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The Diver's Library
A compilation of books from all our pages, including topics in scuba diving; hardhat and commercial diving; underwater archeology, shipwrecks, and treasure diving; safety; marine life and fish
guides; and dive travel destinations. Great for your reference library or for gifts. This site is always changing.
Click the links below to jump to their respective sections.
Aquariums, Home
Sandford, Gina. 2000. Aquarium Owner's Guide: The Complete Illustrated Reference for the Home Aquarium
This extensive guide has great pictures and how-to information on creating, stocking, and maintaining a fresh- or saltwater home aquarium.
Scott, Peter W. 1995. Complete Aquarium
This book starts with general knowledge and background of different water environments and fish. Then it spends, the rest of the book explaining how to setup
different sorts of aquariums. Great information to use revamping or updating your aquarium.
Aquariums, Public
McCosker, John E. 1999. The History of the Steinhart Aquarium: A Very Fishy Tale
A definitive history of one of the oldest aquariums in the U.S. It can be ordered from the CAS bookstore; call the Information switchboard at 415-750-7145.
Guides to Fish, Marine and Aquatic Life
Humann, Paul et.al. 1996. Coastal Fish Identification: California to Alaska
A definitive guide for the west coast diver, with hundreds of great photos.
Kaplan, Eugene H., et. al. 1999. A Field Guide to Coral Reefs: Caribbean and Florida (a Peterson Field Guide)
If you dive in these areas you MUST have this book. The book shows how to identify quickly and accurately the common inhabitants of the reefs. Carrying just this book alone can keep
adults & kids occupied for hours marking off the fish you have seen and hope to locate. Tell the stories when you saw the critters and let your teenagers share theirs too, it doesn't get any better than this.
Page, Lawrence M. et al. 1998. A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes : North American North of Mexico (a Peterson Field Guide)
A tremendous guide to all 790 known species in the specified range, with some 700 illustrations (most in
color), 377 distribution maps and additional line drawings of key details; information range, habitat, and behavior, and status of endangered fishes. WOW!
Hardhat Diving, Commercial Diving
LaFontaine, Bruce. 1999. Submarines and Underwater Exploration. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
Don't get too excited, technically this is a coloring book, 44 pages worth, for ages 4-8. The drawings include many early diving devices, essentially tracing the development of both divers and submarines. Your kids will have fun coloring , and you will
secretly enjoy the intelligent text that explains the old age treatment of "exhausting carbon dioxide."
Lyons, Leon. 1988. Helmets of the Deep. Private printing: P.O. Box 190, St. Augustine, FL, 32085-0190.
This is a collector's item. I saw it and I loved it, but I'm not a collector. Original printing of 900, I hear there are some left at just under $300. Lots of great color photos and text.
Parker, Torrence R. 1997. 20,000 Jobs Under the Sea: A History of Diving and Underwater Engineering. Palos Verdes, CA: Subsea Archives.
Another wonderful history with super pictures, still published but pricey. Hey, you get what you pay for. A memorable gift if you feel guilty getting it for yourself.
Shipwrecks, Wreck Diving
Keatts, Henry and Skerry, Brian. 1995. Complete Wreck Diving. Watersport Publishers.
Two highly respected and credentialed leaders in their field join forces to safely guide the diver in this exciting specialty.
Quinn, William P. 1973. Shipwrecks Around Cape Cod. Lower Cape Publishing Company.
This is an older version of later rehashes, so don't be fooled by the publication date. This book has endured. Great black and white photos including many aerials of wrecks which are
now underwater wreck sites.
Underwater Archeology, Treasure, Marine History
Clifford, Barry and Perry, Paul. 1999. Expedition Whydah. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
A good read by the discoverer of the pirate ship Whydah, discusses the operation and finds of the expedition.
Cottman, Michael H. 2000. Spirit Dive: An African-American's Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship's Past. Three Rivers Press.
A powerful book by a leading journalist participating in the Henrietta Marie expedition off Key West.
Coutts, Herbert, ed., for City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries. 1996. Quest for a Pirate. Edinburgh: Pillans & Wilson Greenaway.
A nice little booklet with woodcuts, photos and text, which summarizes of the history of the pirate ship Whydah and the people associated with it. Expedition archaeologist Ken Kinkor
is among the contributors. Available from the Whydah Museum (see museum article).
Donovan, Webster. 1999. Pirates of the Whydah. National Geographic, May: 64-77.
Underwater and topside photos by Brian Skerry and Bill Curtsinger, and animated text by Donovan as they join a dive with Barry Clifford and crew on the Vast Explorer II.
Marx, Robert and Marx,
Jennifer. 1996. The Search for Sunken Treasure: Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks. Key Porter Books.
Well-known treasure hunter discusses location techniques, specific wreck histories, and archaeological finds. A readable treatment of first hand experiences by a master.
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