A Daredevil's Guide to Swimming with Sharks

A Daredevil's Guide to Swimming with Sharks
Author: Amie Jane Leavitt
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 142969985X

"Describes swimming with sharks for scientific study and as part of a tour group, the dangers involved, the gear needed, and what scientists have learned from their quests"--

A Daredevil's Guide to Storm Chasing

A Daredevil's Guide to Storm Chasing
Author: Amie Jane Leavitt
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1429699841

"Describes the activity of storm chasing, including how it's done, the dangers involved, and how it has helped scientists learn about severe weather"--

A Daredevil's Guide to Car Racing

A Daredevil's Guide to Car Racing
Author: Robb Murray
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1429699868

"Describes the activity of car racing, including types of racing, racing tracks, safety precautions, and famous drivers"--Provided by publisher.

Watch out for Sharks

Watch out for Sharks
Author: Caroline Arnold
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1623348137

Based on a major international exhibit that traveled for five years in North America, this book depicts the fascinating world of sharks.

MEG: Primal Waters

MEG: Primal Waters
Author: Steve Alten
Publisher: Forge Books
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429910240

New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's Meg: Primal Waters continues his thrilling action adventure series--the basis for the feature film The Meg, starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor. Eighteen years have passed since Angel, the Megalodon shark broke free of the Tanaka Lagoon and returned to the Mariana Trench. Meanwhile, Jonas Taylor-adventurer, has become Jonas Taylor, middle-aged father of two, overwhelmed by mountains of bills and the daily strife of raising a family. But life is about to change. A Hollywood television producer wants Jonah to join his new survival series: Daredevils. For the next six weeks, two teams of crazy daredevils on a South Pacific Ocean voyage on-board a replica of a Spanish Galleon will try to outperform one another in front of the cameras. Jonas needs the money, and the job seems easy enough-doing color commentary. But behind the scenes, someone else is pulling the strings. And before it's over, Jonas, Terry, and Mac will again come face to face with the most dangerous creatures ever to stalk the Earth. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Audience Responses to Real Media Violence

Audience Responses to Real Media Violence
Author: Mary Grace Antony
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2015-02-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 073919612X

Audience Responses to Real Media Violence: The Knockout Game considers an emerging and relatively overlooked area of media effects research: user-generated cellphone videos that feature real violence and its victims. Focusing specifically on a recent sinister media trend known as the Knockout Game, Mary Grace Antony explores how audiences respond to the victims in these videos. How do we assess the realism of this violence? And how do these evaluations of realism in turn influence our feelings of empathy and concern for the victims of violence? The burgeoning abundance and availability to real media violence online makes these questions more relevant today than ever before, and illustrates our complex responses to new and emerging media subgenres.

Southern California - Fodor's Guide

Southern California - Fodor's Guide
Author:
Publisher: Fodor's
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2006-03-07
Genre: California, Southern
ISBN: 1400016037

Get close to tigers, pandas, and gorillas at a world-famous zoo, cling to the cliffs on a drive along the Pacific, redefine your idea of Asian food at a Pasadena favorite, or jump on a surfboard and catch hairy waves--Fodor's Southern California, 2nd Edition offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout the area, including the Central coast, Yosemite and San Diego to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing. The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best --"Fodor's guides are saturated with information." - We frequently update our Southern California guide, and we make every effort to bring you the most accurate and thorough book. Plus we provide timely updates about the area to Fodors.com. - Unlike other travel books, Fodor's guides rely heavily on local experts who know the territory best--so you know you're seeing the real Southern California. - We give you the planning tools you need to tailor your trip. We give options for all budgets. You make the choices. ----------------------------------- With Fodor's you get much more than a guidebook-we make it easy for you to customize your dream vacation. Visit www.fodors.com to find up-to-date travel bargains, mini-guides to worldwide destinations, information on local festivals, dazzling drives, maps, vacation planning tips and much more! And, for more insider secrets, visit "Travel Talk" and "Rants and Raves" online at www.fodors.com/forums to get advice from other travelers like you.

Evel

Evel
Author: Leigh Montville
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0385533675

From New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville, this riveting and definitive new biography pulls back the red, white, and blue cape on a cultural icon—and reveals the unknown, complex, and controversial man known to millions around the world as Evel Knievel. Evel Knievel was a high-flying daredevil, the father of extreme sports, the personification of excitement and dan­ger and showmanship . . . and in the 1970s Knievel repre­sented a unique slice of American culture and patriotism. His jump over the fountains at Caesar’s Palace led to a crash unlike anything ever seen on television, and his attempt to rocket over Snake River Canyon in Idaho was something only P. T. Barnum could have orchestrated. The dazzling motorcycles and red-white-and-blue outfits became an integral part of an American decade. Knievel looked like Elvis . . . but on any given Saturday afternoon millions tuned in to the small screen to see this real-life action hero tempt death. But behind the flash and the frenzy, who was the man? Bestselling author Leigh Montville masterfully explores the life of the complicated man from the small town of Butte, Montana. He delves into Knievel’s amazing place in pop culture, as well as his notorious dark side—and his complex and often contradictory relationships with his image, the media, his own family, and his many demons. Evel Knievel’s story is an all-American saga, and one that is largely untold. Leigh Montville once again delivers a definitive biography of a one-of-a-kind sports legend.

Neutral Buoyancy

Neutral Buoyancy
Author: Tim Ecott
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2002-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780802139078

"Neutral Buoyancy is a journey filled with exotic, eccentric human characters competing for space with misunderstood sharks, weeping turtles, smiling dolphins and erotically shaped sea slugs. This unique and inspiring insight into our relationship with the deep will allow even the most timid swimmer to lose themselves underwater."--Jacket.

Meg

Meg
Author: Steve Alten
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1997
Genre: Carcharocles megalodon
ISBN: 9780385489058

If Michael Crichton and Clive Cussler were to combine their talents to create the ultimate summer read, MEG would be the result--a jaw-dropping and terrifying page-turner of the deep. On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists--"Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The average prehistoric Meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a Tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. Written off as a crackpot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Taylor refuses to forget the depths that nearly cost him his life. With a Ph.D. in paleontology under his belt, Taylor spends years theorizing, lecturing, and writing about the possibility that Meg still feeds at the deepest levels of the sea. But it takes an old friend in need to get him to return to the water, and a hotshot female submarine pilot to dare him back into a high-tech miniature sub. Diving deeper than he ever has before, Taylor will face terror like he's never imagined, and what he finds could turn the tides bloody red until the end of time. Steve Alten holds a master's degree in sports medicine and has a Ph.D. from Temple University. An avid amateur oceanographer, Alten has been studying Megalodons for over ten years. He lives with his wife and three children in South Florida. "MEG is his first novel.