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Interviews with Authors and Book Reviews
At SCUBA Travel we not only review diving books, we seek out and interview the best diving authors.
Interviews with Diving Authors
- Jack Jackson
- Author of many diving and travel books, including the Diving With Sharks.
- Tony Groom
- We talk to Tony Groom, ex-Royal Navy Mine Clearance and commericial diver, about his book Diver.
- Todd Stevens
- Author of Wreck of the Colossus, The find of a lifetime.
- Tim Ecott
- Author of Neutral Buoyancy - Adventures in a Liquid World.
Tim Ecott - journalist, travel writer and diver - shares his motivation for writing Neutral Buoyancy and tells us of his pleasure at meeting WWII veteran Dickie Greenland, Hans and Lotte Hass and Dottie Frazier (the USA's first female diving instructor).
- Dan E Bailey
- Author of World War II Wrecks of the Truk Lagoon.
We asked the author, Dan E Bailey, about his background and what prompted him to create the definitive guide to diving the wrecks of Truk Lagoon.
- Paul Naylor
- Author of Great British Marine Animals.
Paul Naylor discusses his fascination for sea creatures and his desire to tell people their stories. Paul is both a marine biologist and a renowned underwater photographer.
- Steve Barsky
- Author of many diving books, including Diving in High-Risk Environments and The Simple Guide to Rebreather Diving.
Steve Barsky tells us about his favourite dives, and the nitrox and underwater navigation books he's working on at the moment.
- Dave Blackmore
- Author of Dive as Deep as you Dare.
- Kathy Brandt
- Kathy Brandt is the author of the Underwater Investigation
series featuring SCUBA diver and underwater crime scene
investigator, Hannah Sampson. These include Swimming with the Dead, Dark Water Dive and Dangerous Depths.
- Bill Sanderson
- Author of Dive Sites and Marine Life of the Calf of Man and Neighbouring Area.
The Isle of Man boasts some excellent diving and Bill's book describes some of the best dive sites in the south of the island. Our interview investigates why Bill decided to write the book, and what distinguishes it from other dive guides.
- Joyce Huber
- Author of travel guides for divers, including the recently re-released Best Dives of the Caribbean. This was the result of 20 years of dive travel and note taking.
- Michael and Lauren Farley
- Authors of Baja California Divers Guide, the first guide to diving the marine-rich peninsula.
- Jim Limbrick
- Author of North Sea Divers - a Requiem.
Jim Limbrick pays tribute to the 58 professional divers who lost their lives in the North Sea between 1971 and 2000. He discusses his hopes for his book.
- Tom Rapko
- Author of Diving the Seamount.
Diving the Seamount is the product of Tom Rapko's love for both scuba
diving and probably one of the finest diving destinations
in the world
- Susan Speck
- Author of Diving Baja California.
Susan Speck tells us about her book and her love of diving unexplored places.
- Andrew Ward
- Author of Underwater guide to the Lot & Dordogne, France, Andrew Ward filled a gap with his guide to cave diving. Find out more in our exclusive interview.
- Michael G Zinsley
- Author of The Rapture of the Deep.
A collection of entertaining stories all with a diving backdrop. We talk to Mike Zinsley and discover his inspiration.
- Dive as Deep as You Dare
- by Dave Blackmore. An autobiographical account of Dave Blackmore's years as a BSAC diver from the 1970's to date. A reminder of what we used to do with very basic kit, a lot of enthusiasm and very high tolerance of cold water.
- Scapa Flow Dive Guide
- by Lawson Wood. A comprehensive guide to diving the wrecks and reefs in Scapa Flow, Scotland.
- Oceans
- The book of the BBC series of television programmes that revealed the hidden stories of the sea
- Vertical Descent
- A diving adventure novel ideal for holiday reading.
- Northern Red Sea Wrecks and Reefs: Dive Guide and Logbook
- Read about the dive sites you are likely to encounter on a Northern Egptian liveaboard.
- Red Sea Wrecks of Northern Egypt
- Guide and logbook of the Northern Red Sea wrecks, including the Thistlegorm and Rosalie Moller.
- DIVER
- Tony Groom recounts his underwater experiences as a Royal Navy Mine Clearance and a commercial diver.
