When Callahan's small sloop sank west of the Canary Islands, he found himself adrift in the Atlantic in a five-foot raft, with only enough food and water for 18 days. For 76 days he drifted 1800 miles, the only man in history to survive more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft.
The Battle of the Atlantic was one of the most savage and strategically significant campaigns of World War II: 28,000 out of 39,000 men in the German U-boat force disappeared beneath the waves. Herbert A. Werner, one of the few surviving German U-boat commanders, served on five submarines from 1941 to 1945. From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, ...
In this engrossing minute-by-minute account, Walter Lord recreates the intense emotion aboard the "Titanic"after the massive ship collided with an iceberg.
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 ...
Clive Cussler introduces new action hero Kurt Austin in his first novel from the NUMA Files. The thrill ride begins when Kurt, leader of a courageous National Underwater Marine Agency, rescues Nina Kirov, a beautiful marine archaeologist, from the lethal grip of a powerful Texas industrialist named Halcon. Now Nina and Kurt must take on a ...
After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did? To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assembled a team of experts ...
An exploration of the first and last voyage of the "Titanic" as well as the author's discovery of the remains of the wrecked ship. Illustrated with color paintings and photographs.
In the early years of World War II, German U-boats cruised up and down the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, sinking 259 ships and littering the waters with cargo and bodies. This riveting account of death and rescue at sea captures all the ship-by-ship action of a war that hit terrifyingly close to home.
The story of the Atlantic Ocean, two ships and 150 men, this classic tale of maritime warfare describes the author's own experiences in the Royal Navy. In this novel the heroines are the ships, and the villain, the cruel sea.
First time in paperback: A New York Times best seller and "a masterful treatment of the Titanic disaster"-Walter Lord, author of A Night to Remember. This passionate yet balanced narrative explores every facet of the Titanic 's history, including her spectacular conception in an Irish shipyard and the ambitious modern-day attempts to salvage her. ...
Filled with photographs and paintings that recreate the aura of the great ship, this book also includes in-depth discussions of such questions as whether First Officer Murdoch should have given different instructions within the 60 seconds after the iceberg was sighted. A valuable resource both for general readers and sea history buffs.
In September 1857, the SS "Central America" sank 200 miles off the Carolina coast, taking tons of California gold to the bottom of the Atlantic. In 1989, a salvage crew led by Tommy Thompson rescued much of the treasure, using a combination of oceanography, computer science, and information theory, in what has been described as the greatest ...
In a gripping, absorbing narrative that highlights one mans outstanding fortitude and sense of duty, acclaimed bestselling author Delaney tells the full story of the S.S. "Flying Enterprise" and its captains unmatched bravery in the face of a violent storm.
Rick Archbold and Robert Ballard provide a detailed chronicle of April 14-15, 1912, when the great ship "Titanic" sunk, and of the day they rediscovered the ship beneath the Atlantic Ocean in 1985.
In late December 1956, the 46-foot wooden ketch Tzu Hang sailed from Melbourne, Australia, bound for England by way of Cape Horn. Aboard were Miles Smeeton; his wife, Beryl; and their friend John Guzzwell. At that time only a very few small sailboats had ever rounded Cape Horn, and none had sailed as far south as the route the Tzu Hang followed ...
Questions about the sinking of the "Titanic" are answered in this companion to "Tonight on the Titanic." Serving as Jack and Annie's very own guide to the ship and its story, this resource includes information on the people who sailed on the "Titanic, " life on board the ship, the search for the sunken remains, and "Titanic" artifacts today. ...
In October 1986, off the coast of North Carolina, an aging Soviet ballistic missile submarine suffered a catastrophic accident and came within moments of melting down. Kept secret from the general public, the incident brought the world to the very brink of Armageddon. It is described in complete detail here for the first time.
The sixth-century voyage of St Brendan from Ireland to America, is one of the most fascinating of all sea legends. Could the myth of the Irish monk and his crew sailing the Atlantic in a boat made of leather, nearly a thousand years before Columbus, have been reality? In 1976, Tim Severin and a crew of four men, set out to recreate the Brendan ...
A modern epic of the hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service. The "Foundation Franklin" ran from 1930 to 1948, rescuing sinking ships and battering towering waves in the North Atlantic.
Over seventy years after the great ocean liner sank, marine geologist Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic 12,500 feet beneath the surface of the icy North Atlantic. Now Ballard presents the world with an opportunity to live the story of the famous ship through his amazing last great images, before Titanics remains are gone forever. ...
A family reference book on the ship, the Titanic so that the individual themes of each spread make up a complete visual story and a self-contained module of information. The photographs of actual objects are viewed in real-life close detail.
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