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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $9.84
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Manufacturer: Avery Color Studios
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Wes Oleszewski
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Publisher: Avery Color Studios
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 977
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Publication Date: 1997-03
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Reading Level: 295
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Price: $7.99
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Sale: $4.20
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Manufacturer: Pocket
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Publisher: Pocket
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Dewey Decimal Number: 910.91634
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Publication Date: 1998-03-01
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Reading Level: 592
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Description: When Tom Kuntz, the "Word for Word" section editor of the New York Times, started researching a column on the Senate hearings about the Titanic disaster, he discovered that this supposedly public information was tough for the public to come by--it was stuck away in archives on cumbersome microfiche. The Times just hates anything that comes between people and information--just look at its historic efforts to publicize the government's Vietnam policy in the recent book The Day the Presses Stopped: A History of the Pentagon Papers Case. So Kuntz intelligently excerpted and published, for the first time ever, these transcripts, noting without fear or favor his own paper's participation in the then-common practice of checkbook journalism and presenting hundreds of pages of gripping eyewitness testimony. The Titanic Disaster Hearings also includes a helpful, if rather brief, index to the testimony, so you can look up "Lookout men, glasses for" and turn to the page with this heartbreaking discussion of the owners' inexplicable refusal to give the lookouts binoculars: SENATOR SMITH: Suppose you had had [binoculars], could you have seen this black object [the iceberg] a greater distance? MR. FLEET [a Titanic lookout]: We could have seen it a bit sooner. SENATOR SMITH: How much sooner? MR. FLEET: Well, enough to get out of the way... "Here the world learned of Isidor and Ida Straus's decision to die together rather than separate under the 'women and children first' evacuation tradition," writes Kuntz. "Archibald Gracie vividly described people swarming up the Titanic's rear decks as the ship plunged deeper into the sea." One does not envy the wireless operators explaining how their state-of-the-art system managed to screw up so badly, nor Titanic officer Pitman, who claimed his passengers and crewmen refused his order to row back to pick up screaming survivors in their boat, which had room for 20 more people, because they feared those in the water would swamp them: SENATOR SMITH: How many of these cries were there? Was it a chorus, or was it-- MR. PITMAN: I would rather you did not speak about that. SENATOR SMITH: I would like to know how you were impressed by it. MR. PITMAN: Well, I can not very well describe it. I would rather you would not speak of it. SENATOR SMITH: I realize that it is not a pleasant theme, and yet I would like to know whether these cries were general and in chorus, or desultory and occasional? MR. PITMAN: There was a continual moan for about an hour. There are 32 useful pictures in the book, but its raison d'être is words, which Kuntz has compiled and arranged in an addictively readable fashion.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $29.95
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Manufacturer: DK ADULT
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Nigel Pickford
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Publisher: DK ADULT
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Edition: 1 Amer ed
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Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4503
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Publication Date: 1994-09-01
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Reading Level: 200
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Description: The first comprehensive illustrated guide to ships lost at sea and the treasures they have yielded, capturing the romance and the risks of treasure hunting. From Roman ships laden with bronze statues to the gold--carrying blockade runners of World War II, this highly illustrated historical atlas is the first comprehensive guide to ships lost at sea and the treasures that have yielded. Tales of shipwrecks. The Atlas features spellbinding accounts of 40 of the most significant shipwrecks of all time. These accounts reveal how and why the ships sank and describe the often extraordinary feats of salvage accomplished through the centuries. There are tales of Chinese junks lost in the shark--infested waters of the South China Sea; of Spanish galleons laden with jewels; of prospectors in pursuit of gold around the world. Salvaged treasure. The Atlas is sumptuously illustrated with photographs of treasure salvaged from the wrecks, including rare coins, precious porcelain, finely crafted jewelry, and even mercury. Illustrations of diving equipment through the ages explain the development of salvage and underwater archaeology. Exquisite thematic maps. Beautiful hand--drawn maps illustrate the seas and oceans of the world during the different historical periods. They highlight the trade routes and ports of an era, detail the cargoes carried, show the notorious black holes that have bedeviled shipping, and plot the positions of some of the most remarkable shipwrecks. Comprehensive gazetteer. Twenty full--color maps plot the sites of over 1,400 wrecks around the world, showing the depths at which they lie. Accompanying profiles give details of the date on which each ship went down, its cargo, and any salvage attempts so far. Many of the wrecks still lie there on the ocean bed, their treasure awaiting recovery. Expertly researched and lavishly illustrated, this outstanding world history of shipwrecks will fire the imagination of everyone who is drawn to the risks and romance of treasure hunting.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.90
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William H. Flayhart
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.12309163
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Publication Date: 2005-03-30
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: Perils of the Atlantic is a chronicle of the most frightening episodes in the maritime history of the North Atlantic. Acclaimed maritime scholar William Flayhart has spent much of the last forty years in search of material from which to create colourful narratives. Many of us know the stories of the Titanic and the Lusitania-both tragedies causing loss of life whilst making the ships themselves immortal but there are also many little-known accounts of extraordinary survivals at sea. Here Flayhart offers classic ocean liner disaster stories while bringing to light compelling lesser-known episodes which illustrate man's ongoing battle with the sea.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $3.90
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Stephen Taylor
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 968.7032
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Publication Date: 2004-07
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: In 1783, 125 Europeans found themselves shipwrecked in a frightful land. Taylor takes the reader to the heart of South Africa to analyze the misunderstandings that led to tragedy, tell the story of those who returned, and unravel the mystery of those who stayed.
