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Summary: "The Unoffical Primer for Scuba Diving!"
Review: As a novice to the sport of Scuba Diving I attempted to purchase every book I could find on the subject. Most of the books I read were very informative, but a little like reading reference manuals. 'Diving on the Edge' is informative and a very good read. 'Diving on the Edge' is not meant to be a 'How to Book', it is meant to bring the mystery of Scuba Diving to the real world through humor and information. "...a prerequisite to becoming truly educated about the sport." I wish I had found this book first! Not many pictures, but loads of honest insight into the world of Scuba Diving. I really enjoyed reading it!
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Summary: "The Unoffical Primer for Scuba Diving!"
Review: As a novice to the sport of Scuba Diving I attempted to purchase every book I could find on the subject. Most of the books I read were very informative, but a little like reading reference manuals. 'Diving on the Edge' is informative and a very good read. 'Diving on the Edge' is not meant to be a 'How to Book', it is meant to bring the mystery of Scuba Diving to the real world through humor and information. "...a prerequisite to becoming truly educated about the sport." I wish I had found this book first! Not many pictures, but loads of honest insight into the world of Scuba Diving. I really enjoyed reading it!
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Summary: Interesting and informative dive book
Review: Good book for the beginner, lacks the detail to be anything like a "how to" - but covers the basics and the jargon.
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Summary: Interesting and informative dive book
Review: Michael Bane is a gifted writer who presents an informed and informative overview of diving. It's an interesting overview of this great activity. It's directed at new divers, but there are tidbits and insights that experienced divers will appreciate too.
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Summary: Concise and down-to-earth especially for the new diver.
Review: My only regret is that I didn't come across this book before I chose the store/dive operator for my own instruction. I especially found the chapter on correctly understanding the risks of the sport realistically to be valuable, but all of them are useful and helpful.
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Summary: Too Basic... save yourself the money on this book
Review: The information is very basic... too basic. Though the writer's diving experience is pretty useful, I can get these information when I talk to other divers. If you are going to move into advance diving courses, such as Advance Open Water, forget about this book, the information presented in the Advance OW manual is more detailed. If you want to get other divers' dive experience, get onto the Net (e.g. News groups rec.suba) or just talk to other divers/your instructor. Don't waste your money on this book.
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Summary: Too Basic... save yourself the money on this book
Review: The information is very basic... too basic. Though the writer's diving experience is pretty useful, I can get these information when I talk to other divers. If you are going to move into advance diving courses, such as Advance Open Water, forget about this book, the information presented in the Advance OW manual is more detailed. If you want to get other divers' dive experience, get onto the Net (e.g. News groups rec.suba) or just talk to other divers/your instructor. Don't waste your money on this book.
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Summary: Good title no substance
Review: The title Diving On The Edge implies that you'll receive new cutting edge dive information. That's not the case here, the book contains nothing really new regarding dive equipment and care, dive technique, dive locations or dive experiences. It's basiclly a truncated rehash of very elementary information, ready available from other sources. (see section on equipment especially snorkel selection)The book did contain some good safety advice and is written in a style that most divers will probably relate to. Better research and more detail is badly needed. Definately not "cutting edge" material
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