide combines the best in underwater photography, detailed three-dimensional diagrams, and practical information pertinent to a particular diving spot. The guide concludes with an outstanding visual dictionary of the fish most common to the area. Full colour throughout.
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The DAN Emergency Handbook
John Lippmann, Stan Bugg
A guide for the indentification of and first aid for scuba diving injuries.
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Venomous & Toxic Marine Life of the World
Patricia Cunningham, Paul Goetz
This book shows you how to best avoid and (if necessary) treat those stings, bites, and punctures from marine life encounters of the worst kind.
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Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean: Including the Red Sea
Ewald Lieske, Robert F. Myers
If you're a scuba-diving or tropical-fish enthusiast, you'll want this well-illustrated, comprehensive guide to the reef fishes of the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific, where creatures with lime skeletons form giant underwater structures. No coral reef is quite like the next, but most abound in life. Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers catalog 2,074 fish species, each with a colour plate, description, and notes on range and ecology. Bigeyes, snooks, stargazers, sweetlips: the names are a song, and this compendium makes a wonderful symphony.
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Trucs op het rif - Camouflage, misleiding en samenwerking
Peter Nahke
Dutch book about the reef ecosystem.
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Whales & Dolphins
Mark Carwardine
A beautifully illustrated guide to every species of whale, dolphin and porpoise. Covers their identification, evolution, biology, behaviour, reproduction and social lives. Includes tips on how and where to watch whales, dolphins and porpoises, and information on their conservation.
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Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas, including Marine Plants
Paul Humann, Ned Deloach
You know the fish, you know the creatures, but what about the animals that actually form a coral reef? Only classified in the animal kingdom since 1753, corals come in myriad colours and shapes. 375 colour photographs display stony corals, gorgonians, fire coral and black corals. If you want to know more about marine plants: an appendix includes over 100 photographs of marine algae.
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Reef Creature Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas
Paul Humann, Ned Deloach
The most frequently asked question in diving: "What the h--- is that thing?!?!" This is the book with the answers - crabs, lobsters, jellies, worms, shrimp, sponges, mollusks and more: 478 colour photographs illustrate the most common marine invertebrates sighted by divers.
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Reef Fish Behavior: Florida Caribbean Bahamas
Ned Deloach, Paul Humann
This guide offers an overview of what is presently known about the behaviour and ecology of reef fishes inhabiting the waters of Florida, the Caribbean and Bahamas. Readers not only learn about the nature of the fishes sighted on every reef dive, but also learn when and where to observe many of the most dramatic behaviours. Chapters include reproduction, life cycles, feeding, colours, camouflage, symbiosis, cleaning, senses, sound communication, marine life management and 15 fish family profiles.
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Reef Fish Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas
Paul Humann, Ned Deloach
In this guide, marine species are grouped by twelve families. Entries contain information on size, depth, range, habitat, behaviour, and reaction to divers. Included are fish species found in marine habitats neighbouring the reef, such as coral caves and sand flats, and temperate water species from central and northeast Florida.
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Beneath the North Atlantic
Jonathan Bird
This book explores the marine life of the Atlantic coast of America in excellent colour photographs and text. The book is a coffee-table introduction to the cold Atlantic waters rather than a comprehensive identification guide and academic text. However, there are lots of interesting snippets of information.
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Great Shark Writings
Valerie Taylor (editor)
This book includes the adventures and discoveries of scientists like William Beebe and Eugenie Clark, personal experiences of survivors of shark encounters, legends from Polynesia and the Indian Sea, shark-fishing stories, and tales of adventure from other parts of the world. The observations and personal encounters collected here will enthrall readers time and time again.
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Great White Shark
Richard Ellis, e.a.
This book provides an account for general readers of everything that is known about the great white shark, the most feared creature in the world's oceans. It is based on research into the scientific literature and lore of this superbly adapted predator, on analysis of historical records, and on the most up-to-date information.
