This volume features cut-away illustrations revealing the inside of the liner "Titanic". Readers are invited to explore every deck and feature of the legendary liner, including the Grand Staircase, the huge dining saloon and the Turkish baths. A four-page fold-out section provides an overview of the "floating city" which was home to over 2000 ...
The story of the legendary "Titanic", with 882 1/2 (the length of the ship in feet) answers to common questions. From its building to its maiden voyage, tragic sinking, high-tech discovery and exploration, the book is illustrated with diagrams and photographs and also offers a true-or-false quiz.
Shielded from St Petersburg society, the last tsar's four daughters enjoyed a simple life of almost cloudless happiness. Their evenings were spent with their parents, reading aloud and pasting snapshots into albums. Drawing on these precious personal keepsakes - long hidden in Russian archives - this work offers a glimpse into the intimate family ...
Did you know the first dinosaur fossil ever found in theUnited Stateswas discovered in Gloucester County, New Jersey? Or that the Great Plains used to be swarming with swimming sea monsters? Hadrosaurs trekked all the way from Alaska to Texas, and the western states were once the stomping ground for T. rex! Just imagine what was in your own ...
In the style of "Maritcha", "The Other Mozart" tells the remarkable story of the Chevalier de Saint George, one of the most famous men in 18th Century France. Son of a slave in Guadaloupe, the Chevalier moved to France where he became a champion swordsman, violin virtuoso, composer, and military commander in the French Revolution. From the ...
Drawn from the archives of the Titanic Historical Society, this box contains more than 18 items, including the boarding pass of a man who missed the boat, a brochure reviewing the amenities of the first class, deck maps and replicas of three tragic telegraphs.
Profiles of such real-life princesses as Marie Antoniette of France, Anastasia of Russia, Ka'iulani of Hawaii, and Gayatri Devi of India. Illustrations accompany the text.
Profiles of such real-life princesses as Marie Antoniette of France, Anastasia of Russia, Ka'iulani of Hawaii, and Gayatri Devi of India. Illustrations accompany the text.
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