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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $11.11
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Manufacturer: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Henry Keatts
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Publisher: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc.
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Dewey Decimal Number: 797.23
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Publication Date: 2002-06-25
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: This comprehensive guide is for both beginning and advanced divers. It tells how to find wrecks, details the equipment and techniques needed, explains safety concerns, and teaches how to recover artifacts and preserve them.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $5.97
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Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Frank Delaney
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Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Dewey Decimal Number: 909
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Publication Date: 2007-10-09
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: “HEAVEN HELP THE SAILOR ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.”
–old folk prayer
In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious storm. Force 12 winds tossed men about like playthings and turned drops of freezing Atlantic foam into icy missiles. When, in the space of twenty-eight hours, the ship was slammed by two rogue waves–solid walls of water more than sixty feet high–the impacts cracked the decks and hull almost down to the waterline, threw the vessel over on her side, and thrust all on board into terror.
Flying Enterprise’s captain, Kurt Carlsen, a seaman of rare ability and valor, mustered all hands to patch the cracks and then try to right the ship. When these efforts came to naught, he helped transfer, across waves forty feet high, the passengers and the entire crew to lifeboats sent from nearby ships. Then, for reasons both professional and intensely personal, and to the amazement of the world, Carlsen defied all requests and entreaties to abandon ship. Instead, for the next two weeks, he fought to bring Flying Enterprise and her cargo to port. His heroic endeavor became the world’s biggest news.
In a narrative as dramatic as the ocean’s fury, acclaimed bestselling author Frank Delaney tells, for the first time, the full story of this unmatched bravery and endurance at sea. We meet the devoted family whose well-being and safety impelled Carlsen to stay with his ship. And we read of Flying Enterprise’s buccaneering owner, the fearless and unorthodox Hans Isbrandtsen, who played a crucial role in Kurt Carlsen’s fate.
Drawing on historical documents and contemporary accounts and on exclusive interviews with Carlsen’s family, Delaney opens a window into the world of the merchant marine. With deep affection–and respect–for the weather and all that goes with it, he places us in the heart of the storm, a “biblical tempest” of unimaginable power. He illuminates the bravery and ingenuity of Carlsen and the extraordinary courage that the thirty-seven-year-old captain inspired in his stalwart crew. This is a gripping, absorbing narrative that highlights one man’s outstanding fortitude and heroic sense of duty.
“One of the great sea stories of the twentieth century… [a] surefire nautical crowd-pleaser.”
--Booklist é (starred review)
“Frank Delaney has written a completely absorbing, thrilling and inspirational account of a disaster at sea that occasioned heroism of the first order. In the hands of a gifted storyteller,
the ‘simple courage’ of the ship’s captain and the young radio man who risked their lives to bring a mortally wounded ship to port reveals the essence and power of all true courage–
a stubborn devotion to the things we love.”
–Senator John McCain
From the Hardcover edition.
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Price: $19.99
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Sale: $12.58
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Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Michael Barnette
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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 910.452
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Publication Date: 2008-09-03
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: The Sunshine State has a rich maritime history spanning more than five centuries. Tragically, part of that history includes thousands of ships that have met their fates in Florida waters. Potentially more than 5,000 shipwrecks reside off Florida's 1,200 miles of coastline, with hundreds more lost in the state's interior rivers. In and of itself, the Florida Keys archipelago, consisting of approximately 1,700 islands stretching 200 miles, is littered with the remains of close to 1,000 shipwrecks. In fact, many features of the Florida Keys were named after various shipwreck events, such as Fowey Rocks, which earned its name after the 1748 wrecking of the British warship HMS Fowey, and Alligator Reef, where the schooner USS Alligator met her demise in 1822. Florida's Shipwrecks utilizes captivating images to illustrate dramatic stories of danger and peril at sea, introducing readers to a fascinating cross-section of Florida's shipwreck history.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $7.00
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Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert J. Hemming
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Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551
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Publication Date: 1997-03-24
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Reading Level: 248
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Description:
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Price: $30.00
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Sale: $15.00
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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: The Mariners' Museum
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Dewey Decimal Number: 910.91634
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Publication Date: 1998-09-02
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: This small volume, companion to an exhibit put on by the Mariners' Museum of Newport News, Virginia, brings readers a little closer to understanding the lives of the passengers and crew of Titanic. The numerous photographs include not only portraits of people on board the ship, but snapshots of several artifacts--including Titanic postcards and passenger lists, as well as John Jacob Astor's gold cuff links and the medal given to the crew of the Carpathia for their rescue efforts.
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