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Grann, David

Summary: "On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Audio 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 910 GRA

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 910.9164 GRA

Grann, David

4 holds on 7 copies

Summary: "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9164 GRA

Fredeen, Charles

Summary: Details the events leading up to and following the sinking of Britain's Lusitania from the perspectives of those involved. Additional features include a bullet-point summary of the events, compelling narrative descriptions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, questions to spark critical thinking, sources to guide further research, historical photographs, informative captions, a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.4 FRE

McClure Anastasia, Laura

Summary: "Next set in A TRUE BOOK series. Young readers rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built, The Titanic. Featuring historical imagery, first-hand accounts, and lively text"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 MCC

Cook, Julie

Summary: When Titanic foundered in April 1912, the world's focus was on the tragedy of the passengers who lost their lives. Ever since, in films, dramatisations, adaptations and books, the focus has mostly continued to be on the ones who died. The Titanic and the City of Widows it Left Behind focuses on another group of people - the widows and children of the crew who perished on board. Author Julie...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword History 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.91634 COO

Son, John

Summary: "Young readers rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built, The Titanic. Featuring historical imagery, first-hand accounts, and text"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 SON

Richards, Lynette

Summary: "It was April 1, 1873. In the middle of the night, Sarah Jane spotted flares off the coast of her island home. She woke her father, who quickly gathered their neighbours. Over the next several hours, rescuers pulled 429 traumatized survivors out of the wreckage of the SS Atlantic. But 535 people didn't survive, including Bill, a sailor. However, this story isn't about death--it's about living....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Emanata 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 RIC

Summary: Chinook the Alaskan Malamute must lead a shipwrecked blind man out of the wilderness, while the man's children launch a rescue mission of their own.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate Home Entertainment 2021

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HER

Grann, David

1 hold on 3 copies

Summary: "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 910.9164 GRA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 910.9164 GRA

Summary: "Widely considered to be the last of his solo plays, 'The Tempest' is Shakespeare's final masterpiece, a tale of 'forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment' in which Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, conjures up a storm to lure his perfidious brother to the enchanted island on which he and his daughter Miranda have spent 12 years in exile"--

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: "It is November 18, 1958, and a small northern Michigan community is rocked by an unimaginable tragedy. Vigils begin, and finally the word comes; the freighter Carl D. Bradley is lost with 33 of her crew during a brutal Lake Michigan storm. But for the people of Rogers City, the news is far more devastating - for of that number, 23 sailors are from their town alone ..."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Bon Ami Filmworks 2009

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOV

Hill, Frederic B.

Summary: "The true and remarkable life of Richard Willis (Will) Jackson, an intrepid seaman from one of the leading shipbuilding families in nineteenth-century Maine, whose exploits and adventures in the oceans of the world include surviving a harrowing shipwreckin the Marshall Islands, being washed overboard rounding Cape Horn, and running down Alaskan glaciers. His faithful letters to his family in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, WILL HIL

Smith, Benji.

Summary: On January 13, 2012, the Costa Concordia, a thousand foot long luxury cruise ship twice the size of the Titanic, ventured into shallow water and smashed into the rocks of a tiny island off the coast of Italy, throwing the four thousand passengers and crew members into a state of chaos. The captain and officers all abandoned ship, leaving a few remaining castaways to fend for themselves as the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Published by Benji Smith via CreateSpace 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 Smith

Kantar, Andrew.

Contents: The great November terror -- The sweetwater sea -- Death on Huron -- The Morrell's world -- Outward bound -- The witch of November -- Madness at sea -- Chaos! -- A nightmare without end -- Where is the Morrell? -- "Waiting to die" -- And the bodies keep coming -- Human wreckage -- Seeking answers -- Epilogue -- Morrell crew list.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KAN

Lansdale, Joe R.

Summary: H. G. Wells and Ned the Seal assist two shipwreck survivors, save a famous apeman, and set out on a quest for magic Golden Fleece --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Subterranean Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAN

Brewster, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2012

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Hist Wld Brewster

Summary: This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2011

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TEM

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2005

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Play Shakespeare

Andrade, Allan

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tern Book Co. 1997

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 AND

Dash, Mike.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.413 DAS

Kurzman, Dan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 KUR

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2003

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word PlayShakespeare

Summary: After being shipwrecked on an island as a little girl, Rosella grows up learning to talk and sing with a family of loving animals: the red panda Sagi, the peacock Azul and the baby elephant Tika. But when Prince Antonio discovers their tropical paradise, curiosity about her past leads Rosella to journey with the prince to his castle. As she and her animal friends explore civilization, they...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BAR

Summary: It's time to set sail with Barbie as The Island Princess in this full-length, original musical featuring nine fantastic songs. After being shipwrecked on an island as a little girl, Rosella (Barbie) grows up learning to talk and sing with a family of loving animals: the red panda Sagi, the peacock Azul and the baby elephant Tika. But when Prince Antonio discovers their tropical paradise,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Barbie 2015

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