[PDF] Historical Diver eBook

Author : Eric Hanauer
Publisher : Aqua Quest Publications, Inc.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780922769438

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This is the saga of diving in America, told by the men and women who lived it and made it. These stories and more recall scuba's pioneer days of the 40s and 50s where every dive was an adventure.

Author : Bret Gilliam
Publisher :
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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Manages to combine humour, adventure, tragedy, triumph, heroism, and even some forays into the risque while chronicling the careers of 20 personalities that helped make diving. This book presents the personal lives of this diving's heroes. It is illustrated with photographs that capture each interviewee throughout their diving careers.

Author : Patrice Lawrence
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1407193899

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A gripping heart-in-your-mouth adventure told by Eve, a Tudor girl who sets out on a dangerous journey to change her life for the better. Voices: Diver's Daughter - A Tudor Story brings Eve and her mother, who was stolen from her family in Mozambique as a child, from the Southwark slums of Elizabethan London to England's southern coast. When they hear from a Mary Rose survivor that one of the African free-divers who was sent to salvage its treasures is alive and well and living in Southampton, mother and daughter agree to try to find him and attempt to dive the wreck of another ship, rumoured to be rich with treasures. But will the pair survive when the man arrives to claim his 'share'? Will Eve overcome her fear of the water to help rescue her mother? In this thrilling adventure based on real events, Patrice Lawrence shows us a fascinating and rarely seen world that's sure to hook young readers. VOICES: A thrilling series showcasing some of the UK's finest writers for young people. Voices reflects the authentic, unsung stories of our past. Each shows that, even in times of great upheaval, a myriad of people have arrived on this island and made a home for themselves - from Roman times to the present day.

Author : Peter Lourie
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781590780688

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Describes how twelve-year-old Suzanna learned how to scuba dive and with her father, Peter swam with the sharks of Andros.

Author : Jeff Talarigo
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307429148

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In 1948, a nineteen-year-old pearl diver's dreams of spending her life combing the waters of Japan’s Inland Sea are shattered when she discovers she has leprosy. By law, she is exiled to an island leprosarium, where she is stripped of her dignity and instructed to forget her past. Her name is erased from her family records, and she is forced to select a new one. To the two thousand patients on the island of Nagashima, she becomes Miss Fuji. Although drugs arrest the course of Miss Fuji's disease, she cannot leave the colony. Instead, she becomes a caretaker to the other patients, and through the example of their courage, she gains insight into the deep wellspring of strength she will need to reclaim her freedom. Written with precision and eloquence, The Pearl Diver is a dazzling meditation on isolation and community, cruelty and compassion.