Diving Library
#16
Posted 08 January 2010 - 07:13 PM
The DAN Pocket Guide to First aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
For such a small book it has a mouth full for a name. Tons of quick references for all sorts of dive related injuries.
Each wreck has a tale to tell about its life and its demise.
If you are observant while diving in dark places listen to the account each has to tell, You cannot come away unaffected.
Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude
#17
Posted 05 February 2010 - 11:38 PM
Water and Light (A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef) by Stephen Harrigan
Explorations by Robert Ballard
Neutral Bouyancy (Adventures in a Liquid World) by Tim Ecott
Deep Descent by Kevin McMurray
The Last Dive by Bernie Chowdhury
Submerged by Daniel Lenihan
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Diver Down by Michael Ange
Down Time (writings on diving by various authors--I loaned it out and never got it back, so I couldn't tell you the name of the editor off the top of my head)
Plus the usual assortment of manuals and reef critter ID books. Then there are the submarine and U-Boat books. Then there is the historic nautical fiction by Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester
An oldie but goodie, in my collection of vintage SciFi--The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke; also Dolphin Island by the same author.
I pick up diving related books, fiction and non, wherever I can. So many books, so little time....
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
#18
Posted 12 February 2010 - 08:31 AM
#19
Posted 12 February 2010 - 09:00 AM
I just finished Cousteau's "Silent World" and Sheck Exley's "Cavern: Limitless to Man". I found Cousteau's book to be better written and more interesting (to me). It was originally published in 1953 but National Geographic has republished it now so it's widely available.
Seriously,I was in Borders recently ,saw it on the shelf.Good to know .I'll add it to a get list.
And as a side note,for reference Chuck,aka-Hambergler, "Down Time" edited 2nd edition by the Kittrell family.Ed,Casey & Jim
Edited by Greg@ihpil, 12 February 2010 - 09:02 AM.
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E= pluribus Forum Enjoy the view. ,Do unto others:respect
#20
Posted 24 November 2011 - 08:13 PM
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
The Last Dive by Bernie Chowdhury
and....
The Scuba Snobs' Guide to Diving Etiquette by Debbie & Dennis Jacobson
This one is a hilarious, sarcastic look at what EVERY diver should know about diving etiquette.
I think every certification agency should give a copy of this to every student!
If you don't appreciate sarcasm, you can still learn what to do/not do on a dive boat,
both day boat and liveaboard!!
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