Adams, Simon
Summary: Detailed descriptions of the "Titanic," including its accommodations and a retelling of its sinking in the North Atlantic in April, 1912.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 910.9163 ADASabol, Stephanie
Summary: "For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT World What SabolNielsen, Jennifer A.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Hazel Rothbury stows away aboard the Titanic and, with the help of a porter named Charlie and a first-class passenger named Sylvia, she sets out to explore the great ship, uncovering a haunting mystery--until the ship hits an iceberg and she must fight to save herself and her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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Summary: "What do you know about the sinking of the Titanic? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 PATRussell, 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 RUSTerrell, 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 TERCook, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword History 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.91634 COOTerrell, 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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Summary: "On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest--and soon most famous--ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world's fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans to find and raise the Titanic began almost immediately. Yet seven decades passed before it was found....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 STOBailey, 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 BAISummary: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson join filmmaker Chris Columbus and other esteemed cast members across all eight Harry Potter films as they travel back to Hogwarts for the first time to celebrate the anniversary of the franchise's first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which premiered twenty years ago. The retrospective special will tell an enchanting making-of story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HARLarson, Erik
Summary: On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 LARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 LARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars LarsonSmith, Elliott
Summary: "Did a major-league pitcher really hit a bird with a fastball in the middle of a game? What did a goat have to do with the Chicago Cubs not winning a championship for more than 70 years? Did Babe Ruth really point toward center field just before hitting a big home run in the 1932 World Series? Prepare to uncover the real stories behind these and other great baseball myths and legends!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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Summary: "Did Wilt Chamberlain really score 100 points by himself in a single game? Was the 1985 NBA Draft really fixed to make sure the New York Knicks got the first pick? Was Michael Jordan really let go by his high school basketball team? Get ready to discover the real stories behind these and other great basketball myths and legends!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
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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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.4 FRESummary: The Video Game Years is Here! The exclusive RetrowareTV.com show that examines the history, culture and oddities of video game history. It will have you learning, laughing and scratching your head as we examine all that transpired in your favorite hobby's past. Time to laugh, learn and reminisce about those glorious Video Game Years. The Video Game Years: Volume 3 takes on the rise and fall of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VIDSummary: The Video Game Years is Here! The exclusive RetrowareTV.com show that examines the history, culture and oddities of video game history. It will have you learning, laughing and scratching your head as we examine all that transpired in your favorite hobby's past. Time to laugh, learn and reminisce about those glorious Video Game Years. The Video Game Years tackles years 1977 through to '79,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VIDGiorello, Joe
Summary: "In this installment of the best-selling history series, young readers move chronologically through 20 Civil War battles, beginning with the first shots fires at Fort Sumter to the final days at Appomattox. Historic photographs, maps, and powerful chpaters make history leap off the page, capturing the attention of even reluctant readers. Learn about the military leaders, weapons, and strategies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rolling Wheelhouse Publishing 2017
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Summary: What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 001.9 EATSummary: The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, in minute-by-minute detail through the accounts of Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders who were there, revealing the incredible chain of events that brought America to the brink of nuclear disaster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF COMSceurman, Mark
Summary: Weird Civil War delves into the peculiar history and ghastly legacy of the bloodiest period in American history, featuring the era's most gripping tragic tales, fascinating facts, spooky scenarios, and eccentric characters. This brand-new volume—which compiles the most compelling Civil War stories from the bestselling Weird series—will excite precocious history students, Civil War buffs, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 973.7 SCEGates, Henry Louis
Summary: "From one of our premier writers, scholars, and public intellectuals: a surprising, inspiring, often boldly infuriating, highly instructive and entertaining compendium of curiosities regarding African Americans. In 1934, 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro was published by Joel A. Rogers, a largely self-educated black journalist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 GATCybulskie, Danièle
Summary: In Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction, you'll find fast and fun answers to all your secret questions, from eating and drinking to sex and love. Find out whether people bathed, what they did when they got sick, and what actually happened to people accused of crimes. Learn about medieval table manners, tournaments, and toothpaste, and find out if people really did poop in the moat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword History 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 CYBAndreas, Peter
Summary: "In his path-breaking Killer High, Andreas shows how six psychoactive drugs--ranging from old to relatively new, mild to potent, licit to illicit, natural to synthetic--have proven to be particularly important war ingredients. This sweeping history tells the story of war from antiquity to the modern age through the lens of alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, opium, amphetamines, and cocaine. Beer and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020