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Shadows in the Sea: The Sharks, Skates, and Rays
Thomas B. Allen
"Shadows in the Sea" begins with a strangely entertaining compendium of shark attacks on humans over the centuries; it then goes on to describe the ways in which scientists have attempted to understand the ways of sharks and their selachian kin, the skates and rays; looks at the place of the shark in the world's folklore and cuisine; and examines the commercial shark-fishing industry.
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Sharks
Dr Geoffrey W. Potts
The only true pocket-sized guide to the world's sharks and rays. Describes 240 species, including the Great White, hammerheads, sawfish and stingrays. Each species is illustrated in full colour, and information is given on food, breeding, distribution and which species are dangerous to humans.
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Sharks and Rays of Australia
Kelvin Aitken
This book has been written with the amateur naturalist in mind. Information is organized simply, with individual species or group entries describing key characteristics, such as where they are found, food requirements and behavioural habits. Each entry is accompanied by a colour photograph and, where appropriate, distribution maps. In addition, fact panels interspersed throughout the text highlight surprising snippets of information.
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The Encyclopedia of Sharks
Steve Parker, Jane Parker
With full-colour photographs on every page plus maps and illustrations, "The Encyclopedia of Sharks" documents every aspect of these beautiful animals, the myths and legends that surround them, the threat that we as humans pose to them, and how the species has evolved. The dynamic and authoritative text includes information on: anatomy and physiology; reproduction, courtship and mating; how they hunt; what they eat; migration routes; their extraordinary senses and skills; their struggle to survive; shark conservation efforts.
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The Shark Almanac
Thomas B. Allen
Thomas Allen takes us through the evolution of the shark, its folklore, its commercial uses, and gives us a detailed look at shark attacks - where they happen, why, and how to protect yourself from them. He describes over one hundred shark species - their behaviour, appearance, size, and distribution - and provides helpful scientific illustrations. With over twenty-five colour photographs of familiar and unusual sharks, interesting and fact-filled sidebars, and useful appendixes, "The Shark Almanac" is a comprehensive overview and the perfect book for anyone interested in these fascinating creatures.
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Cayman Cowboys
Eric Douglas
Diving in Grand Cayman, magazine photographer Mike Scott notices a series of unusual occurrences including the death of a girl, the protest of a new development, and the systematic destruction of coral reefs. It all comes together when armed men warn him away from a dive site.
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Down Time: Great Writers on Diving
Ed Kittrell (editor)
A book illustrating the joys and highs of diving to anyone, divers and non-divers alike. There is something for everyone in here: shark encounters, cave diving, scary stories, funny stories and delightful poems are just a sample of what lay in store for the readers of "Down Time".
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Down to a Sunless Sea: A Tiller Galloway Thriller
David Poyer
In this fourth novel featuring diver Tiller Galloway, author David Poyer has written some of the most exciting underwater action scenes in recent fiction. After Tiller agrees to temporarily take over the scuba business of a Vietnam buddy who has died in a diving accident, he begins to suspect that his friend's death was not so accidental.
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The Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths
Bernie Chowdhury, Homer Hickam
The true story of Chris and Chrissy Rouse, an experienced father-and-son scuba diving team, who hoped to achieve widespread recognition for their outstanding but controversial diving skills. Obsessed and ambitious, they sought to solve the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented World War II German U-boat that lay under 230 feet of water, only a half-day's mission from New York Harbor. They paid the ultimate price in their quest for fame.
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Thief of the Deep: A Novel
Jon Coon
"Thief of the Deep" is an action-packed adventure story featuring high-tech diving, CIA operatives, drug smugglers, murderers and sunken treasures. In writing this book, Coon has drawn on his experiences as a Navy medic, commercial diver specializing in underwater demolitions, diving safety and training officer for NASA, and seminary graduate.
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Adventure in Aquatas
Gaby Goldsack
An interactive book containing the story of two kids who run into a long-lost underwater civilization.
