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  • Amazing Diving Stories

  • Incredible Tales from Beneath the Deep Sea
  • By: John Bantin
  • Narrated by: Dean Williamson
  • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (43 ratings)

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Amazing Diving Stories

By: John Bantin
Narrated by: Dean Williamson
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Publisher's summary

A collection of thrilling diving stories. There's everything from classic tales of wreck discoveries to encounters with beautiful and bizarre creatures beneath the waves. There are stories of death and disaster as well as bravery and triumph. Each tale has been chosen to stoke the fire of divers everywhere and some are illustrated with colour photographs.

Take the plunge and read about the diver who discovered how to put sharks in a trance and the marine biologist who lost a limb trying to prove that sharks were safe to swim with. There's the tale behind the Red Sea's most famous wreck, as well the Titanic's sister ship that keeps claiming divers' lives. Read about the politician attacked by a turtle, the saltwater crocodile that lost a sub–aqua scuffle and the eel feeding frenzy that almost claimed a life.

The exciting and the extreme rub shoulders with more poetic pieces about the people and places that make up the folklore of this fascinating sport, and some are even brought to life by the author's photography. This global tour takes you everywhere: from Indonesia to the Caribbean and from the chill waters of Northern Europe to the reefs of the Pacific. Stories of technical pioneers are accompanied by quirky tales of adventure beneath the waves. Every ocean of the world is explored making this essential reading--or a wonderful gift--for divers everywhere.

©2012 John Bantin (P)2013 Audible Ltd
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Critic reviews

"...dozens of true tales that will intrigue and delight everyone from the seasoned scuba tip the bathtub snorkeler." ( Diver, November 2012)
"Compelling true life stories that will entertain any diver." ( Scruba, January 2013)

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The plural of "foot" is "feet."

I had a hard time listening to this guy refer to depths of X amount of foot. Some good stories otherwise.

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Some interesting stories— a little cheeky

Not a masterpiece, but not a bad read for the diving enthusiast. Some interesting stories crafted in average writing skill.

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meh... it's okay.

lots of entertaining stories. some training value. would have liked more technical or history. may use some of the stories.

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Second Time

I first this series when it was released. I thoroughly enjoyed and wish the series continued further. Now on audible, I’m really enjoyed the audio books. Great narration and hopefully the other two books will be released soon. As said, would love some further from the series.

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Not into it

This really just seems like a collection of magazine articles. I found them quite short and less than amazing.

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Bizarre, But Might Be Worth the Price

There isn't a lot of material for diving enthusiasts to read about their sport, so one has to take what one can get. This book is queer - it's a compilation of dive magazine articles, many of which aren't "stories" at all, but merely a recounting of dives, with no real point, no "story", as in, "We dived at such-and-such spot in the Red Sea, saw interesting sea life, and then surfaced", end of story. Mixed in there are SOME decent actual stories, particularly in latter third of book.

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