DEATH BY JOY
Published: 2017 by Dexiny Productions
The true story of one woman’s choice to find joy in dying and her unforgettable discoveries along the way.
DEATH BY JOY: An Escorted Journey, companion book to the profoundly moving documentary film, explores dying from a perspective wildly at odds with Western society’s grim take on the subject. How could the protagonist, Mary, confronted with a damning diagnosis, choose a joyful path to death, and stride with such carefree steps along it?
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SUBTIDAL GALAPAGOS
Published: 1986 by Camden House Publishing
From the back cover:
“While the volcanic islands of the Galápagos archipelago are probably the world’s best-known natural preserve, few humans have explored the exotic marine domain that surrounds them. Caught between the conflicting influences of warm trade winds and icy Antarctic water currents, the subtidal world of the Galápagos is alive with one of the Earth’s most diverse and fascinating ecological systems — a tumultuous blend of thousands of colourful tropical fishes, hammerhead sharks, strange invertebrates, rare corals, iguanas and many other cold-water species.
Underwater photographer/writer James Cribb spent almost a year exploring the marine wonders of the Galápagos, probing the limits of a biological realm that would have astounded even Charles Darwin, the great Victorian scientist who first recognized the islands’ unique status.
SUBTIDAL GALAPAGOS is an adventure story, a pictorial delight and an eloquent plea for the preservation of one of the planet’s most extraordinary ecosystems.”
This book is out of print. An ebook version is in the works.
MARINE LIFE OF THE CARIBBEAN
Published: 1984 by SKYLINE PRESS, a registered imprint of Oxford University Press
From the book jacket front flap:
“Here is the fruit of a rare collaboration. JACQUES COUSTEAU, the world’s most famous undersea explorer, JAMES CRIBB, subtidal photographer and master of that difficult art, and THOMAS SUCHANEK, marine biologist and research scholar of the Caribbean waters, have combined their skills to portray a hidden realm of wonder.
A multitude of vivid and fantastic creatures populates the underwater landscapes of the Caribbean Sea. The penetrating rays of tropical sunlight reveal grottoes and gardens inhabited by characters that Alice might have found beyond the looking-glass; Angel fish, damsel fish, lizard fish, trumpet fish, scorpion fish, and balloon fish, hydrocoral, elkhorn coral, fire and star coral, barrel sponge and lavender sponge, rainbow-colored anemones and golden-tail morays — these are but a random few of the species glimpsed by the diver’s camera. The photographs are accompanied by detailed biological captions, carefully researched to identify their elusive subjects. The writing of Jacques Cousteau lends the style and authority of his incomparable genius to this brilliant book.”
This book is out of print. An ebook version is in the works.
Treasures of the Sea
Published: 1983 by Oxford University Press
From the book jacket front flap:
“‘Under the tides of the Pacific northwest lies hidden the mysterious world of wildlife without parallel in its strange variety. Veiled by the current-swept and often murky waters of the ocean is an array of stunningly beautiful, intricately detailed animals, whose flower-like delicacy calls to mind the gentle slopes of an alpine meadow, rather than the frigid depths of a hostile sea. Save for a handful of divers who make brief incursions into this environment,… few people anywhere know that such a unique congregation of animals and plants exists. The sea guards its secret well.’
So begins the introduction to this uniquely revealing book. Never before have the hidden beauties of the ocean floor been portrayed with such startling graphic effect. Here are to be seen in detail the strange subtidal creatures that inhabit the Pacific waters from Alaska and British Columbia to Northern California. The subject could not be more timely. Oil exploration is beginning off the northern Pacific coasts. With it have come feasibility studies for tanker traffic and the leasing of offshore drilling sites. Environmental concern has created a demand for information about the life-forms that may be threatened.
Little is known of this fantastic world that predates man by millions of years, yet only now is becoming accessible to him. Treasures of the Sea reveals a galaxy of unimagined wonders. It evokes the psychedelic fantasies of space and science fiction. The images that James Cribb has brought back from the depths would grace the walls of any modern gallery. The fragile splendor of the ocean floor, depicted here in vivid natural colours, will appeal to artists and designers as well as to diving enthusiasts and explorers of the sea.”
This book is out of print. An ebook version is in the works.