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Dive: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier
Sylvia A. Earle
In an underwater adventure not to be missed, Earle recounts her lifelong love of the ocean and the world beneath the sea. Every adventure is accompanied by striking full-colour photos of Earle, the submersibles, and the incredible sea life found around the world.
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Scuba Diving - To the Extreme - Off the Wall
Sigmund Brouwer
Ian Hill spends his Florida summers helping his uncle run a dive shop. But just when he thinks it's going to be another boring summer hehind the counter, Ian hears that a recent storm has uncovered a pirate shipwreck hidden for years on the ocean floor. Soon Ian's slow summer at the scuba shop turns into a diver's nightmare.
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Wes Anderson
Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew - Team Zissou - set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive - possibly non-existent - Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot, who may or may not be Zissou's son (Owen Wilson), a beautiful journalist (Cate Blanchett) assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and his estranged wife and co-producer, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy.
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Blue Planet
David Attenborough
An eight-part series on the world's oceans, exploring every aspect of marine ecosystems, from coastal marshes to deep-sea trenches and from polar waters to tropical reefs. A brilliant series, very educational, with spectacular camera work and unique footage.
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Finding Nemo
Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
On the way to his first day at school a little clown fish called Nemo is taken from the ocean by a scuba diver. He is placed in an aquarium in a dentist's office with lots of other fish. Marlin, his over-protective father, sets out to find him. Along the way he makes friends with Dory, an absent-minded blue tang fish and together they risk their lives in search of Nemo.
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Shark Tale
Vicky Jenson, Rob Letterman
When a shark accidentally clobbers himself, a small fish named Oscar (voiced by Will Smith, I, Robot) just happens to be around, prompting everyone to believe that he killed the shark himself. This lie soon makes Oscar a celebrity, worshipped by the general mass of fish, wooed by a glittering golddigger (Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted), missed by his best friend (Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain)--and hunted by the godfather of great whites (Robert De Niro, Goodfellas). Can a vegetarian shark named Lenny (Jack Black, School of Rock) get Oscar out of this mess?
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Deep Blue Sea
Renny Harlin
Three makos have been lab rats in an effort to harvest a miracle cure for Alzheimer's disease from the brains of sharks, but the research has an unfortunate side effect: the sharks get smarter, and they're determined to break out of Aquatica, the deep-sea complex where they've been penned.
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Jaws
Steven Spielberg
Three men become allied in a life-or-death hunt to destroy a killer shark, embodying nearly three tons of instant white death.
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Jaws 2
Jeannot Szwarc
Four years later, Brody now finds himself in a race against time when a new killer shark attacks ten boats manned by teenagers, which include his own sons.
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Jaws 3
Joe Alves
The brand new "Sea World" complex in Florida offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the sea-bed. All seems well until a thirty-five foot white shark appears on the scene.
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Jaws 4 - The Revenge
Joseph Sargent
The now widowed Ellen Brody must re-live the horrors of the past when she moves to the Bahamas to be with her marine biologist son Michael. The nightmares start when her grand-daughter is attacked by a Great White Shark.
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Sphere
Barry Levinson
Adaptation of Michael Crichton's science fiction novel about the investigation of a half-mile-long spacecraft sitting on the South Pacific ocean floor. Government functionary Barnes (Peter Coyote) assembles a crack scientific team: psychologist Dr. Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman), biochemist Beth Halperin (Sharon Stone), mathematician Harry Adams (Samuel L. Jackson) and astrophysicist Ted Fielding (Liev Schreiber). After descending a thousand feet, they set up housekeeping at their underwater Habitat base, suit up, and enter the craft, finding evidence that it's a U.S. ship from the future. However, the craft's cargo of a shimmering, golden sphere is definitely alien.
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The Abyss
James Cameron
An underwater UFO, travelling at enormous speed, wreaks havoc on tidal activities throughout the world. It also causes a nuclear submarine to sink 2000 feet, to the ledge of an underwater abyss. A group of adventurous oil riggers, working out of a high-tech submersible vessel, is pressed into action to seek out the submarine and rescue any survivors. Starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
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