Download or read book A Night to Remember written by Walter Lord and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-01-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title.
Download or read book The Nazi Titanic written by Robert P. Watson and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When the Nazis seized control in Germany, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Later, during the war, Hitler's minister, Joseph Goebbels, cast her as the "star" in his epic propaganda film about the sinking of the legendary Titanic. Following the film's enormous failure, the German navy used the Cap Arcona to transport German soldiers and civilians across the Baltic, away from the Red Army's advance. In the Third Reich's final days, the ill-fated ship was packed with thousands of concentration camp prisoners. Without adequate water, food, or sanitary facilities, the prisoners suffered as they waited for the end of the war. Just days before Germany surrendered, the Cap Arcona was mistakenly bombed by the British Royal Air Force, and nearly all of the prisoners were killed in the last major tragedy of the Holocaust and one of history's worst maritime disasters. Although the British government sealed many documents pertaining to the ship's sinking, Robert P. Watson has unearthed forgotten records, conducted many interviews, and used over 100 sources, including diaries and oral histories, to expose this story. As a result, The Nazi Titanic is a riveting and astonishing account of an enigmatic ship that played a devastating role in World War II and the Holocaust.
Download or read book The History of the Titanic written by Kelly Milner Halls and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the history of the Titanic—an exploration of the shipwreck that shook the world for kids ages 6 to 9 On April 10, 1912, the Titanic sailed away from Southampton, England, on its very first voyage. It was the biggest ship ever built, and many people believed it was unsinkable. Four days later they were proven wrong. The sinking of the Titanic is a tragedy that we still remember today. One of the most comprehensive Titanic books for kids available, this colorfully illustrated story takes you through the ship's construction, its tragic voyage, and the legacy it left behind. This standout among Titanic books for kids features: A visual timeline—Easily understand important details of the Titanic's construction and journey thanks to a timeline marking the major milestones. Core curriculum—Learn the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of this fateful voyage, and take a quick quiz to test your knowledge after you finish this top choice in Titanic books for kids. Lasting changes—Explore thought-provoking questions that help you better understand how the sinking of the Titanic affected the world you live in today. Learn about this unforgettable disaster in this fascinating Titanic book for kids.
Download or read book Tonight on the Titanic written by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Titanic trouble! Jack and Annie are in for an exciting, scary, and sad adventure when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the decks of the Titanic. Is there anything they can do to help the ill-fated ship? Will they be able to save anyone? Will they be able to save themselves? Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures
Download or read book Titanic written by John P Eaton and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1995-04-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 from Southampton 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.
Download or read book Story of the Titanic written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the tragic story of the Titanic, the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner the world had ever seen, which sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912. Beautiful, double-page illustrations with amazing cross-sections and cutaway details explain the construction and mechanical details of this gigantic ship and reveal life onboard for passengers and crew. Each new illustration reveals different aspects of life in the early 20th century, and the text highlights hidden details for you to spot. As you follow the pictorial story of this world-famous liner, you will discover how she was built and equipped, what kind of passengers and crew she carried, and what facilities she offered onboard. You will also find out how she struck an iceberg and met with disaster,why she sank so quickly, how many people were saved, and how many lives were lost. You can compare the differences between the Titanic's passengers-from the first-class millionaires to the third-class emigrants-and find out how they dressed, where they ate and slept, and what they did to amuse themselves during the voyage. You can also take a closer look at some of the passengers and crew,and follow their different fates from the exciting start of the voyage to its tragic end.
Download or read book It s Gotta Be You written by Saffron Blu and published by Lantern Star Books. This book was released on with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could you live with your teenage crush? That is the dilemma Scott Taylor is faced with when his best friend moves out and organises a replacement housemate without speaking to Scott first. After walking away from his marriage and fighting through a messy divorce, Cole Miller jumps at the chance to move in with his younger brother's best friend, thinking it would be easy and uncomplicated. It's not long before feelings stir and they both realise living together might not be as easy as they thought. Will they both end up on the same page? Or will life have other plans for them?
