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The Tragic history of the sea

shipwrecks from the Bible to Titanic
2007
Factual stories of disaster at sea that feature scandal, disaster, and endurance from history's most fearsome gales and unforgiving seas.

In harm's way

the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors
2002
Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima and discusses the heroic struggles of sailors who survived the blast to stay alive in the sea for nearly five days before help arrived.

Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped

2006
A graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped," the story of a sixteen-year-old boy who is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, and escapes to become involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

Moby-Dick, or, the whale

2003
A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship "Pequod," led by a fanatical captain bent on finding the white whale that took his leg.

I Survived The sinking of the Titanic, 1912

2012
Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink. Includes facts about the Titanic.

Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III

1982
A bored little rich boy is shipwrecked on a faraway island where he is happier than he has ever been before.

Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic adventure

1993
In 1912, Indy has hair-raising adventures with German saboteurs, Irish revolutionaries, and a fortune hunter aboard the ill-fated Titanic.

Looking inside sunken treasure

1993
Discusses the world of underwater archeologists and the watery graves of their discoveries.

Robinson Crusoe

1962
During one of his several adventurous voyages, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for thirty years on a desert island before being rescued.

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