shipwrecks

Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

An Englishman who is the sole survivor of a seventeenth century shipwreck lives for almost thirty years on a deserted island before being rescued.

Discusses the ships, small boats, and airplanes that have mysteriously vanished in the area betwen Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, offering possible natural and supernatural reasons for the disappearances.

Author Clive Cussler discusses his real-life adventures as founder of the National Underwater Marine Agency, focusing on twelve incidents in which the agency sought and found sunken ships, each prefaced by a creative dramatization of the ship and the way it met its end.

Combines historic accounts of the building, launching, and loss of the "Titanic" with new information gleaned about the disaster in 2005 by a team of researchers in Mir submersibles, who have concluded that the ship broke apart while still nearly horizontal and sank before most passengers knew what was happening.

"Just in time for the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic, this graphic deluxe edition compiles first hand accounts, testimonies, and letters by notable Titanic survivors, including Archibald Gracie, Lawrence Beesley, Elizabeth W. Shutes, and the "unsinkable" Molly Brown. Full of historically accurate details and an afterword by the grandson of Lawrence Beesley, Titanic Survivor and author of THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TITANIC, it will be the gift to give die-hard Titanic buffs. Authoritative, commemorative, and in a striking, luxurious package with an introduction by Titanic enthusiast and expert, Tim Maltin, this will be the authoritative work on the disaster"--.

Chronicles the events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 in the North Atlantic, providing information on why it sank and some of its famous passengers.

Presents the true story of the 1978 failed rescue attempt of the tanker "Global Hope" and a Coast Guard patrol boat by the four-man crew of the "Can Do" in a blizzard off the Massachusetts coast.

Describes the tragic voyage of the world's largest ocean liner, its collision with an iceberg during its maiden voyage, and the amazing underwater discovery that followed.