Download or read book Titanic written by Michael Davie and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1987 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the entire story of the Titanic, from the design and building of the ship to the recent discovery and exploration of the wreck in the North Atlantic.
Download or read book Titanic written by Kevin S. Sandler and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, James Cameron's "Titanic", became the first motion picture to earn a billion dollars worldwide. These essays ask the question: What made "Titanic" such a popular movie? Why has this film become a cultural and film phenomenon? What makes it so fascinating to the film-going public?
Download or read book Why the Titanic was Doomed written by Bryan Jackson and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Titanic – the most magnificent ocean liner of her time – was doomed and destined for disaster before she ever left the docks at Southampton. Doomed by her owner, doomed by her designers, doomed by the men who sailed her -- doomed even by her sister ship. Author Bryan Jackson presents a new and unique look at the many circumstances that came together the night of April 14, 1912 to claim over 1,500 lives and leave Titanic lying in 12,000 feet of water on the bottom of the North Atlantic. Each chapter details how seemingly disconnected pieces served to create a tragedy that remains as significant today as it was over a century ago. They include flawed design decisions, outdated regulations, substandard materials, weather conditions, lookouts left blinded and warnings never acted upon. Perhaps the most fascinating piece is a look at how events involving sister ship Olympic would result in Titanic being placed directly on course to meet the iceberg which would sink her. In addition, Jackson offers a look at the circumstances that saved some from perishing in the tragedy. They range from the rich and famous -- to family members traveling in third-class who managed to escape the sinking while the majority of the passengers sailing in those accommodations would not survive. Also provided is a comprehensive Titanic timeline which details the events which lead to her construction -- and eventual destruction.
Download or read book Reclaiming the One written by Aimie Jennison and published by Lantern Star Books. This book was released on 2017-12-16 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At nineteen, Cain Wilson met his true mate, Selena. But their short-lived romance was doomed from the start for one simple reason—she belonged to someone else. At twenty, he killed his father and handed control of the pack to his more capable, older brother, Theo. At twenty-five, unable to watch his mate with another, he left the pack and became a lone wolf. Now at twenty-seven, family troubles have brought him back to Mount Roxby, and unbeknown to him, his true mate. Will he be able to put the past behind him and reclaim the one? Or has time built an impenetrable wall around both their hearts?
Download or read book One Hundred and Sixty Minutes written by William Elliott Hazelgrove and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred and sixty minutes. That is all the time rescuers would have before the largest ship in the world slipped beneath the icy Atlantic. There was amazing heroism and astounding incompetence against the backdrop of the most advanced ship in history sinking by inches with luminaries from all over the world. It is a story of a network of wireless operators on land and sea who desperately sent messages back and forth across the dark frozen North Atlantic to mount a rescue mission. More than twenty-eight ships would be involved in the rescue of Titanic survivors along with four different countries. At the heart of the rescue are two young Marconi operators, Jack Phillips 25 and Harold Bride 22, tapping furiously and sending electromagnetic waves into the black night as the room they sat in slanted toward the icy depths and not stopping until the bone numbing water was around their ankles. Then they plunged into the water after coordinating the largest rescue operation the maritime world had ever seen and thereby saving 710 people by their efforts. The race to save the largest ship in the world from certain death would reveal both heroes and villains. It would begin at 11:40 PM on April 14, when the iceberg was struck and would end at 2:20 AM April 15, when her lights blinked out and left 1500 people thrashing in 25-degree water. Although the race to save Titanic survivors would stretch on beyond this, most people in the water would die, but the amazing thing is that of the 2229 people, 710 did not and this was the success of the Titanic rescue effort. We see the Titanic as a great tragedy but a third of the people were rescued and the only reason every man, woman, and child did not succumb to the cold depths is due to Jack Phillips and Harold McBride in an insulated telegraph room known as the Silent Room. These two men tapping out CQD and SOS distress codes while the ship took on water at the rate of 400 tons per minute from a three-hundred-foot gash would inaugurate the most extensive rescue operation in maritime history using the cutting-edge technology of the time, wireless.
