Master storyteller Peter Benchley combines high adventure with practical information in Shark Trouble, a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and

Shark Trouble

Master storyteller Peter Benchley combines high adventure with practical information in Shark Trouble, a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and around the sea. The bestselling author of Jaws, The Deep, and other works draws on more than three decades of experience to share information about sharks and other marine animals.

â€œShark attacks on human beings generate a tremendous amount of media coverage,â€ Benchley writes, â€œpartly because they occur so rarely, but mostly, I think, because people are, and always have been, simultaneously intrigued and terrified by sharks. Sharks come from a wing of the dark castle where our nightmares liveâ€”deep water beyond our sight and understandingâ€”and so they stimulate our fears and fantasies and imaginations.â€

Benchley describes the many types of sharks (including the ones that pose a genuine threat to man), what is and isnâ€™t known about shark behavior, the odds against an attack and how to reduce them even furtherâ€”all reinforced with the lessons he has learned, the mistakes he has made, and the personal perils he has encountered while producing television documentaries, bestselling novels, and articles about the sea and its inhabitants. He tells how to swim safely in the ocean, how to read the tides and currents, what behavior to avoid, and how to survive when danger suddenly strikes. He discusses how to tell children about sharks and the sea and how to develop, in young and old alike, a healthy respect for the ocean.

As Benchley says, â€œThe ocean is the only alien and potentially hostile environment on the planet into which we tend to venture without thinking about the animals that live there, how they behave, how they support themselves, and how they perceive us. I know of no one who would set off into the jungles of Malaysia armed only with a bathing suit, a tube of suntan cream, and a book, and yet thatâ€™s precisely how we approach the oceans.â€

No longer. Not after youâ€™ve read Shark Trouble.

Country	USA
Author	Peter Benchley
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780375508240
Edition	1st
ISBN	0375508244
Label	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	208
PublicationDate	2002-06-04
Publisher	Random House
ReleaseDate	2002-06-04
Studio	Random House

Shark Trouble

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