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One of America's most heralded young divers, David Boudia twice went for Olympic gold, training obsessively and whole-heartedly for success. In his first Olympics, he failed miserably, not winning a single medal. Four years later saw a different story: he mounted the podium twice, winning both gold and bronze. The difference? In the intervening years, he'd changed the focus of his quest from seeking glory for himself to giving glory to God. In Greater...
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"A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village's all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook's mother. As the girls take...
3) La perla
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
88 pages ; 19 cm
Language
Español
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"One of Steinbeck's most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl from the Gulf beds means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife Juana cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. This classic novella from Nobel Prize-winner John...
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"Leagues below the sparkling blue water of the Caribbean Sea lies the mysterious wreckage of the Grave Descend. Protected by a wall of coral reef and blood-thirsty sharks, the corpse of the sunken yacht has been deemed unrecoverable by every diver in the world. Until James McGregor is offered a shot at it. For McGregor, a thirty-nine-year-old diver with a long history of unsavory salvage jobs, it's his last chance at a big payday. But the more he...
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"From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planet. More people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about deep space than we do about the depths of our oceans. From one of the top cave divers working today--and one of the very few women in her field--Into the Planet blends...
6) Open water
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Susan and Daniel are a happily married couple who are taking a much needed vacation to the islands. They are hoping for a memorable trip. However, their vacation turns tragic when their scuba diving party leaves them in the middle of the ocean by the careless diving boat crew. As the reality of isolation sets in, they turn to one another for support. Unable to flag down passing boats, they begin to panic as encircling sharks begin to appear.
7) Gone
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Investigating a serial carjacker whose actual targets are young children in back seats, Jack Caffery teams up once again with police diver Sergeant Flea Marley, whose life is endangered by a discovery in an abandoned, half-submerged tunnel.
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Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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English
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Profiles the childhood dreams and realities of the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal, achieved in the 10-meter platform diving event in 1948.
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"Pass Christian, Mississippi, 1980: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips up the jacket of his wet suit and plunges from a Coast Guard tender into darkness. His dive light illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that...
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2023.
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English
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When Flight 1421 crashes into the ocean six minutes after take-off, the surviving passengers believe they are the lucky ones until the plane starts to sink to the ocean floor, trapping them inside, and they must wait to be rescued as both air and time run out.
11) She is the ocean
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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A look into the lives of several women from different parts of the world who are united by their passion about the ocean.
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
Widescreen version.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Saltwater crocodile: A giant saltwater crocodile wanders into freezing waters so the Octonauts try to return the predator to its warm water home -- Decorator crab: When important objects go missing from their ship, the Octonauts stake out the thief who turns out to be a decorator crab, stealing their things to decorate his shell -- Giant spider crab: Kwazii is frightened when he spots a giant underwater spider, but it turns out to be a very old spider...
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Underwater Investigation Unit volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit have discovered a van at the bottom of a murky Florida pond. Sealed inside the watery tomb are the bodies of four teenagers who disappeared thirty years ago after leaving a rock concert. To authorities, it looks like a tragic accident. To Sloan, it looks like murder. Every piece of evidence is starting to connect to a string of cold case vanishings throughout Florida. Clue by clue, Sloan navigates...
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Cookiecutter sharks: Captain Barnacles and the crew investigate why mysterious holes have started to appear in their equipment -- Lost lemon shark: The underwater explorers go in search of a lemon shark that has hurt its nose and is struggling to find its way home -- Dwarf lantern shark: Captain Barnacles and the team try to find an injured dwarf lantern shark -- Giant jelly: The crew tries to rescue Peso when he becomes trapped inside a giant jelly...
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Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2007
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1 videodisc (100 mins.) : sd., col., 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In an era of fierce conflict and global chaos, the U. S. Navy SEALs stand ready to answer their nation's call. Honed and hardened in the flames of combat, they descend from the night sky and rise from the ocean depths to strike their targets with deadly efficiency. Based on first-person accounts, this extraordinary miniseries captures the danger and emotion of actual classified SEAL missions. From the planning stages through preparation to the...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018].
Physical Desc
305 pages : map ; 24 cm
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English
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". . . A sweeping historical debut for fans of Lilac Girls, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Kristin Hannah that brings to life the heartbreaking history of Korea through the deeply moving and redemptive story of two sisters separated by World War II"--
Korean sisters living under Japanese rule during World War II are separated when Hana, the older sister, saves her younger sister Emi from an assault. Hana is transported to Manchuria, where she is forced...
18) Men of honor
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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"Men of Honor tells the courageous tale of an African-American sailor (Gooding) who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy master diver. Despite a ruthless training officer (DeNiro) and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible in an incredible finish that will leave you cheering." -- Back of container.
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Zanna Krykos eagerly takes on her friend's sponging business as a way to use her legal skills and avoid her family's matchmaking. But the newly arrived Greek divers, led by Nico Kalos, mistrust a boss who knows nothing about the trade. Yet they must work together to rise above adversity after the mysterious death of a diver and the rumor of sunken treasure.
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"Western Australia, 1886. After months at sea, a slow boat makes its passage from London to the shores of Bannin Bay. The sea is a shocking blue, and gulls float above battered mangrove jetties. From the deck, young Eliza Brightwell and her family eye their strange new home. Here is an unforgiving land where fortune sits patiently at the bottom of the ocean. A land where pearl shells bloom to the size of soup plates. Where men are coaxed into unthinkable...
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