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Author
Publisher
Continuum
Pub. Date
2011
Description
This is an anniversary edition of a highly-regarded account of Titanic's tragic maiden voyage, which also focuses on some of those who died. This centenary edition includes updated information, new insights and unique perspectives on the liner's construction as well as heroes and villains of the tragedy.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Description
'Shadow of the Titanic' tells the extraordinary stories of some of those 705 who survived. How did the loss of the ship shape the lives of the people who survived? How did those who were saved feel about those who perished? And how did they remember that terrible night?
Author
Publisher
Short Books
Pub. Date
2016
Description
At 2.20am on April 15th 1912, the Titanic was plunging 12,000 feet to the ocean floor. The Titanic had broken into two pieces - her streamlined bow speeding to the bottom of the sea, her stern sinking slower, breaking up as it went. Machinery, coal, crystal goblets, pianos and jewellery all tumbled through the dark water. It would take an hour for all the remains of the great ship to hit the seabed. Hundreds of passengers and crew were still trapped...
Author
Publisher
Sort Of
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Chris Stewart lands his dream job as a skipper for the summer, sailing a Cornish crabber around the Greek islands. In this memoir we follow Chris on a series of adventures, from a shaky start in Littlehampton harbour to a journey of a lifetime on a trip across the North Atlantic.
Author
Publisher
Adlard Coles
Pub. Date
2021
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Description
The writer and broadcaster Paul Heiney set sail from the east coast of England bound for Iceland, propelled by a desire to breathe the cool, clear air of the high latitudes, and to follow in the wake of generations of sailors who have made this often treacherous journey since the 13th century. In almost every harbour he tripped over maritime history and anecdote, and came face to face with his own past as he sailed north along his childhood coastline...
Author
Publisher
Frontline
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Drawn from primary sources and period accounts, this volume puts the Titanic disaster into historical context. The narrative explores every facet of the Titanic's history, including her conception in an Irish shipyard and the ambitious modern-day attempts to salvage her.
Author
Description
This title summarises the whole Titanic story, from building and launching, through the glory days and sinking, to the discovery of the wreck by unmanned submersible and the subsequent crewed dives, including the authors' own photographic visit to the site and the artefact recovery expeditions.
18) Trawler
Author
Publisher
Clipper Large Print
Pub. Date
2006
Description
In 'Trawler', Redmond O'Hanlon describes his most dangerous journey yet - on a trawler sailing from Stromness to Greenland. Unable to fish the North Sea or Icelandic waters, captain Jason and his crew have to make ever longer and more dangerous journeys, in search of ever stranger fish.
Author
Publisher
Tempus
Pub. Date
2002
Description
The band playing 'Nearer my God to Thee' as the ship went down is probably one of the most famous stories relating to the Titanic. The bravery of the band and their leader, Wallace Hartley, is an endearing story. This work chronicles the life of Wallace Hartley.
Author
Publisher
History
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Between 2006 and 2010 journalist Nick Allen travelled to Afghanistan to 'embed' himself with soldiers on the front line in the war against the Taliban. This is his first-hand account of military operations from the battlefields of Hellmand and Kandahar, to the so-called 'backwaters' of the Afghan conflict.