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Shark!: Killer Tales from the Dangerous Depths
Personal accounts of encounters with sharks from shark hunters, divers, biologists, and everyday swimmers who meet up with sharks either deliberately or by accident
Famous shark hunters and other adventurers speak for the first time about their dangerous encounters with these fearsome predators in this book chronicling shark attacks both on Australia's fatal shores and around the world. It records miraculous escapes as well—some so bizarre they defy belief, and some that display extraordinary courage in the face of extreme peril. The phenomenon of so-called "rogue" sharks that stalk and kill humans in numbers, in the same place, at the same time, is also investigated. With all viewpoints covered from shark hunters to conservationists, these gripping stories will both fascinate and frighten, taking the reader into the realm of creatures that have ruled the oceans with ruthless efficiency for more than 400 million years.
Famous shark hunters and other adventurers speak for the first time about their dangerous encounters with these fearsome predators in this book chronicling shark attacks both on Australia's fatal shores and around the world. It records miraculous escapes as well—some so bizarre they defy belief, and some that display extraordinary courage in the face of extreme peril. The phenomenon of so-called "rogue" sharks that stalk and kill humans in numbers, in the same place, at the same time, is also investigated. With all viewpoints covered from shark hunters to conservationists, these gripping stories will both fascinate and frighten, taking the reader into the realm of creatures that have ruled the oceans with ruthless efficiency for more than 400 million years.
- GenresAnimals
350 pages, Paperback
First published November 29, 2010
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About the author
Robert Reid
6 books3 followersRobert Reid is an author and investigative journalist who has lived in north Queensland for more than three decades. He has worked as a freelance writer and had his stories published in a wide range of Australian and international newspapers and magazines. Although he specialises in crime, Reid has covered a diversity of topics that include sport, politics, the arts and general current affairs.
Reid began his career as a short fiction writer and has had his work published in several national magazines and has been included in an anthology of Queensland authors. He has also worked as a media advisor, an advertising scriptwriter and has taught creative writing and journalism.
In 1995 Reid won both the best feature story and best overall news story in the inaugural North Queensland Media Awards for his profile on Ernest Arthur Knibb, who was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he has steadfastly maintained he did not commit - the murder of scriptwriter Miranda Downes on a beach near Cairns in 1985. Knibb remains in prison 18 years later. His story is revealed in UNDER A DARK MOON.
Reid is a former Cairns Bureau Chief for The Courier-Mail reporting news from north Queensland but has now resumed his career as a full-time author.
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Reid began his career as a short fiction writer and has had his work published in several national magazines and has been included in an anthology of Queensland authors. He has also worked as a media advisor, an advertising scriptwriter and has taught creative writing and journalism.
In 1995 Reid won both the best feature story and best overall news story in the inaugural North Queensland Media Awards for his profile on Ernest Arthur Knibb, who was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he has steadfastly maintained he did not commit - the murder of scriptwriter Miranda Downes on a beach near Cairns in 1985. Knibb remains in prison 18 years later. His story is revealed in UNDER A DARK MOON.
Reid is a former Cairns Bureau Chief for The Courier-Mail reporting news from north Queensland but has now resumed his career as a full-time author.
Librarian Note:
There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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September 25, 2018bye-bye, shark week! i love you the most and i will see you soon!
i want to read this book next year because i love every review it has on the bn.com:
-I thought it was a good book i liked it alot but it wasnt my favorite shark book
-People are so mean to sharks why do people killthem aney way
-Sharks books is my favorite books. These are the only aniamal books willl read
-Evereybody is mean to sharks! :(:( :(
and the best:
-This book is so likely to happen.i didnt even read a word inside the book and it is described as well as the best book in the world.peple are *mean* becse we r scared.i a eleven and i have the longes review!!
oh, yeah??? look out, "anonymous"... mine is gonna be SO LONG!!
come to my blog!
i want to read this book next year because i love every review it has on the bn.com:
-I thought it was a good book i liked it alot but it wasnt my favorite shark book
-People are so mean to sharks why do people killthem aney way
-Sharks books is my favorite books. These are the only aniamal books willl read
-Evereybody is mean to sharks! :(:( :(
and the best:
-This book is so likely to happen.i didnt even read a word inside the book and it is described as well as the best book in the world.peple are *mean* becse we r scared.i a eleven and i have the longes review!!
oh, yeah??? look out, "anonymous"... mine is gonna be SO LONG!!
come to my blog!
November 9, 2022
A very informative and well researched book; 'Shark!' details numerous famous and lesser known shark attacks, shark hunters and documentary filmmakers.
The book is split into six parts, each part about a different aspect of shark attacks or people's first-hand experience of swimming in their presence.
I love a good scare and since I saw Jaws (thanks for the nightmares, Spielberg), I've been terrified of sharks, even though shark attacks don't happen in Guernsey! There are a lot of horrific tales of fatal attacks as well as unlikely, heroic survivors throughout the book; the details of some of them turned my stomach.
The writing style makes this an easy book to read, while still providing a lot of unbiased information about various species of shark.
I admire that Reid met with people who both loved and loathed these majestic animals and presented the facts without his personal opinion.
I didn't like the details of sharks being hunted for killing a human, I'm glad it was included in the book, but what these people did was barbaric and more often than not, innocent sharks were killed and cut open.
I feel that I now have a better understanding of sharks and their behaviours; they're don't go in search of humans to eat, it's usually a case of mistaken identity. That's not to say that I would be calm when faced with a four metre tiger shark!
Sharks have had a bad reputation over the years, exacerbated by Peter Benchley's book and then the film adaptation of Jaws, but sharks are just doing what they're born to do, there will always be a slight risk when we enter their domain.
The book is split into six parts, each part about a different aspect of shark attacks or people's first-hand experience of swimming in their presence.
I love a good scare and since I saw Jaws (thanks for the nightmares, Spielberg), I've been terrified of sharks, even though shark attacks don't happen in Guernsey! There are a lot of horrific tales of fatal attacks as well as unlikely, heroic survivors throughout the book; the details of some of them turned my stomach.
The writing style makes this an easy book to read, while still providing a lot of unbiased information about various species of shark.
I admire that Reid met with people who both loved and loathed these majestic animals and presented the facts without his personal opinion.
I didn't like the details of sharks being hunted for killing a human, I'm glad it was included in the book, but what these people did was barbaric and more often than not, innocent sharks were killed and cut open.
I feel that I now have a better understanding of sharks and their behaviours; they're don't go in search of humans to eat, it's usually a case of mistaken identity. That's not to say that I would be calm when faced with a four metre tiger shark!
Sharks have had a bad reputation over the years, exacerbated by Peter Benchley's book and then the film adaptation of Jaws, but sharks are just doing what they're born to do, there will always be a slight risk when we enter their domain.
October 18, 2019
A very thrilling and informative narrative
August 10, 2011
STRIKEN!
This was fairly terribly written.
This was fairly terribly written.
June 28, 2016
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