High-quality color photos on every page will draw readers into the undersea world of sharks in this resource for general readers and science students. Sports divers, scientists, and undersea photographers recount life-changing encounters with sharks, emphasizing their beauty and power and the threat from human impacts on shark populations around the world. Readers will find facts on the life cycle of the shark, information on why they attack humans (and why they usually don't), and background on how researchers study sharks. Distributed in the US by International Publishers Marketing. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)