This is a book of great depth and insightful analysis. I highly recommend this book to anyone. I wish it recieved more attention from universities. An absolute pageturner and all other suitable cliches. As true as anything written.

Obrian's series is one of the most amazing historical novel series around. It is to be noted that some readers, expecting non stop action, are stumped by the depth and nuance. Some compare Obrian to Austen, I compare reading his books to savoring a hot drink on a cold night beside a crackling fire. This book is, in my opinion, the best in the series, though it is difficult to imagine reading it apart from the others. The stern chase scene is to me as the best single action sequence I have ever read, if not the best writing period.

I teach sailing and cruising skills, and the arrival of this terrific cruising guide is welcome. Beautiful photos and great graphic diagrams of harbors and every possible anchorage.

Should be on every charter boat, but often is not, so if you are chartering inquire.

THE CHANCE DISCOVERY OF SOME CANNON IN SIXTY FEET OF WATER LED THE AUTHOR TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND COMPEL HIM TO DIVE AND TRY AND SALVAGE WHAT WAS LEFT OF AN OBVIOUSLY OLD WRECK. A YEAR LATER, WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND AN OLD SALT FROM EUROPE THEY BEGAN FROM THE CONTINENT, THE TRIP IN HIS SAILBOAT TO A POINT OFF HAITI IN THE CARIBBEAN. THE STORY OF THE LONG CRUISE WAS IN ITS OWN WAY AN EQUALLY INTERESTING PART OF THE CHRONICLE; BEFORE THEY BEGAN PROBING THE MYSTERIOUS WRECK. WHAT THEY DID AND HOW HEY DID IT...THE DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS MAKES FOR A GOOD COUPLE OF DAYS READING.

A wonderful story of the struggle of the little man in an ever changeing world. The hardworking dreamer, the disillutioned daughter, the emotionally disturbed wife, the self-centered abusive son, they are all there. Could be written about the american south in the twenties, or the north of Ireland in the sixties, but is written about Iceland in the middle of world war II. Shows you that people are only human, wherever they are borne or live. A must read....

Banfield a Newspaper man and his wife escape conventional lifestyle and settle Beautiful Dunk Island off the north Queensland coast (Australia). This is a book for those who work and live in the urban jungle, It leads the imagination to delight in the simple and uncomplicated existence we all at times long for, but haven't the time to discover. Their abode (Dunk Island) is now a millionaire's playground. However, the cottage and surrounds that Banfield established are preserved as part of a National Park. This book is a good read. I am sure all that read it will be tempted to visit the area it portrays. I know I did. It was and is a wonderful tropical paradise.

Blackbird Island is a small, quiet, uninhabited island in Gun Lake and isn't all what it appears to be. In Discovery On Blackbird Island, a disturbing discovery sends Johnnie Jacobson and his friends on yet another Gun Lake adventure filled with schemes, action, and mysteries to solve. A pure delight for young readers, Discovery on Blackbird Island is the third volume in "The Gun Lake Adventure Series" and like its predecessors, The Barn At Gun Lake and Mystery Explosion, showcases the substantial storytelling talents of Johnnie Tuitel and Sharon Lamson.

Lawson has continued with the attention to detail that he began in the 1st Edition with the best guide to dives sites for the Caymans.

Very logical layout... format is easy to read and particularly interesting to follow...

There are books that might do a good job of describing a particular site or two, but this book is the most comprehensive I've found.

We took Tim's advice to heart, and spent a great month in Bali. We toured the island anti-clockwise and dove and photographed all the sites Tim highlighted. We dove with the operators he suggested, as well as some others, and found that his suggestions were always always best.