Books from Aqua Quest Publications, Inc.

  • Jim Church's Essential Guide to Composition
    By Jim Church

    Look across the room and find a view that has bright areas , such as windows or white walls , and shadow areas , such as the spaces beneath tables and chairs . Squint your eyes , and you will see the shadow areas go dark .

  • Jim Church's Essential Guide to Nikonos Systems
    By Jim Church

    Jim Church, noted pioneer takes you beyond Nikonos V, RS owner's manuals for great underwater photos.

  • Marine Life of the North Atlantic: Canada to New England
    By Andrew J. Martinez

    LION'S MANE JELLY Cyanea capillata Identification : This giant jellyfish has a saucer - shaped bell with many tentacles and mouth - arms . The umbrella margin has eight main lobes ; each , in turn , is partially divided by a deep ...

  • The Amber Forest: Beauty and Biology of California's Submarine Forests
    By Ronald H. McPeak, Dale A. Glantz, Carole R. Shaw

    Members of the heron family the great egret , snowy egret , and great blue heron — frequently stand on the edge of the canopy , necks stretched out over the water , patiently stalking fishes that live below .

  • Amber Forest: Beauty And Biology Of California's Submarine Forests
    By Ronald H. McPeak

    The cycle begins when sporophylls , specialized reproductive blades located at the base of mature plants , liberate spores into the surrounding water , muchas adandelion liberates wind - borne seeds into the air .

  • Deep Diving: An Advanced Guide to Physiology, Procedures and Systems
    By Bret Gilliam, Robert Von Maier, Darren Webb

    This leads into the current debate about what equipment is necessary for deep diving . The authors do have some concerns about recent trends that exhibit a fascination for equipment - intensive outfitting far in excess of the practical ...

  • Guide to Marine Life: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
    By Marty Snyderman, Clay Wiseman

    A layman's guide to identifying and understanding the marine life while scuba diving.

  • Diving Pioneers: An Oral History of Diving in America
    By Eric Hanauer

    North set up a hemi - dome experiment located at Fisherman's Cove , site of USC Marine Lab at Catalina . ... to produce methane , burn methane to produce Co , in a concentrated form , pump that into ocean depths to form 94 DIVING PIONEERS.

  • Lost Voyages: Two Centuries of Shipwrecks in the Approaches to New York
    By Bradley Sheard

    The legend recounts how the ancient mariner Captain Vanderdecken , a Dutch seaman , is condemned to perpetually sail the seas until Judgment Day . The story has it that in life Vanderdecken recklessly swore to round the Cape of Good ...

  • Blackwolf
    By Jon Coon

    ... Club Med Diving Cozumel Diving Hawaii Diving Micronesia Diving Offshore California Diving Off The Beaten Track Jim Church Titles : Essential Guide to Underwater Video Essential Guide to Nikonos Systems Essential Guide to Composition ...

  • Diving British Virgin Islands
    By Jim Scheiner, Odile Scheiner

    There's also a campground at Neptune's Treasure , just up the road from the Hotel . A few rental cottages are also available . The Ocean Range guest house in the Settlement is an affordable alternative .

  • Diving Cayman Islands
    By Jesse Cancelmo

    Stingray City , a mere 12 feet ( 3.6 m ) deep , provides non - stop hours of fun for divers and snorkelers . City , Sandbar and other stingray sites provides incredible potential for video and still photos . Backscatter can be a problem ...

  • Diving Micronesia
    By Eric Hanauer

    This illustrated guide covers the best dive sites in Guam, the Marianas, Yap, Palau, Truk, Pohnpei, Kowrae and the Marshalls. The regions marine life, history and customs are also discussed.

  • Diving Hawaii
    By Steve Rosenberg

    Benedict XVI's retirement made news around the world, and changed the dynamics of the Catholic Church.