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Anniversary of the Titanic Sinking

Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came from By Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. Author Davenport-Hines, Richard 2012-03 - William Morrow & Company 9780061876844 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the "Titanic" comes a magnificently written history that brings into focus the people involved in this legendary tragedy--the dealmakers and industry giants behind the ship's creation as well as its passengers, both aristocrats and immigrants, and its crew. …More

Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner By Maxtone-Graham, John 2012-03 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393082401 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The dean of ocean liner historians uncovers fascinating and unknown aspects of this epic disaster. …More

Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World By Hines, Stephen W. 2011-09 - Cumberland House Publishing 9781402256653 Check Our Catalog The "Titanic" was the greatest ocean linear ever built and the news of its sinking 5 days into its maiden voyage, shocked the world. Captivated by the tragedy, audiences turned to the trusted Daily Telegraph hoping to find answers to questions of how the "unsinkable ship" could have ever gone down. Misinformation and erroneous reports of what exactly happened to the Titanic were numerous, and it was up to the Telegraph reporters to determine the truth. Focused entirely on media clippings and reporting from the time of the tragedy, Titanic is a ripped-from-the-headlines account of the sinking of the world's largest ship. …More

How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay By Wilson, Frances 2011-10 - Harper 9780062094544 Check Our Catalog A brilliantly original and gripping new look at the sinking of the "Titanic" through the prism of the life and lost honor of J. Bruce Ismay, the ship's owner, in a unique work of history that raises provocative moral questions about cowardice and heroism, memory and identity, survival and guilt. 352 pp. 30,000 print. …More

Titanic the Ship Magnificent By Beveridge, Bruce Author Hall, Steve Author Andrews, Scott 2007-03 - Tempus Publishing, Limited 9780752435732 Check Our Catalog The largest, most luxurious ship in the world, wrecked on her maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg in mid-Atlantic has become the stuff of legends. While everyone knows the new White Star liner was the most glamorous vessel afloat, few appreciate just how luxurious she was. For the first time, Bruce Beveridge, Steve Hall, and Scott Andrews look at the ship itself, and at her interior design and fittings. From cobalt blue Spode china and Elkington plate silverware in the a la carte restaurant to the design of the boilers and fixtures and fittings onboard the world's most luxurious vessel, they tell the story of a liner built at the peak of the race between the British, French, and Germans to build bigger and better ships. …More

Titanic: The Last Great Images By Ballard, Robert With Coutts, Ian 2008-09 - Running Press Book Publishers 9780762435043 Check Our Catalog Seventy years after the great ocean liner sank, marine geologist Ballard discovered the wreck of the "Titanic" 12,500 feet beneath the surface of the icy North Atlantic. He presents the story of the famous ship through these last great images. …More

Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters By Hardpress Publishing, Publishing 2010-01 - Hardpress Publishing 9781407646015 Check Our Catalog …More

Titanic By Cameron, James 2007-11 - Paramount Home Video 0097361313443 Check Our Catalog Two and a half miles beneath the waves of the North Atlantic, a mystery is unfolding. A secret love, bravery, treasure and treachery, hidden by time but never forgotten. A beautiful socialite. A penniless artist. A priceless diamond. A romance so passionate that nothing on earth could stop it. A destiny so incredible that no one could have imagined it. A collision of lives that could only happen on Titanic, the ship of dreams. …More

Titanic By Marriott, Leo 1997-09 - Smithmark Publishers 9780765106476 Check Our Catalog At the launching of The Titanic, contemporaries believed the ship was unsinkable, but on Sunday, April 14, 1912, the 'greatest liner on earth' was the subject of a terrible human tragedy which claimed the lives of 1522 passengers and crew. Illustrated with fascinating photographs and drawings of the ship and its passengers, this engaging text tells the story of the supposedly unconquerable vessel that ultimately proved to be all too fallible. Readers interested in the history of sea travel or the human response to disaster will find this book to be an invaluable addition to their library. …More

Titanic Voices By Hyslop, Donald 2002-12 - Booksales 9780762846719 Check Our Catalog …More

Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters By Jessop, Violet Editor Maxtone-Graham, John Introduction by Maxtone-Graham, John 1998-07 - Sheridan House 9781574090352 Check Our Catalog When TITANIC Survivor was first published, it immediately became a bestseller both in the U.S. and U.K. Among the legion of books that emerged from the TITANIC craze precipitated by James Cameron's 1997 film, Jessop's towered above the rest due to its unique authenticity and wrenching firsthand account of that unforgettable tragedy. Following a childhood in Argentina and formative years in England, Violet Jessop spent her entire career ??? and fully half her life ??? at sea. She served as a stewardess for first-class passengers aboard the infamous TITANIC, and, four years later, was a nurse on the ill-fated hospital ship BRITANNIC when it struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean Sea. She went on to write this unique and riveting eyewitness account of both disasters, weaving into her story many fascinating tales of fellow stewards, wartime alarums, impossible passengers, philandering shipmates, exotic ports, and tragic deaths. …More

Her Name, Titanic By Pellegrino, Charles R. 1990-06 - Avon Books 9780380708925 Check Our Catalog "NOT EVEN GOD HIMSELF COULD SINK THIS SHIP? On the evening of Sunday, April 14, 1912, the awesome ocean liner Titanic-the majestic queen of the White Star fleet-struck an iceberg and quickly vanished into the frigid blackness of the North Atlantic. Seventy-three years later, a dedicated group of scientists set sail in search of the sunken behemoth-an incredible mission that uncovered shocking secrets buried two miles below the ocean's surface. In Her Name, Titantic, Dr. Charles Pellegrino combines two enthralling adventures in one: re-creating with breathtaking immediacy the terrible night the great ship went down...and offering a riveting, first-hand account of a remarkable expedition-and the miraculous scientific technology-that helped shed astonishing new light on the greatest seagoing disaster of the 20th century. …More

