I find this sort of material to be much more interesting than the endless rehashing of coral reefs, glowingly useless gear reviews, and "buoyancy tips" that fill up the standard glossy diving magazines.
The Artifact Hunter"The Artifact Hunter" is a new book by diving author, Tom Gormley. It has just been released by Safe Scuba Publishing as a 116 page report with laminated color soft color and 8 1/2 by 11 black and white pages.
Topics included in the book: What is an artifact? The serious artifact diver's method. Becoming an artifact diver. The tools of an artifact diver. The tools of an artifact restorer and conserver. Artifact destruction. Electrolytic reduction. Preventive sealing. Iron spike restoration. Brass artifact recovery and restoration. Copper spike and wood restoration. Copper bucket restoration. Glass artifact conservation. Artifact digging. Wood artifact and pulley conservation. Fragile artifact restorations. Leather artifacts. Bones and teeth. Large artifacts. Underwater photo documentation. Artifact show and tell. Diving where taking is restricted. Artifact pedigree and value. Indirect artifact visualization techniques. Project economics. Artifact presentation techniques. Resources, definitions, references, photos, illustrations, and lots more.
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Peter Kemp, 1988
Lots of interesting information and trivia.
The Perfect Storm
Sebastian Junger, 1997
You saw the movie. The book is better.
( No George Clooney, for starters ! )
Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry Dana Jr., 1869
Detailed and literate sailor's account of a voyage on a square-rigger around Cape Horn and back in the 1850's.
Moby Dick
Herman Melville, 1851
Really needs no introduction. If you thought it was awful in high school, give this one another try now. Its much better than you remember. The story may be fiction, but the technical details are quite accurate.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne, 1870
Still fun to read, and infinitely better than any of the movie adaptations. Verne predicted scuba diving, submarines, and nuclear power in the 1860's!
The Sea's Bitter Harvest
Douglas A. Campbell, 2001
About the four clam boats that sank in two weeks in 1999.
Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson, 2003
What ! You haven't heard of this one ?
Have you been living under a rock ?
The Last Dive
Bernie Chowdhury, 2000
To me, this is a manual of how NOT to dive. Especially regarding the author's (Chowdhury's) own experiences, if I did that many dumb things in a row, I wouldn't put them all down in a book. He is lucky to be alive. Contains a lot of cave-diving propaganda also.
Deep Descent
Kevin F. McMurray, 2001
All about the Doria, from the collision to the latest diving.
Schooners and Schooner Barges
Paul C Morris
Lower Cape Pub., 1984
Railroad Ferries of the Hudson
Raymond Baxter, Arthur Adams
Fordham University Press., 1999
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