First-hand accounts alongside a wealth of original documents photographs & letters this title tells the story of the Titanic from descriptions of the passengers & the ship inside & out to why the Titanic was considered 'unsinkable' & the dangers of floating ice. Stories of heroism on board stories from the lifeboats & theories for raising the Titanic are included. The book concludes by considering lessons that were learnt from this disaster. ...

The Titanic is one of the most famous maritime disasters of all time but did the Titanic really sink on the morning of 15 April 1912? Titanics older sister the nearly identical Olympic was involved in a serious accident in September 1911
- an accident that may have made her a liability to her owners the White Star Line. Since 1912 rumours of a conspiracy to switch the two sisters in an elaborate insurance scam has always loomed behind the tragic story of the Titanic. Could the White Star Line have really switched the Olympic with her near identical sister in a ruse to intentionally sink their mortally damaged flagship in April 1912 in order to cash in on the insurance policy? Laying bare the famous conspiracy theory world-respected Titanic researchers investigate claims that the sister ships were switched in an insurance scam & provide definitive proof for whether it could
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10 April 1912 As the RMS Titanic leaves from Southampton Docks for her maiden voyage to New York little do her 2 223 passengers dream of the powers at play on board the ship & the terrifying fate that awaits them far out in the icy wastes of the Atlantic. For on board the Titanic are three men
- among the richest in America
- who with the President of the United States an unwitting pawn in their scheme are about to make an announcement that will change the course of history. Aware of the gravity of the situation the head of British Intelligence dispatches his best & most trusted agent Alex Tremayne onto the Titanic with one objective in mind
- he has to stop the men from reaching New York by whatever means necessary. Aided by the cooly beautiful American agent Maria Weston is Alex prepared for the lengths he will have to go to to fulfil his mission?


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RMS Titanic the largest most luxurious ship in the world wrecked on her maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg in the ...

There were over 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster & their horrific experience has captivated readers & moviegoers for over 100 years. But what was it actually like for a woman to say goodbye to her husband? For a mother to leave her teenage sons? For the unlucky many who found themselves in the freezing Atlantic waters? Titanic Voices is the most comprehensive collection of Titanic survivors' accounts ever published &

Includes:: many unpublished & long-forgotten accounts unabridged together with an authoritative editorial commentary. It is also the first book to include substantial accounts from female survivors & those travelling third class.

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In her brief life the Titanic at the time of her launch the worlds largest man-made moving object inspired huge excitement & speculation. Today 100 years since she sank with the loss of more than 1 500 lives public interest continues undimmed. This substantial book long regarded as the definitive book on the subject has been fully updated in a centenary edition that chronicles the latest chapters in this compelling story including dives to the wreck dramatic courtroom conflicts details proved & disproved & more than 100 evocative new photographs. ...

A TITCH storybook by award winning author Pat Hutchins. Titch is the smallest & the youngest in his family. His brother Pete & his sister Mary have bigger biokes than Titch kites that fly high-up in the sky & instruments that make much BIGGER noises. But when Titch plants a tiny seed thay all find out that starting off small is just the first stage of GROWING!!! ...

The first biography of Venices greatest artist since 1877
- a towering work which captures the genius of Titian. Devoted father
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Titus is a young corgi puppy growing up in Windsor Castle. There is lots he must learn
- how to sit upright & beg for a custard
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While fulfilling his dead fathers dream of creating a prosperous farm in California Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his fathers spirit. His brothers & their families share in Josephs prosperity & the farm flourishes
- until one brother scared by Josephs pagan belief kills the tree & brings disease & famine on the farm. Set in familiar Steinbeck country To A God Unknown" is a mystical tale exploring one mans attempt to control the forces of nature & to understand the ways of God."
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