Looking for Scuba Books

[joeabroad]

After getting certified last year, and especially through the winter, I bought every scuba book I could get my hands on. But what I learned was that, beyond guidebooks, books with a specific focus (caves, etc.) and a bunch of basically identical books about dying on the Andrea Doria, there aren't all that many books about diving out there. I've still got that new diver's enthusiasm, and I'm still looking for books. Any hot new recommendations?

 

[mossym]

Shadow Divers
Last Dive
Neutral Bouyancy

don't know if you have these, but they are all a good read...

 

[Wayward Son]

Shadow Divers and The Last Descent are supposed to be pretty good. I have them but have not read them yet,

 

[Wayward Son]

Oh, and they're long out of print but you might get lucky and find them When I was a teenager I really enjoyed reading Cousteau's books, and sci-fi author Arthur C. Clark was an avid diver and had a book or 2 about his diving that were quite good.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Down Time ... it's a collection of short stories spanning several decades (even pre-scuba) of dive adventures.

http://scuba.dvdesign.com/cgi-bin/a...uthorSearch&input_string=Ed+Kitrell&locale=us

It's where I found my sig line ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Bill Schindler]

Shadow Divers is great. However, I also think you'll enjoy Silent World by Cousteau. It provides a lot of historical information on what we now know to be "scuba" by the inventor's own experiences.

 

[mossym]

Shadow Divers is great. However, I also think you'll enjoy Silent World by Cousteau. It provides a lot of historical information on what we now know to be "scuba" by the inventor's own experiences.

i think neutral bouyancy probably has a more complete history, but that's just my opinion..

 

[c-monkey]

Shadow Divers, Last Dive, & Deep Descent are all mostly about wreck & cave diving.
I read alot too & havent found many outside of the categories you mentioned. A few are:
Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World by Tim Ecott
Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
by Daniel Lenihan
Stars Beneath the Sea: The Pioneers of Diving by Trevor Norton
Fireside Diver by Bonnie Cardone
The Helldivers' Rodeo : A Deadly, Extreme, Scuba-Diving, Spear Fishing Adventure Amid the Offshore Oil-Platforms in the Murky Waters off the Gulf of Mexico by Humberto Fontova
Down Time: Great Writers on Diving by Ed Kitrell
The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau

If you find others, let me know because I'm always looking for good reads!

 

[mossym]

Shadow Divers, Last Dive, & Dark Descent are all about the Andrea Doria!

huh? Shadow Divers is about a german uboat, and last dive is about a father and son team who did a lot of diving...

both mention the andrea doria, but neither are about it...

 

[StSomewhere]

The Certified Diver's Handbook: The Complete Guide to Your Own Underwater Adventures by our very own Clay Coleman.

Not just for new-to-diving divers. Guaranteed to motivate you to go diving. Very little to nitpick, which is amazing for a book that has such strong recommendations. The best $16 you'll ever spend on a scuba book. Its that good.