Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost—Was Found

The Sea Hunters II

Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo · 446 pages

From the author of the #1 bestselling The Sea Hunters comes more unforgettable true adventures with famous shipwrecks.

Shadow Divers

Robert Kurson · 405 pages

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery--and make history themselves.For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induce

Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler

Bradford Matsen · 325 pages

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 assemble a team of experts to explore Titanic, study its engineering, and dive t

Titanic

Will Osborne, Mary Pope Osborne · 135 pages

Explores the history of the steamship Titanic, from Thomas Andrews' plans for "the safest ship on the ocean" to the lingering questions concerning its disastrous maiden voyage in 1912.

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance

Jennifer Armstrong · 139 pages

A very comprehensive account of one of the most important scientific and cultural expeditions in the western world--the third exploration of Antarctica, in 1914. This text captures the emotions, strengths and weaknesses of the 28-man crew as individuals, their trials and conflicts, and gives an excellent account of the difficulties that through collective will they conquered. The conditions they f

Kon-Tiki: Across The Pacific In A Raft

Thor Heyerdahl · 239 pages

Presents the Kon-Tiki expedition led by explorer Thor Heyerdahl as he and his crew travel from South America and Polynesia on a raft made from balsa wood.

Ancient Egypt

George Hart · 68 pages

A photo essay on ancient Egypt and the people who lived there, documented through the mummies, pottery, weapons, and other objects they left behind. Describes their society, religion, obsession with the afterlife, and methods of mummification.

882 1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions About the Titanic

Hugh Brewster, Laurie Coulter · 96 pages

Questions and answers present information about the building, passengers, launching, sailing, sinking, and rediscovery of the Titanic. Includes illustrations, archival images, and step-by-step diagrams.

Titanic: an Illustrated History

Don Lynch · 227 pages

Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

Janet Wallach · 419 pages

Reared in the comfortable and privileged world of the "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell turned her back on convention and sought adventure in Arab lands. Traveling numerous times through the Syrian Desert and, at risk to her life, through the great Arabian desert of the Nejd - the last European to do so before the eruption of World War I - she wrote of her travels in widely acclaimed books. T

Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization

Graham Hancock · 558 pages

"The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. But there were survivors-- known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their gre

The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot

Herbert Krosney · 309 pages

Describes how the Gospel of Judas was discovered, why it was historically denounced as heresy, and what it says about the disciple's role in the plan for salvation.

The 12th Planet

Zecharia Sitchin · 384 pages

Over the years, startling evidence has been uncovered, challenging established notions of the origins of life on Earth - evidence that suggests the evidence of an advanced group of extraterrestrials who once inhabited our world. The first book of the revolutionary Earth Chronicles series offers indisputable documentary evidence of the existence of the mysterious planet of Nibiru and tells why i

The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic & Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port & Most Original Town

Mark Kurlansky · 304 pages

The bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and The Big Oyster has enthralled readers with his incisive blend of culinary, cultural, and social history. Now, in his most colorful, personal, and important book to date, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a disappearing way of life: fishing--how it has thrived in and defined one particular town for centuries, and what its imperiled future means for the r

Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

Bruce Feiler · 488 pages

The author recounts his ten-thousand-mile journey across the Middle East in search of the roots of the Bible to discover whether it was an abstraction or a living, breathing entity.

Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters

Violet Jessop, John Maxtone-Graham · 238 pages

"Violet Jessop was probably the only rescued person with a toothbrush after the Britannic struck a mine and sank. But then she had been on the Titanic four years earlier and remembered what she had missed...". "In 1934, she wrote her memoirs. After a childhood in Argentina and formative years in England, she became a stewardees aboard a variety of passenger ships. She was there when Titanic sides

The Loss of the S.S. Titanic

Lawrence Beesley · 125 pages

The circumstances in which this book came to be written are as follows. Some five weeks after the survivors from the Titanic landed in New York, I was the guest at luncheon of Hon. Samuel J. Elder and Hon. Charles T. Gallagher, both well-known lawyers in Boston. After luncheon I was asked to relate to those present the experiences of the survivors in leaving the Titanic and reaching the Carpathia.

The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels

Janet Martin Soskice · 334 pages

Written about Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson, 50ish twin sisters who travelled to Sinai around 1892 to visit the Convent of Saint Catherine to explore the library there, where they made a stunning discovery that changed the world's perception of the Gospels. You might also like to read Gibson's account, [*How the Codex Was Found*][1]. [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1106971W/How_the_co

Titanic: Voices From the Disaster

Deborah Hopkinson · 289 pages

Shackleton's Journey

William Grill · 68 pages

Young, up-and-coming illustrator William Grill weaves a detailed visual narrative of Shackleton's journey to Antarctica.

The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family and the Birth of Christianity

James D. Tabor · 363 pages

Based on a careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, The Jesus Dynasty offers a bold new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity. Biblical scholar Tabor brings us closer than ever to the historical Jesus. He sheds new light on Jesus' relationship with John the Baptizer, the role played by his brother James, and how Paul'

A History of the World in 100 Objects

Neil MacGregor · 707 pages

Neil MacGregor's radio series 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' has been a unique event that has set a benchmark for public service broadcasting in the UK and across the world. This book will be the tie-in to that event, reproducing the scripts describing the objects that made us who we are.

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

Owen Beattie, John Geiger · 182 pages

xvii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Tony Horwitz · 496 pages

"James Cook's three epic journeys in the eighteenth century were the last great voyages of discovery. When he embarked for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the globe remained blank. By the time he died in 1779, during a bloody clash in Hawaii, the map of the world was substantially complete. Cook explored more of the earth's surface than anyone in history - sailing from the Arctic to the Antarct