The Discovery of the Titanic By Ballard, Robert D. Illustrator Marschall, Ken With Archbold, Rick 1995-10 - Warner Books 9780446671743 Check Our Catalog Here is the first-hand account of Dr. Ballard's quest to find the Titanic. Including rare archival photos and charts, this volume recounts the Titanic's tragic last night and describes the drama of the expedition that finally found and explored her. Plus Dr. Ballard reveals the ship's location and lays to rest many of its mysteries. 48-page color insert. …More

Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy By Eaton, John P. With Haas, Charles A. 1995-04 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393036978 Check Our Catalog Eight decades after the sinking of the Titanic, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, the public's fascination with the ship, the tragedy and its mysterious aftermath remains as strong as ever. The new edition of this highly respected book offers a comprehensive chronicle of the entire saga, from the liner's design as the supposedly safest vessel afloat, through her maiden voyage carrying the social, artistic and financial elite of two continents, and her sinking in the early hours of 15 April 1912. It continues up to the discovery of the wreck in 1985, the controversy surrounding the recovering of artifacts from the vessel and an account of their conservation and preservation. John Eaton and Charles Haas, two renowned Titanic experts, have themselves dived down to the wreck. Their exclusive seabed photographs form the basis of a new and fascinating color section. Also featured in this updated and expanded edition is an additional chapter covering the 1985 discovery, the 1986 crewed exploration, the 1987 artifact recovery, the 1991 cinematic expedition, and the 1993 research and recovery expedition. Coverage of the 1992 British Ministry of Transport's reassessment of evidence dealing with the Californian, together with the most detailed passenger list yet published, further enhance the book's acclaimed comprehensiveness. The Titanic was one of the best photographed vessels of all time. Here is an astonishingly thorough pictorial record of her brief existence. Beginning with her conception, more than a thousand photographs and artists' impressions cover her construction and launching, her fitting-out and trials, preparations for her maiden passenger-carrying voyage, her departure fromSouthampton and arrival at Cherbourg, her voyage to Queenstown, and the drama of her final disaster after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and the aftermath through to the present day. There are photos of her designers and builders, her passengers and crew, and of other vessels in her vicinity when she sank, including the Carpathia and the Californian. Also featured are astonishing pictures of the wreck two and a half miles beneath the sea. There are sections on the American and British inquiries and on the world's memorials to the Titanic and her people. …More

Sinking of the "Titanic," Most Appalling Ocean Horror By Henry, Mowbray Jay 2011-09 - Nabu Press 9781247080635 Check Our Catalog …More

Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey Into the Heart of the Titanic By Marschall, Ken Author Lynch, Donald Author Lynch, Don 2003-04 - Da Capo Press 9780306812231 Check Our Catalog This breathtakingly illustrated true tale of discovery ties in with a groundbreaking new 3-D, large-screen movie from the director-producer of "Titanic." 200+ full-color photos. …More

Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic By Butler, Daniel Allen 2002-03 - Da Capo Press 9780306811104 Check Our Catalog This passionate yet balanced narrative explores every facet of the "Titanic's" history, including her spectacular conception in an Irish shipyard and the ambitious attempts to salvage her. Drawn from primary sources and period accounts, this new narrative puts the disaster into historical context and will serve as an essential historical resource for scholars of "Titanic" lore. photos. …More

Beneath the Seven Seas By Bass, George F. 2005-11 - Thames & Hudson 9780500051368 Check Our Catalog Firsthand accounts from around the world of more than forty of the most important shipwreck and sunken-city projects ever undertaken. From the Pacific to the Mediterranean, from the Caribbean to the Red Sea, from northern Europe and the northern United States to the Indian Ocean, archaeologists vividly describe shipwrecks from centuries past, from the oldest and deepest ever excavated to the remains of battles in both the European and Pacific theaters of World War II. Readers will dive nearly 200 feet with Cemal Pulak on a royal ship that sank over 3,300 years ago off the Aegean coast of Turkey, and explore with Donny Hamilton the streets and houses of the richest English colony in the New World, the infamous pirate stronghold of Port Royal, Jamaica, swallowed by the sea in 1692. They will accompany famed undersea explorer Robert Ballard, discoverer of the "Titanic," as he and Cheryl Ward search for shipwrecks in the deep, oxygen-free waters of the Black Sea. They will wade with archaeologist Fred Hocker through mud along the bank of a South Carolina river, and then sail through a gale with Susan Womer Katzev on a full-scale replica of the best-preserved ancient Greek ship yet raised from the depths of the Mediterranean. The book describes the tragic loss, within sight of their loved ones, of seamen returning home to Portugal in 1606, at the end of a two-year voyage to the East on the "Nossa Senhora dos Martires," and then describes the fate of the crew of another Portuguese ship, the "Santo Antonio de Tanna," which sank off Mombasa, Kenya, while trying to lift the siege of Fort Jesus by Omani Arabs in 1697. It describes the foods, games, weapons, tools, and groomingimplements on a ship sailed by Bulgarian merchants around AD 1025, carrying as cargo the largest known collections of medieval Islamic glass and glazed pottery. 350 color illustrations. …More