Deep

Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves

By: James Nestor

Narrated by: James Nestor

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice.
An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014. A Scientific American Recommended Read.

Deep is a voyage from the ocean's surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth. Fascinated by the sport of freediving - in which competitors descend to great depths on a single breath - James Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers. He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena. Most illuminating of all, he learns that these abilities are reflected in our own remarkable and often hidden potential - including echolocation, directional sense, and the profound bodily changes humans undergo when underwater. Along the way Nestor unlocks his own freediving skills as he communes with the pioneers who are expanding our definition of what is possible in the natural world - and in ourselves.

©2014 James Nestor (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Fascinating, informative, exhilarating." ( Wall Street Journal)

"A journey well worth taking." ( New York Times Book Review)

"Nestor pulls us below the surface into a world far beyond imagining and opens our eyes to these unseen places." ( Dallas Morning News)

Excellent!

This is a fantastic book. Fascinating stories and solid info on freediving and oceanic state of affairs.

beautiful!

this is the second book by James Nestor that I've listened to. love it!

he has a wonderful way of weaving his information into story form that keeps my attention at all times.

What a wild book.

Seriously, sports writer becomes so curious about free diving he dives into the rabbit hole, and just keeps digging... err... diving? I absolutely loved this book, even though that it seemed a bit all over the place at times. I felt like I was learning all about this new world right along with the author and had a ton of fun listening to his journey unfold.

Absolutely fascinating

I’ve always been terrified of the ocean and yet have always felt it beckon to me. Listening to this, I almost feel as if I now understand why I felt that the ocean’s call. Maybe it’s because the sea is out original home: for all of us.

Forgive me if I sound melodramatic, that isn’t my intent. I simply wish to convey the intuition listening to this book brought to me.

I definitely recommend it.

Deeply moving

Absolutely loved this dive into the world of the ocean and culture and science. I absolutely loved it. To tears at points. Thank you James.