101 Things You Thought You Knew About The Titanic Butdidn T

Author : Tim Maltin,Eloise Aston
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101558935

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101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic . . . butDidn't! by Tim Maltin,Eloise Aston Pdf

April 15th, 2012, will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. People have an endless fascination with the Titanic, yet much of what they know today is a mixture of fact and fiction. In one hundred and one brief and engaging chapters, Tim Maltin, one of the foremost experts on the Titanic, reveals the truth behind the most common beliefs about the ship and the night it sank. From physics to photographs, lawsuits to love stories, Maltin doesn't miss one tidbit surrounding its history. Heavily researched and filled with detailed descriptions, quotes from survivors, and excerpts from the official inquiries, this book is guaranteed to make readers rethink everything they thought they knew about the legendary ship and its tragic fate.

Author : Tim Maltin,Eloise Aston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 1459641116

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One Hundred and One Things You Thought You Knew about the Titanic - But Didn't by Tim Maltin,Eloise Aston Pdf

Author : Tim Maltin
Publisher : Malt House Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0957139004

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101 Things You Thought You Knew about the Titanic... But Didn't! by Tim Maltin Pdf

Titanic expert Tim Maltin here reveals in short, snappy and fascinating answers why the 'truths' people are told about the Titanic and the night she sank are mostly untrue. There weren't enough lifeboats Owner Ismay ordered the ship to go faster because he was trying to break a record. The band played Nearer My God to Thee as she sank. Are these stories true or false? Here, Martin reveals all. Readers will never think in the same way about the Titanic again!

Author : Various
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101587508

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Titanic, First Accounts by Various Pdf

Fascinating firsthand accounts of the Titanic—in a deluxe package with gorgeous graphic cover art The Titanic, First Accounts graphic deluxe edition compiles first hand accounts, testimonies, and letters by notable Titanic survivors, including Archibald Gracie, Lawrence Beesley, Elizabeth W. Shutes, and the "unsinkable" Molly Brown. Full of historically accurate details and an afterword by the grandson of Lawrence Beesley, Titanic Survivors and author of The Loss of the S.S. Titanic, it will be the gift to give die-hard Titanic buffs. Authoritative, commemorative and in a striking, luxurious package with and introduction by Titanic enthusiast and expert, Tim Maltin, this will be the authoritative work on the disaster. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Richard Davenport-Hines
Publisher : HarperLuxe
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0062107054

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Voyagers of the Titanic LP by Richard Davenport-Hines Pdf

On April 14, 1912, the Titanic, a passenger liner traveling from Southhampton, England, to New York City, struck an iceberg. Its sinking brought the ship—mythological in name and size—into one-hundred years of infamy. Of the 2,240 people aboard the ship, 1,517 perished. While many accounts focus on the technical aspects of the Titanic's sinking, Voyagers of the Titanic follows the stories of the men, women, and children whose lives intersected on its fateful last day. Covering the range of first, second, and third class—from plutocrats and captains of industry to cobblers and tailors looking for a better life in America—Richard Davenport-Hines delves into the fascinating lives of those who ate, drank, dreamed, and died abroad the mythic ship. With magnificent prose, he also explores the politics behind the Titanic's creation, involving larger-than-life figures like J.P. Morgan, the ship's owner, and Lord Pirrie, the ship's builder. The memory of the ship's sinking still remains a part of the American psyche and Voyagers of the Titanic brings that clear night back to us with all of its drama and pathos.

Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405390637

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The Rough Guide to the Titanic by Rough Guides Pdf

A century after the most famous shipwreck in history, The Rough Guide to the Titanic tells the full compelling story of the supposedly unsinkable liner. A comprehensive history, it covers all the Titanic's final hours, from striking the iceberg to disappearing beneath the freezing Atlantic waters. Discover the epic human drama at the heart of the tragedy, with a rich cast of characters including the heroes, villains and victims aboard the Titanic, and the adventurers who re-discovered it in 1985. Plus, there are maps, diagrams and images to illustrate the saga at every turn. The focus also stretches backwards the people who built the Titanic - with their faith in progress and technology - and forwards to explore the controversies and conspiracy theories that have raged ever since its sinking. The Rough Guide to the Titanic also looks at quite why everybody appears to be so fascinated by the Titanic, and the books, music and movies that have kept its memory alive ever since - from the stiff upper lips of 1958's A Night To Remember to the tear jerking romance of James Cameron's Titanic. Now available in ePub format.

Author : Sally Nilsson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780752467696

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The Man Who Sank Titanic by Sally Nilsson Pdf

Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who was given the famous order to steer the Titanic away from the iceberg and failed. Following this, his falling out with the 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' over the actions of the lifeboats saw him branded a coward and his name indelibly tarnished. A key witness at both US and British Inquiries, Robert returned to a livelihood where fellow crewmen considered him jinxed. But Robert had a long career and was a hardworking, ambitious seaman. A fisherman at 19, he quickly became a junior officer in the merchant navy. In the Second World War he was part of a cargo ship convoy on route to Africa where his ship dodged mines, U-boats and enemy aircraft. To Robert, being at sea was everything but the dark memories of the Titanic were never far away and in 1933 a failed murder attempt after a bitter feud nearly cost Robert his life. Here Robert's great-granddaughter Sally Nilsson seeks to set the record straight and reveal the true character of the man her family knew. This is one man's story of survival, betrayal and determination.

Author : Jack Goldstein,Frankie Taylor
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-19
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781783335985

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101 Amazing Facts about the Titanic by Jack Goldstein,Frankie Taylor Pdf

Do you know how many miles beneath the surface of the waves the wreck of the titanic lies? What do scientists and historians now believe led to the iceberg only being seen at the last minute? The flares that were sent up by the crew were supposed to signal ‘distress' - but what did they actually say? All these questions and more are answered in this fascinating eBook which contains over one hundred facts about the ship and her tragic maiden voyage.

