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On the night of 14/15 April 1912, a supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of the 2,208 people on board, only 712 were saved. The rest either drowned or froze to death. How could this 'unsinkable' vessel sink and why did so few of those aboard survive? The authors bring the tragedy to life, telling the story of the ship's design, construction, and maiden voyage.

Capturing the disbelief, the chaos and the terror of the fateful night the Titanic sank 100 years ago, Titanic on Trial brings to life the tragedy through the voices of those who survived it. Stories about the sinking have become legendary - how the band played to the end, how lifeboats were lowered half-empty - but amongst the films, novels and academic arguments, only those who were there can separate truth from fiction. This book gives the story back to those people.

Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, Titanic Lives is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives on board the most famous ship in history. On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the seemingly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg, sustaining a 300-feet gash as...

Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way. But war intervened and in 1915 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Just one year later, while on her way to collect troops wounded in the Balkans campaign, she fell victim to a mine laid by a German U-boat and tragically sank in the middle of the Aegean Sea. There her wreck lay, at a depth of 400 feet, until it was discovered fifty-nine years later by legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau.

In Titanic Conspiracy, Emmy-nominated actor and internationally bestselling author Geoffrey Giuliano dives deep beneath the surface of one of the most iconic maritime disasters in history. With the skill of a seasoned storyteller and the intensity of a man driven by truth, Giuliano offers listeners more than a retelling of the doomed voyage of the RMS Titanic—he delivers a gripping, unnerving exploration of what might have really happened that cold April night in 1912.

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...

This audiobook attempts to answer as many of those questions as possible through an informal, narrative style. It focuses on the overall experience and the feelings and emotions of the people going through it rather than just on facts and figures. It covers every aspect of the Titanic saga from inception and construction to the recent rediscovery of the ship. It also examines the impact of the disaster on society and culture.

April 14, 1912. It was an unforgettable night. In the last hours before the Titanic struck the iceberg, passengers in all classes were enjoying unprecedented luxuries. Innovations in food, drink, and décor made this voyage the apogee of Edwardian elegance. Veronica Hinke’s painstaking research and deft touch bring the Titanic’s tragic but eternally glamorous maiden voyage back to life. In addition to stirring accounts of individual tragedy and survival, The Last Night on the Titanic offers tried-and-true recipes, newly invented styles, and classic cocktails.

The Titanic. The Britannic. The Olympic. They are some of the most famous ships in history, but for the wrong reasons. The Olympic Class liners were conceived as the largest, grandest ships ever to set sail. Of the three ships built, the first only lost the record for being the largest because she was beaten by the second, and they were both beaten by the third. The class was meant to secure the White Star Line's reputation as the greatest shipping company on earth. Instead, with the loss of both the Titanic and the Britannic in their first year of service, it guaranteed White Star's infamy.

The legendary explorer of the Titanic shares inside stories of danger, suspense, and discovery - plus previously untold stories about his own dyslexia and how it has shaped his life.

A cento anni di distanza dalla fatale collisione, Massimo Polidoro ricostruisce la vicenda del Titanic in un racconto corale che intreccia le storie di ufficiali e passeggeri, naufraghi e soccorritori, scienziati e avventurieri. Attraverso gli occhi dei protagonisti assisteremo all'intero svolgimento di una storia intramontabile. Saremo accolti a bordo. Visiteremo la nave e i suoi meravigliosi saloni. Incontreremo i personaggi più interessanti. Vivremo le emozioni della traversata.

Have you ever wondered about the grandeur and tragedy that fell upon the most majestic ship of the early 20th century? If you’re thinking about the Titanic, you’re right, but beyond the well-known tale of the Titanic, lies the story of her sister ships, the Olympic and the Britannic, whose journeys are often overlooked and nearly forgotten. Immerse yourself in the history of these vessels, and let Boro transport you to a time when ambition ran deep in the hearts of men. This book begins with the vision and the historical context that led to the inception of the Olympic-class ocean liners.

From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into the story of the world’s most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic On a frigid April night in 1912, the world’s largest—and soon most famous—ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped...

The Olympic Class ships were intended to be the greatest liners to ever sail the oceans, but the Britannic sank only four years after her sister ship the Titanic. While the wreck of the Titanic is two miles below the surface and rapidly deteriorating, the Britannic is much more accessible (only 400 ft down) and remains largely intact. One of the largest passenger ships ever to have sunk, her wreck presents a unique opportunity to explore the interior of the Olympic Class liners, and examine areas which on the Titanic simply no longer exist.

Un siglo después del hundimiento del Titanic se puede afirmar de manera rotunda que a bordo se encontraban diez españoles aquel 15 de abril de 1912. ¿Cuántos perecieron en el naufragio más famoso de la historia de la navegación? ¿Cuántos de esos españoles lograron salvarse y cómo lo...

Berättelser om sagoskeppet Titanic slutar aldrig att fascinera. Titanic är en av de främsta mytiska berättelserna i modern tid och har kommit att bli en av västerlandets starkaste symboler, för såväl triumf och kärlek som för tragedi och sorg. Claes-Göran Wetterholm, en av världens främsta experter inom ämnet, berättar i denna bok om människorna som var ombord på fartyget eller som på andra sätt hade med händelsen att göra. Det är ett intimt porträtt av riktiga människor och deras livsöden.

In der Nacht des 14. April 1912 kollidierte die Titanic, die als Wunder der Technik und praktisch unsinkbar galt, auf ihrer Jungfernfahrt mit einem Eisberg und versank binnen Stunden. Der Untergang der Titanic zählt zu den größten Katastrophen in der Geschichte der Seefahrt. Eine Hördokumentation mit O-Tönen, Geräuschen und Musik.

Ein Hörbuch über den Mythos der als unsinkbar geltenden Titanic: Als der Luxusliner am 15. April 1912 auf seiner Fahrt von Southampton nach New York im Atlantik versank, hat diese Katastrophe die Menschen wie kaum ein anderes Schiffsunglück bewegt - und tut es bis heute. Der Journalist und Sachbuchautor Wolf Schneider gewährt einen Einblick in die letzten Stunden und Minuten auf diesem Schiff, das in die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts eingegangen ist.