Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (Audiobook)

from Cygnus555

I first read "First Dive" by Bernie Chowdry and then my Dad gave me this one... I hesitated to read it because I loved Bernie's telling of the story so much. I knew the Rouses so well after that book that it seemed to me that this book was just a retelling of their fateful dive. I am very happy t...

from koeniel

Some books are meant to be read in one go, and this book is one of them. I read it in two days, loathing the times when I had to put it down for work or much needed sleep. Shadow Divers tells the true story of some adventurous men, deep wreck divers, who found a mysterious U-boat wreck off New Je...

from jnwelch

From the author: "While researching the dangers of deep-shipwreck diving, I was struck by a remark that the divers make about depth. The mystery . . . lay in such deep, dark waters that occasionally they could do little more than dive at shadows. It occurred to me then that there were shadows cas...

from whitreidtan

My husband and I got certified to scuba dive this past spring and I absolutely love it but I have to say that I am incredibly grateful that I didn't read this book before we took our classes. Holy toledo! The bends are a magnitude of 100 times worse than I ever imagined. But being underwater is p...

from LynnB

What a fantastic read! This is the story of two deep wreck divers, John Chatterton and Ritchie Kohler who work together to identify a sunken U-boat off the coast of New Jersey. Mr. Kurson has written a great adventure/detectivie story. And more. His extensive research provides insight into the ro...