Author : Karen A. Cerulo,Janet M. Ruane
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691229096

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Dreams of a Lifetime by Karen A. Cerulo,Janet M. Ruane Pdf

How social status shapes our dreams of the future and inhibits the lives we envision for ourselves Most of us understand that a person’s place in society can close doors to opportunity, but anything is possible when we dream about what might be, or so we think. Dreams of a Lifetime reveals that what and how we dream—and whether we believe our dreams can actually come true—are tied to our social class, gender, race, age, and life events. Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane argue that our social location shapes the seemingly private and unique life of our minds. We are all free to dream about possibilities, but not all dreamers are equal. Cerulo and Ruane show how our social position ingrains itself on our mind’s eye, quietly influencing the nature of our dreams, whether we embrace dreaming or dream at all, and whether we believe that our dreams, from the attainable to the improbable, can become realities. They explore how inequalities stemming from social disadvantages pattern our dreams for ourselves, and how sociocultural disparities in how we dream exacerbate social inequalities and limit the life paths we believe are open to us. Drawing on a wealth of original interviews with people from diverse social backgrounds, Dreams of a Lifetime demonstrates how the study of our dreams can provide new avenues for understanding and combatting inequality—including inequalities that precede action or outcome.

Author : Peter Hancock
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319552484

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Transports of Delight by Peter Hancock Pdf

This inspiring book shows how the spiritual side of life, with its thoughts, feelings, and aspirations, is intimately bound up with our material technologies. From the wonder of Gothic Cathedrals, to the quiet majesty of lighter than air flight, to the ultimate in luxury of the north Atlantic steamers, Peter Hancock explores how these sequential heights of technology have enabled our dreams of being transported to new and uncharted realms to become reality. Sometimes literally, sometimes figuratively, technology has always been there to make material the visions of our imagination. This book shows how this has essentially been true for all technologies from Stonehenge to space station.But technology is far from perfect. Indeed, the author argues here that some of the most public and tragic of its failures still remain instructive, emblematic, and even inspiring. He reports on examples such as a Cathedral of the Earth (Beauvais), a Cathedral of the Seas (Titanic), and a Cathedral of the Air (Hindenburg) and tells their stories from the viewpoint of material transcendence. By interweaving their stories he reveals how technologies can succeed in elevating human beings and, in taking them to whole new realms of being, he explores and explains why these experiences are ‘Transports of Delight.’

Author : Simon Medhurst
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399011440

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Titanic: Day by Day by Simon Medhurst Pdf

After the Titanic sank on 15 April 1912, the story hit the headlines worldwide. Details of the tragedy were displayed on the front pages of every newspaper and magazine, and were talked about in every home. The events that happened on that fateful night should never be forgotten. In this unique book, each page is filled with information for every Titanic enthusiast, whether seasoned or a beginner. For each day of the year, there are births and deaths of passengers and crew alongside relevant newspaper articles from the time. These are details of true-life events as seen by the eyes of the world in 1912. Also included are Titanic facts and Titanic survivor quotes. This allows the reader to discover more about the tragedy as it unfolded before the eyes of witnesses, and to delve into the British and American inquiries to see what really happened. Simon's great-grandfather Robert Hichens, one of the six quartermasters of the Titanic, was at the helm when the ship hit the iceberg. He survived on lifeboat number six. His experience on Titanic is one of hundreds recounted in this book, passengers and crew alike. Titanic Day by Day has a worldwide appeal to all ages because of the wealth of information and facts within. The book can be picked up both for casual reading or used every day of the week and enjoyed. It is distinctive in the way that it covers facts and information on Titanic’s passengers and crew in a daily format. With the information displayed throughout a full year, this allows for a uniquely straightforward exploration of details about the people who perished in the waters of the Atlantic and those that survived. This will keep their stories alive for generations to come.

Author : Steven Anthony Otfinoski
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781515713982

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Smooth Sea and a Fighting Chance by Steven Anthony Otfinoski Pdf

In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who experienced the sinking of the Titanic.

Author : Dan James
Publisher : Random House
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448136360

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Unsinkable by Dan James Pdf

A DOOMED VOYAGE April 14th 1912. The maiden voyage of the world's most luxurious passenger liner, Titanic. A DARK PAST Each passenger has their own reason to make the crossing, but for former Special Branch police officer Arthur Beck it is the only way he can escape the demons of his past. Also on board is Martha Heaton, a female journalist sent to cover the great ship's journey and prove herself as a serious reporter. A FEARFUL ENCOUNTER As the huge ship nears the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Beck and Martha are closing in on a murderous criminal. But, with time running out, they must stop him - before it's too late...

Author : H. Oinas-Kukkonen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137305701

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Humanizing the Web by H. Oinas-Kukkonen Pdf

Offers a vivid description of the ongoing transformation of the web into something that is widely recognized and that will have an enormous impact on how people work and live their lives in the future. Presents concepts that will help readers understand why the web evolved as it did, what is going on right now, and what will happen next.

Author : Logan Marshall
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9783954272266

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The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters by Logan Marshall Pdf

Only a few weeks after the sinking of the Titanic, Marshall Logan was the first author to publish an account of the tragic event. His book contains plenty of information that has become forgotten over the last hundred years and provides a very detailed insight into the shipwreck. Most remarkable about Logan's work is its focus on personal stories of the Titanic's passengers. Told by those who survived, the history of the Titanic is most authentic and absorbing, even for contemporary readers. Reprint of the original edition.