Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness, (Paperback)

from booksandbutter

Overall, I found this book well written and the author did a great job of giving each of the men involved in this project a great voice. I found it fascinating and full of information, but at I times I found the author to be getting away from the story and into another whole subject-and not alway...

from HelenElizabeth

I got this book as an early reviewers book and I really enjoyed it. It isn't the usual type of book that I would normaly read but it was interesting none the less. It got a little slow at points but overall it was a great book and I would recommend it.

from gfvonb

A gripping read. The author has thoroughly researched the events and has produced an extremely readable and enjoyable popular history of a tragic event that few know about due to its being overshadowed by the death of JFK Jr. The only issue I had with the author's writing style was that it was a ...

from kdvarishkis

This book was gripping, interesting, and educational. I am not usually drawn to non fiction and knew nothing about dive operations before I read this book. It had a bit of a slow start for me but as the story continued so did my interest in the divers, the job, and the details behind the job. Thi...

from akblanchard

Now that I've read Neil Swidley's Trapped Under the Sea, I have a whole new appreciation for air. Wonderful, marvelous air, which is made up of the perfect proportion of 21% oxygen, 70% nitrogen and the rest other gases, surrounds us. We who dwell on the surface of the earth rarely have to think ...