shipwrecks

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Titanic in a new light

1992
Photographic survey and history of the Titanic from its construction, sinking, and discovery as a shipwreck on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.

Simple courage

a true story of peril on the sea
2006
The true story of Kurt Carlsen, the captain of the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise, who, in December 1951, struggled to evacuate his passengers and crew and bring the severely disabled ship back to port after high winds and waves threw the vessel over on her side.

Titanic

an illustrated history
1998
Illustrated story of the Titanic, from her construction and launch to her sinking and rediscovery.

Deadliest sea

the untold story behind the greatest rescue in Coast Guard history
2010
A true account of the Coast Guard rescue of more than twenty men after the fishing trawler, "Alaska Ranger," sank in the Bering Sea in 2008. Describes how helicopter teams braved large swells and gale-force winds to pull the nearly frozen members of the crew to safety.

Grace

1994
After helping her father rescue the survivors of a shipwreck on the coast of England in 1838, Grace Darling finds her quiet life crumbling around her as she is unwillingly fashioned into a national hero.

Overboard

2005
Escaping from a sinking ferry in the waters off Sumatra, fourteen-year-old Emily fights for survival for herself and a young Indonesian boy, who draws courage from his quiet but firm Islamic faith.

Treasure lost at sea

diving to the world's great shipwrecks
2004
Explains how traditional archeological methods are applied to shipwrecks, with detailed accounts of some of the greatest undersea discoveries.

The coral island

1994
Three English boys, Ralph, Jack, and Peterkin, create an idyllic society for themselves after being shipwrecked on a coral reef in the South Seas, but their paradise is disturbed by the arrival of cannibals and pirates.

The search for the sunken treasure

Australia
2009
Secret agent Jack Stalwart searches for a diver missing from the Great Barrier Reef and a treasure that has vanished from the wreck of the HMS Pandora while trying to defeat a deadly band of pirates.

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