Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster Titanic Lives is a fresh investigation of the lives of the passengers & crew 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 six compartments were wrenched open to the Atlantic Ocean. In little over two hours the palatial liner nose-dived to the bottom of the sea. More than 1 500 people perished in the freezing waters. But who were they? In this impeccably researched & utterly riveting social history Richard Davenport-Hines brings to life the stories of the men who built & owned the Titanic the crew who serviced her & the passengers of all classes who sailed on her. We are introduced to this fascinating cast of characters & follow their lives on board the ship through to the supreme dramatic climax of the disaster. Universally critically acclaimed Titanic Lives is the must-read Titanic book of the centenary year. ...

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
- or could not
- have happened.


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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 ...

Just in time for the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic this graphic deluxe edition compiles firsthand accounts testimonies & letters by notable Titanic survivors including Archibald Gracie Lawrence Beesley Elizabeth W. Shutes & the unsinkable" Molly Brown. Full of historically accurate details & an afterword by the grandson of Lawrence Beesley Titanic Survivors & author of " The Loss of the S.S. Titanic" it will be the gift to give die-hard Titanic buffs. Authoritative commemorative & in a striking luxurious package with & introduction by Titanic enthusiast & expert Tim Maltin this will be the authoritative work on the disaster." ...

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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