Download or read book From Antz To Titanic written by Martin Barker and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2000-06-20 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A jargon-free and accessible introduction to film analysis, looking at popular Hollywood films in various genres.
Download or read book Love of Three written by Aimie Jennison and published by Lantern Star Books. This book was released on 2021-08-14 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever regretted a slip of the tongue? When Misty—bar owner and witch—calls on a werewolf and a vampire king for help, she didn’t consider how mindlessly uttered words would change her life irrevocably. Billy’s hated birthdays ever since his twenty-first, when he received a gift he wouldn’t wish on his worst enemy. At thirty-four though, it seems his shifter fate has decided to give him something that could heal the scars from his past—if only he’ll accept it. As the vampire king, Dominick is used to getting things he wants. But when he realises those things include a feisty witch and a big bad werewolf, will he be able to look beyond their differences long enough to see what’s there for the taking? This could be a story about two men, one woman, and whole lot of love… if only they’ll dare to jump in with both feet and take what’s in their grasp.
Download or read book A Wistful Eye written by D. J. Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1910 and fifty-six year old William Henry Kelly, a caulker at Belfast's Queen's Island shipyard, is engaged in building the White Star liner Titanic, when Belle, his beloved wife of 30 years, is brutally murdered. Based on the true story of the author's great grandfather, this is an account of life in Belfast's shipyards and working class districts during the turbulent first quarter of the 20th century. Set against the background of the construction and demise of Belfast's iconic but ill-fated super liner, and the effects of the First World War on industrial and community relations in Belfast, it tells the story of an ordinary but intelligent working man's battle with social injustice and with the demons within himself. This tale of a hard-working man, whose personal tragedy is eclipsed by by that of the doomed ship and her fifteen hundred lost souls, is told with humour, pathos and an affection for the characters.
Download or read book Titanic 100th Anniversary Edition written by Stephanie Barczewski and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a night of unforgettable tragedy, the world's most famous liner struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and sank. Over 1500 people died. Whose fault it was, and how the passengers and crew reacted, has been the subject of continuing dispute over the 100 years since the disaster. This is an account of Titanic's tragic maiden voyage which also focuses on some of those who died: among them Titanic's captain Edward Smith and builder Thomas Andrews, John Jacob Astor, the richest man on board, and the bandmaster, Wallace Hartley, who played as the ship sank. In this centenary edition Stephanie Barczewski traces the events of that fatal night. Many of those who died were treated as heroes and how these men were remembered says much about contemporary values of manhood, chivalry and national pride. Titanic: A Night Remembered also sets the liner in the context of three ports: Belfast, where she was built; Southampton, which lost 600 citizens as members of her crew; and Queenstown in Ireland, her last port of call.
Download or read book The Black Knight written by Roelof Steenbeek and published by Partridge Africa. This book was released on 2014-11-28 with total page 1053 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, I have never piloted a biplane, but for many nights before I had any thought of writing this book, I dreamed I was sitting in the cockpit of a black biplane. Although I could not see the wings, I just somehow knew it was one. There was a tiny half-moon windshield, an instrument panel with some gauges, and a joystick in front of me. I could feel the wind on my face, icy cold in my bones, vibrations and movements of the aircraft through the seat of my pants, and a hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach. A few nights later, the silhouetted head and shoulders of a young man started to haunt my dreams instead. Every time I dreamed of him, his face became a little clearer, and I eventually saw he was wearing old-fashioned flying goggles and a leather cap: everything was sepia-colored like an old-fashioned photograph or daguerreotype plate. Silent at first, eventually he said, a trifle forlornly, but not bitterly, Please, ask them not to forget us. What we fought and died for, was it for nothing?
