Discover California Diving
Discover California Diving is a two disc set. The DVD is an easy-to-watch overview of California’s best diving hosted by Susan Bird, a commentary track that delivers all the diving details you would expect from scuba diving videos. The second disc is a CD-ROM with maps, descriptions and embedded video.
Some of the dive sites featured are well known popular sites, while many are undiscovered gems you will want to explore. Dive site depths range between shallow and easy, to more difficult, technical dives, well below 200 feet. For more information, visit www.DiveSiteVideos.com online.

Mako Sharks
The new book Mako Sharks by Dr. Alessandro De Maddalena presents the reader with a comprehensive survey of mako sharks, with the aim of contributing to the knowledge of the mako shark biology and ecology. This volume has been made possible through the collaborative efforts of numerous people. The search for data on mako sharks was effected by bibliographical and hemerographical research, study of specimens in fishmarkets, location and study of materials preserved in natural history museums, and collaborations with ichthyologists, veterinarians, aquarists, coast guards, fishermen, anglers, scuba divers and photographers. The text is supported by numerous pictures, including drawings and rare photographs. This book has been prepared both for scientists and for marine life enthusiasts.
Author Dr. Alessandro De Maddalena is president of the Italian Ichthyological Society, curator of the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank and a member of the Mediterranean Shark Research Group
For more information on the book Mako Sharks, visit Krieger Publishing’s website www.krieger-publishing.com/natscience/Biology/STACKbiology/stackbiology_2.html. The book is also available from Amazon.com.

United States Navy Diver
United States Navy Diver is an illustrated reference book and is the most comprehensive overview of United States Navy Divers available to the public today. This is an elaborate, oversized, hard-cover book, packed with full-color photos from the highlights of diving history, navy diving equipment, diver training, and organization to the present day global war on terrorism.
Although United States Navy Diver primarily documents navy diving today; the divers, scientists and engineers of the US Navy Diving Program have spent over a century pushing the limits of human endurance and technology to improve both diver safety and operational capabilities. This is their story, their photos and their experiences.
For more information, go onto Best Publishing’s web site at www.bestpub.com and look up book #B1125, ISBN: 1930536275 or can call Best Publishing at (800) 468-1055

Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs
Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs—A guide to the Opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America is a completely revised edition of Pacific Coast Nudibranchs by the same authors, David Behrens and Alicia Hermosillo. The new edition expands geographic coverage to include Baja California, the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. Also covered are an additional 107 species and is updated with newly named species and name changes. Natural history information is included with a color photo for each species.
Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs is 142 pages with 324 color plates. In shopping for the book refer to ISBN 0-9301-18-36-7. For more information, see the publisher’s web site at www.seachallengers.com.