The book starts with Linnaeus and his description of a saddleback anemonefish back in 1758 and concluded the book in 1900, 591 species and 73 scientific authors later. We made a decision to only cover the fish species we have photographed (899 species) and used our images in the book. Two dominant themes emerged. One was the eminent scientists involved but the other was a bit more of a surprise. The early voyages of discovery and exploration were a major source of collected specimens. From Cook’s Pacific voyages through to Nicolas Baudin and Louis de Freycinet.

Amelia sits on the shore of New Plymouth, a quiet and uneventful seaside town in the north of New Zealand. Frozen in fear, she can’t go on; the neglect of a broken family, the violent beatings from her boyfriend and the escalating self-abuse to escape reality are all too much. She retreats to an abandoned house, swallowing the remains of a stolen pill bottle and for a moment, all noise fades to silence as the drugs numb Amelia’s senses.

It’s been more than thirty years since the Chilean Coup de Etat saw Mari’s father flee the country he loved. Mari is now twenty-three. A local surfing legend, she finds ultimate joy amongst the waves. She feels connected to the open ocean, an endless bound of water that links Mari with her now-dead father.

But is Mari dead as well?

At 21.58 hours on 6 July 1988 the first in a series of explosions rocks Piper Alpha. Some 230 men are believed to be on board. The oil industry’s worst disaster claims the lives of 167 men; only the very lucky – among them Ed Punchard – will survive.

The Frontier Below recounts the 2,000 year history of the human quest to go deeper underwater. Starting in antiquity, with pearl divers and sponge divers, it reveals many of the myths surrounding early diving, then explains how, during the Renaissance, people got serious about finding ways of breathing underwater. Maynard details the improvements to diving bells as they evolved over 400 years, again revealing many misconceptions which have been held about pioneers such as astronomer Sir Edmond Halley.

The judges described this 200-page publication as ‘A superb photographic journey through Indonesia’s Wakatobi National Park.

“The results of a remarkable quest by two Australian photographers to observe and record the lives and behaviour of some of the world’s whales have just become available in a book, LOOKING FOR WHALES, published by Halstead Press and endorsed by Australian Geographic.

Colin Putt, BEng, BSc, CEng, FIChemE, FRGS, lived an extraordinarily diverse, interesting and adventurous life. He was born in 1926 in Auckland, New Zealand, into a family whose forebears were farmers, boatbuilders and engineers. The pioneering spirit and traditions that he inherited were to shape his life and values. His boyhood provided numerous opportunities for exploration and self- discovery, which led to a lifelong love of adventure in the mountains and on small boats.

Revealing Sir George Hubert Wilkins like never before. See this amazing Australian adventurer in a completely new light through his unpublished photographs, private documents and personal artefacts. Stunning hand-coloured glass lantern slides of the first aerial photographs of Antarctica.

So how did the young boy who was one of the most academically hopeless in class become the national living treasure he is today? And what was it within that kid with a speech impediment that allowed him to create three successful businesses, and take on some of the world's greatest and most dangerous aviation challenges?

From trainee animator to Spielberg, from JAWS to BLUE LAGOON, to falling in love with the ocean and with her husband, Ron, this is the exceptional and unique life story of pioneering marine conservationist, photographer and shark expert Valerie Taylor.

Drawing on six decades spent in a variety of diving roles, David Strike’s personal misadventures and occasional lapses in good judgement provided him with more than enough material for a regular magazine column; one that ran for many years in Asian Diver as well as other regional diving publications.

In June 2018, for seventeen days, the world watched and held its breath as the Wild Boars soccer team were trapped deep in a cave in Thailand. Marooned beyond flooded cave passages after unexpected rains, they were finally rescued, one-by-one, against almost impossible odds, by an international cave-diving team which included Australians Dr Richard Harris and Dr Craig Challen.

Dick Smith takes on the hot topic of our times, arguing that Australian and global population growth carries enormous risks, dangers that none of our political parties is prepared to address.

TRUE SPIRIT is Jessica's story and in it she will detail her preparation, her journey and her battle with sleep deprivation, gale-force winds, mountainous seas, natural hazards like whales and icebergs and holding firm against the solitude that most of us can only imagine dealing with alone on a vast sea with no land to be seen and no help close at hand.

The story of Kate Leeming’s astonishing 22,000-kilometre trek by bicycle across Africa – dodging rebels, insurgents and Somali pirates and exotic and dangerous wildlife while battling extreme conditions from desert to jungled terrain on non-existent roads and faint tracks, is more than a story of mental grit and physical endurance.

In 1993, Kate Leeming became the first woman in history to cycle across the ‘New Russia’, when she organised, led and completed the five-month, 13 400-kilometre Trans-Siberian Cycle Expedition in aid of the children of Chernobyl. Ten years later, she conceived and organised the Great Australian Cycle Expedition (GRACE), a 25 000-kilometre journey through her own country, 7000 kilometres of which were to be ‘off road’ on remote, isolated tracks.

Dining with Divers – Tales from the Kitchen Table, Simon Pridmore and David Strike invite you to join them at their table to listen to stories and try dishes served up by a gathering of some of the great and the good of the scuba diving world. Explorers, record-breakers, innovators, designers, entrepreneurs and raconteurs all compete for your attention and taste buds in this first volume of a unique series of diving story cookbooks.

Enchanted by the richness of the centre of the Coral Triangle, over 12 expeditions, Michael captured the very essence and opulence of the global centre of marine protected areas in the most fascinating details ever published in one exquisite volume.

'Love Flying' is the full story of Heather's transformation from corporate executive with no background in adventure to world record holding 'extreme sportsperson', and still the only woman to successfully combine high altitude mountaineering with BASEjumping.