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Summary: Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the author of Krakatoa tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution. Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vast infinity. But once the first daring mariners successfully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2010
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Summary: "The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 910.9363 MUREvans, Siân
Summary: "In an engaging and anecdotal social history, Maiden Voyages explores how women's lives were transformed by the Golden Age of ocean liner travel between Europe and North America. During the early twentieth century, transatlantic travel was the province ofthe great ocean liners. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women, whose lives were transformed by their journeys between the Old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.2 EVACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.2 EVAMurphy, Brian
Summary: Describes the 1856 maritime tragedy of a ship traveling to New York that hit an iceberg and left its passengers adrift four hundred miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 MURMcClure, Tori Murden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCLURE, TORI MCCBailey, Rachel A.
Summary: Compelling narrative nonfiction text introduces the Titanic's second-class passengers, including details about their experiences aboard the historic ship, tragic losses, and dramatic stories of survival. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and callouts, historical photos, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source notes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World Inc 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910 BAITerrell, Brandon.
Summary: Compelling narrative nonfiction text introduces the first-class passengers on the Titanic, including details about their experiences aboard the historic ship, tragic losses, and dramatic stories of survival. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and callouts, historical photos, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World Inc 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910 TERStewart, Chris
Summary: Chris Stewart had a long and eclectic list of jobs. From some of the most glamorous careers - he was original drummer in Genesis - to the more offbeat - a sheep shearer and circus performer - he had done it all...or almost all. So when he is offered the chance to captain a sailboat in the Greek islands one summer, something he had never done before, he jumps at the chance. Ever the optimist,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.1 STERussell, Gareth
Summary: "A product of Anglo-American capitalism, built by a generation that had never known trauma and was bored by its own prosperity and success, the Titanic set sail into a world that was about to change forever. Modernity was shaking the class system, the Industrial Revolution was creating new kinds of wealth, and revolutionary fervor would lead to The Great War. Exploring the infamous disaster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 RUSMatsen, Bradford.
Summary: Previously undiscovered wreckage from the Titanic suggests that the doomed ship may have broken in half while nearly horizontal and gone down before most of the passengers knew what was happening.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 MATTerrell, Brandon.
Summary: Compelling narrative nonfiction text introduces the crew members of the Titanic, including details about their occupations, efforts to rescue passengers, and the dangers they faced at sea. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and callouts, historical photos, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source notes, and an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World Inc 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910 TERCallahan, Steven.
Summary: ' Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan's dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9 CALHill, A. J. (Alvin Joseph)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.91 HILRaban, Jonathan.
Summary: An account of life in American from a British perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Edward Burlingame Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.928 RABCarter, W. Hodding
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.013 CARBrewster, Hugh.
Summary: Presents an account of the experiences of the historical ship's wealthy and famous passengers and their world, drawing on original research to place their lives within an arc of the Titanic's dramatic demise, explaining how their stories reflect key tenets of the Edwardian era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Hist Wld BrewsterHill, Christine M.
Summary: A biography which covers the life and professional work of the man whose numerous missions to study the ocean floor led to the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB BALLARD HILWilson, Frances
Summary: An account of the Titanic's sinking focuses on the story of the ship's owner, revealing the reasons behind his jump and the reprecussions of his actions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 WILSavage, Roz
Summary: Offers an inspirational story of how one woman traded an unhappy job and marriage for a 103-day solo voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, powered only by muscle, grit, and determination, in an account by the first woman to ever row from California to Hawaii.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAVAGE, ROZ SAVBurleigh, Robert.
Summary: An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J629.1309 BURDawson, Mick
Summary: One of the world⁰́₉s most experienced ocean rowers details his two Atlantic Ocean crossings and his three attempts to row across the North Pacific Ocean, discussing how he overcame exhaustion; dealt with painful injury; and battled the elements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAWSON, MICK DAWJames, Josie
Summary: A mixed-format picture book biography of STEM pioneer Marie Tharp describes the conventions of the early 20th century that challenged her pursuit of an Earth Sciences degree and her histort-shaping first scientific charting of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THAMeltzer, Brad.
Summary: Presents the life of the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am EarhartLakin, Patricia
Summary: Profiles Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and who disappeared during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2003