Brad Matsen

Death and Oil: A True Story of the Piper Alpha Disaster on the North Sea

by Brad Matsen

The first full account of the most tragic oil rig disaster in history, the human story behind it, and the true nature of its legacy.

July 6, 1988, began as a normal day on Piper Alpha, the biggest offshore...

Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King

by Brad Matsen

An unprecedented and masterfully told biography of Jacques Cousteau that reveals for the first time the fascinating and compelling individual behind this famous television personality.

Inventor of the aqualung...

Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler

by Brad Matsen

After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most...