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A Diver's Guide to Reef Life |  | Authors: Andrea Ferrari, Antonella Ferrari
Publisher: Nautilus Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 724276
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 478
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 6.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 9832731011
EAN: 9789832731016
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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Product Description
This colorful photographic field guide describes about 1,200 species of common invertebrates, fishes, reptiles and mammals that occur on and around the world's coral reefs and mangroves. 6-1/2" x 7", 478 pages, 1,300 color photos.
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 Highly Recommended April 8, 2010
Frank Zuccotti
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wonderful field guide for the discerning scuba diver and/or snorkeler, loaded with spectacular photos and useful info. It's easy to use, handy to travel with, robust and printed on high-quality paper. Strangely enough, neither I nor my dive club buddies ever had any of the problems with a supposedly defective binding mentioned in one of the other reviews - and we're giving our copies quite a rough handling on an almost daily basis. In fact it's holding up better than other books by other publishers. No complaints whatsoever - it's a great book for all fish and critters lovers worldwide, and well worth its price. Strongly recommended to all who want to discover more about tropical marine life.
 Good basic book March 30, 2010
David Bethune (Kuwait)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Good book, I use it a lot but it lacks depth. I guess I thought it would have more creatures. It is basic but I can find more info on line for free.
 Nice photos & printing, but very poor binding March 24, 2010
R. Woo (Escondido, CA, US)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I saw the review of others mentioning about the poor binding. Not until I received this book to realize how bad it is. "No way to keep pages in place". I cannot understand how could a publisher shipped defective bind books like this, and it wasn't the first print edition.
Beautiful Little Book... February 12, 2010
W. Lynn (Oakland, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great little book. (Though, I emphasize the word, little.) I was looking for a detailed aquatic life guide with beautiful pictures, and this is definitely it. I had read all the wonderful reviews, and was running out of Christmas shopping time. I thought that $60 was a little pricier than I was hoping for, but it sounded like a great book and I thought, what the heck... I totally neglected to check out the book's dimensions. I was really surprised to see how small it was when it came in the mail. I'm a little disappointed as I thought that it would be more coffee-table-book sized. That being said, it is a wonderful book, and totally my fault for ignoring the posted dimensions. My boyfriend has recently taken up diving, and was really happy to get it for Christmas. He loves flipping through all the beautiful photos; we are not well educated in marine habitats, but it seems really informative and detailed. We both like that it has coral species and other non-fish categories inside. I guess the size of the book makes it pretty handy, but I bet the gorgeous photographs would have been even more fantastic if it was just a little bigger. I guess, overall, it is a great book, but the price is a bit steep for a book this size.
overpriced and shoddily made February 16, 2009
A. Balinson (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Although this book contains some great photos to help in identifying fish, it is poorly made; I've barely used it and the binding is already separating. Also, it could have used better proofreading by a native English speaker. Considering that it cost $60, it's a very small book (a fact I neglected to notice before ordering). Unfortunately, at that price I don't think I can recommend it to anyone else.
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