- Great British Marine Animals
- by Paul Naylor. Organised as an identification guide, what makes this book so special is the commentary on the behaviour of the animals featured. And, of course, the 350 delightful photographs.
- Ghosts of Rosevear and the Wreck of the Nancy Packet
- by Todd Stevens and Edward Cumming. Tale of Scilly ghosts and wrecks.
- Cool Waters, Emerald Seas: Diving in Temperatue Waters
- by John Collins. Share John Collins' enthusiasm for cool water diving with this handsome coffee table book.
- The Essential Underwater Photography Manual
- Beautifully illustrated, practical guide to digital and film photography.
- Dive - The Ultimate Guide to 60 of the World's Top Dive Locations
- by Monty Halls. Classy-looking book which describes diving areas and the best dive sites you will find there.
- Neutral Buoyancy - adventures in a liquid world
- by Tim Ecott. An entertaining history of diving minutely researched with interviews with many of the diving pioneers.
- Fire in the Turtle House - The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean
- by Osha Gray Davidson. Deals with the incredible pressures faced by the green sea turtle throughout the world. The book gathers pace from the first discovery of a debilitating turtle disease into a race-against-time; becoming increasingly difficult to put down.
- The Enchanted Braid - Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef
- by Osha Gray Davidson. A blend of aesthetic appreciation, scientific enquiry and environmental manifesto.
- A divers' guide to Underwater Malaysia
Macrolife
- by Andrea and Antonella Ferrari. Photographic guide to small creatures in the Indo-Pacific. Beautifully illustrated with over 800 photographs.
- The Blue Planet
- A video review rather than a book - the Blue Planet series spectacularly captures life and behaviour in the oceans which was previously unobserved. From coral reefs, to arctic oceans, to the sometimes beautiful and sometimes grotesque deep sea creatures.
- Dive Sites and Marine Life of the Calf of Man and Neighbouring Area
- by Bill Sanderson, Bruce McGregor and Andrew Brierley. The Isle of Man boasts some excellent diving and this book describes some of the best dive sites in the south of the island.
- World War II Wrecks of Truk Lagoon
- by Dan E Bailey. The definitive guide to diving the wrecks of Truk Lagoon.
- The Rapture of the Deep
- by Michael G Zinsley. A collection of entertaining stories all with a diving backdrop.
- Dive Thailand
- by Paul Lees. Filled with colour pictures, the book features sections on sea life, underwater photography and first aid. All dives are given a star rating and are well described. An essential purchase if you're planning to dive in Thailand.
- Coral Reef Fishes, Indo-Pacific and Caribbean
- by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers. An excellent, comprehensive guide to reef fishes, which is small and light enough to pack regardless of amount of diving equipment.
- Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks
- by Kurt Amsler and Andrea Ghisotti. Packed with photographs, details 18 wrecks lying in the Red Sea. Each ship's story is told with fascinating detail.
- The Simple Guide to Commercial Diving
- Barsky and
Christensen's book covers the skills and attitudes needed by
a successful commercial diver in a straight-forward and
forthright way.
- Double Cross
- by Patrick Woodrow. An action novel with plenty of diving.
- North Sea Divers - A Requiem
- by Jim Limbrick. A tribute to the offshore divers of the North Sea.
- Cozumel Dive Guide & Log Book
- Complete guide to the dive sites of Cozumel with excellent 3-D maps. Written by local instructors, boat captains, the Marine Park and the members of the Cozumel divers association.
- Wreck of the Colossus, The find of a lifetime
- by Todd Stevens. The story of the discovery of the historic shipwreck, Colossus.
- How to go Scuba Diving Anywhere in the World for Free
- by Robert K Leah. As the title suggests, this book attempts to help people go diving as cheaply as possible.
- Marine Animals of the South West
- by Paul Naylor. Filled with identification features and photographs showing fantastic behaviour of sea creatures.
- Hurghada Dive Guide and Logbook
- Located on Egypt's Red Sea coast, Hurghada offers vibrant coral gardens, exciting drift dives, diverse marine life and wrecks.
- Red Sea Wrecks Northern Egypt
- Ever found yourself re-writing the dive guide into your logbook or copying the maps and text of the dive centre's books? If you have then you might consider buying the Travelling Diver’s Guide and Logbook.
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