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Two and a half miles beneath the icy North Atlantic, the mighty Titanic holds the key to the safety of the free world. The Americans want it. So do the Russians. Ace maritime troubleshooter Dirk Pitt faces one of the most stupendous tests of courage and ingenuity ever. Raise the Titanic is a spellbinding blockbuster of action and suspense.

When Max Hunter and the HARPA team are called in to investigate the suspicious theft of a stolen Titanic artefact, they are soon embroiled in a breakneck global chase to track down five ancient relics that promise to lead them to perhaps the greatest treasure they could imagine. From the Austrian Alps to a Spanish monastery and the wreck of the Titanic itself, they engage in a high-octane battle to defeat an old and notorious enemy. But along the way, they also make a new and even deadlier adversary that could spell the end of Team HARPA forever.

Dive into the gripping first-hand account of Colonel Archibald Gracie, the first Titanic survivor to pass away after the tragic sinking. In this compelling narrative, Gracie seeks to debunk the myths surrounding that fateful night, sharing his personal experiences as he clung to the hull of an overturned lifeboat after heroically assisting many others to safety. This remarkable book also features poignant testimonies from other survivors, gathered from both American and British inquiries, revealing their heart-wrenching tales boat by boat. - Summary by Larry Wilson

She was known for what she lost She lived by the courage she found "Find Polaris" When the SS Titanic set sail, Captain Edward John Smith became a legend – and when tragedy struck he was a hero to some, reckless to others. But in the shadow of his infamy stood his daughter, left behind on the...

Dive into a riveting exploration of one of historys most catastrophic maritime tragedies. This account is meticulously crafted from firsthand testimonies of survivors, providing an authentic glimpse into the harrowing events surrounding the Titanic disaster and other great sea calamities.

North Atlantic Ocean, 1912. Kate Royston is a witness to history as the RMS Carpathia responds to the Titanic’s desperate SOS. Kate plans to escape personal tragedy by fleeing to Europe, but everything changes when the Carpathia races to save the Titanic’s survivors. Forced to return to New York, Kate abandons her hope of escape and becomes embroiled as a vital witness in the high-profile Senate investigation of the disaster.

April 1912: Runaway aristocrats Poppy and Daisy Melville sign on as stewardesses for the Titanic’s maiden voyage. After their harrowing rescue by the Carpathia, they are forbidden from disembarking in New York and sent back to England with the other survivors of the Titanic’s crew.

On April 15, 1912, Lydia Beaumont is on her way to a new life with a boundless hope in love and faith. Her new friendship with Caroline Chadwick is bonded even more as they plan Lydia's wedding on board the "grandest ship ever built." Then both women suffer tragic losses when the "unsinkable" Titanic goes down. Can each survive the scars the disaster left on their lives? Decades later, Alan Morris feels like a failure until he discovers he is the descendant of an acclaimed, successful, heroic novelist who went down with the Titanic.

Three days into the maiden voyage that would end in disaster, a passenger is found dead inside a locked cabin - the victim of a murder. Jacques Futrelle, author of the popular "Thinking Machine" mysteries, is asked to use his knowledge of criminology to conduct a quiet investigation. Adding to the delicate nature of the inquiry is a suspect list that reads like a Who's Who of high society - and every single one of them has a motive for murder.

42 letters written by Titanic passengers and crew, plus two documentaries relating survivors' stories and bringing the tragedy to life through the voices of the wireless operators The largest, most luxurious liner in the world, the RMS Titanic captured the public's imagination. But four days...

In an alternate timeline, the Titanic survives its fateful voyage but returns as something far more sinister. The ship becomes a spectral enigma, defying the laws of nature and dragging those aboard into a haunting dance between life and death. Passengers and crew alike wrestle with supernatural phenomena, eerie whispers of the drowned, and the crushing weight of secrets buried beneath the waves. As investigators and survivors confront the Titanic's dark legacy, they uncover chilling truths about the ship's curse and its unrelenting hunger for souls.

When the vital forge world of Orestes comes under attack by a legion of Chaos Titans, the planet is forced to appeal for help. The Titans of Legio Invicta, although fresh from combat and in desperate need of refit and repair, respond, committing their own force of war engines to the battle. As the god-machines stride to war, the world trembles, for the devastation they unleash could destroy the very world they have pledged to save.

Ein Hörbuch nach dem gleichnamigen Buch „SOS – Titanic! Wir sinken, helft! Kommt uns zu Hilfe!" – SOS – Save our souls – rettet unsere Seelen!" – Um 0.15 Uhr, am 15. April 1912, ruft das größte, modernste und als unsinkbar geltende Schiff um Hilfe. Um 0.45 Uhr wird das erste Rettungsboot zu Wasser gelassen. Es gibt nur 16 hölzerne Rettungsboote und vier große Rettungsflöße aus Leinwand, höchstens 1200 Menschen können darin aufgenommen werden, aber 2400 befinden sich an Bord.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of The Perfume Thief, a remarkable tale about the life-changing power of books and second chances, following the Titanic librarian who opens a bookshop in Paris where he meets a secret society of survivors. "Deeply moving and rich with vivid detail...

Twenty-year-old Nellie was in shock. The adventure of a lifetime with a promise of a new life was over. On the lifeboat amongst the weeping and dark, impenetrable cold, it was hard to imagine the joy she had shared with the young man. The heir to a great fortune in the United States, their dalliance had seemed unimaginable in her small Cornish community.

K.T. Tomb takes an infamous page from history and recreates it as a sweeping adventure thriller and undersea treasure hunt in Ghosts of the Titanic. First, she takes listeners back to 1912 and the maiden voyage. Forbidden Russian lovers - Stephan Ivanovich, a peasant farmer, and Darya Nikita, an aristocrat with a dowry of diamonds - board the Titanic so they can elope and enjoy a life together in America.

April, 1912: It's the perfect finale to a Grand Tour of Europe—sailing home on the largest, most luxurious ocean liner ever built. For the Fortune sisters, the voyage offers a chance to reflect on the treasures of the past they've seen and contemplate the futures that await them. For Alice, there's foreboding mixed with her excitement. A fortune teller in Egypt gave her a dire warning about traveling at sea. And the freedom she has enjoyed on her travels contrasts with her fiance's plans for her return—a cossetted existence she's no longer sure she wants.

On the fateful night of the Titanic disaster, heiress Loretta Linden made sure her friends and fellow passengers got to the lifeboats before she even thought of herself. Her soft heart is legendary - and her desire to help others is her great passion. She will not rest until her little band is safely reunited in her native San Francisco - where she meets the dashing Captain Quarles.

As the Titanic and her passengers sank slowly into the Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg late in the evening of April 14, 1912, a nearby ship looked on. Second Officer Herbert Stone, in charge of the midnight watch on the SS Californian sitting idly a few miles north, saw the distress rockets that the Titanic fired. He alerted the captain, Stanley Lord, who was sleeping in the chartroom below, but Lord did not come to the bridge.

Despite her initial misgivings, forensic artist Madison McClain joins an ambitious effort to exhume and identify the final forty-four unnamed victims of the Titanic disaster. The project is backed by a splashy new docuseries—and under the all-seeing lens of the camera, long-buried truths begin to surface. As Madison painstakingly reconstructs faces lost to time, she uncovers the remarkable story of a woman history unjustly forgot—a trailblazer whose courage and resilience echo across the decades. Drawn into her life, Madison finds herself inspired in ways she never expected.