Out of the blue I received a copy of the new Atlas of Australian Dive Sites by Keith Hockton.

The Northern Shipwrecks Database CD Version 2002 (Windows edition) documents more than 100,000 wrecks from the 1500s to 1990s. This CD, an ideal resource tool for any library, museum, archive or diver, covers all four North American coasts, the Great Lakes and inland waterways from the mountains to the ocean, plus thousands of wrecks lost throughout the West Indies and around the world.

Recent advances in video compression now make possible DVD quality video on CD. This is truly breakthrough technology and it opens the way for an exciting new publishing medium. Golden Dolphin Video CD Magazine is the world's first venture into a new form of publishing.

Dive Debrief could have been called "What I Didn't Learn In My Basic Scuba Course." As this title suggests, Dive Debrief is about being underwater, and it's chock full of hints, tips and solid advice on all aspects of scuba diving for today's sport diver.

No other book worldwide gives so much information on so many species - 240 in fact, with over 600 photographs, and 33 picture stories that have made the IKAN series so popular.

This is a superb book as you would expect from such an accomplished photographer and dive author, with the contribution of many other photographers.

Hardcover (laminated boards), A4 size, 518 pages, many colour and mono prints, charts and diagrams. It has been a long time in coming, and the wait worth every minute. This is a superb book, the finest presentation of a war/wreck history that I have seen; exceptionally well researched and equally well presented.

SEAHORSES, PIPEFISHES AND THEIR RELATIVES
A Comprehensive Guide to Syngnatbiformes.

Hardcover (laminated boards), 240 pages, more than 1000 exceptional photographs and lone drawings covering 350 species, the total of known species in the world.

This popular and extremely useful manual of scuba diving in Australia is more than just a location and services guide. It provides information on scuba training, the law, the oceans surrounding our country and the effects of currents and climate on our diving; historic shipwrecks and the relevant laws, marine parks and reserves, marine life - and dangerous marine life, diving with whales, seals, sharks and whale sharks, and many annecdotal references of interest.

'The Extraordinary Lives of The Pioneers of Diving.' This is an extradordinaary book in itself. Superbly written, it tells of the pionering adventures of some famous - but mainly not-so-famous, divers who have helped shape the development of diving.

This is the extraordinary true story of the author's salvaging of the richest prize ever recovered from the bottom of the sea - $100 million in gold from the warship HMS Edinburgh, in the Arctic Ocean.

Ask any Melbourne diver what are the J Class Submarines, and most would tell you it's some of their best wreck dives, but what of their history? Ask them that questions, and most could not tell you anything about their past.

On 12 October 1992 the world-class father and son diving duo, Chris Rouse and his only son Chrissy - spurred on by a potent cocktail of familial competition, misplaced bravado and the desire for international recognition - died tragically in an expedition to uncover a mysterious Second World War German U-Boat sunk off the east coast of the United States. Their deaths were the result of what divers dread most, decompressions sickness, commonly called 'the bends'.

This could well turn into the Nudibranch Bible! It contains 1100 images, over 100 undescribed species, hundreds of colur variations, habitat and locations, reproductive stratergies and egg ribbons.

S.S. Yongala - Townsville's Titanic has been written by Sydney author Max Gleeson. Max has written a number of other books on wrecks including an earlier book about the Yongala. As with Max's other books, this one is well researched and written in an entertaining style.