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The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker Publisher Comments For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa across the Atlantic to the New World. Much is known of the slave trade and the American plantation complex, but little of the ships that made it all possible.... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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How to Survive the Titanic: Or, the Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson Publisher Comments On the terrifying, chaotic night of April 14, 1912, while the Titanic was sinking, Bruce J. Ismay, the ship's owner, made a decision that would save his life - and end it. Ismay boarded a lifeboat meant for women and children, and within days became The... (read more) Your price: $49.99 New - Compact Disc
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A Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic by Walter Lord Synopsis She was the world's biggest-ever ship. A luxurious miracle of twentieth-century technology, the Titantic was equipped with the most ingenious safety devices of the time. Yet on a moonlit night in 1912, the "unsinkable" Titantic raced across the glassy... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Titanic: Disaster of the Century by Wyn Craig Wade Publisher Comments In this centennial edition of the definitive book on the Titanic, new findings and interviews shed light on the world's most famous marine disaster for the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking.On that fatal night in 1912 the world's largest moving... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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When the Dancing Stopped: The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake by Brian Hicks Publisher Comments In the bestselling tradition of The Devil in the White City, award-winning author Brian Hicks tells the explosive story of the Morro Castle-the elegant luxury liner that burned off the coast of New Jersey in 1934.On September 7, 1934, the captain of the... (read more) Your price: $69.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker Publisher Comments For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa across the Atlantic to the New World. Much is known of the slave trade and the American plantation complex, but little of the ships that made it all possible.... (read more) Your price: $79.99 New - Compact Disc
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Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea by Clint Willis Synopsis Rough Water is an adventure audiobook at its most compelling. Hear the stories of men and women battling the elements, and sometimes each other, to stay alive, confronting savage storms, rogue waves, icebergs, sharks, starvation and their own fear and... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Compact Disc
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Titanic: A Survivor's Story by Archibald Gracie Publisher Comments Archibald Gracie was among the last to leave the sinking Titanic. His is the most vivid and accurate first-hand account of the disaster ever published. As well as detailing his own experiences Gracie tracked down as many survivors as possible, and... (read more) Your price: $61.25 New - Audio Cassette
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Death of a Supertanker by Antony Trew Publisher Comments Stretching nearly a fifth of a mile from bridge to bows and rising above the waterline to the height of a ten-story building, Ocean Mammoth was among the finest of the monster tankers. But in a time of dwindling freight rates and cargoes she had no role.... (read more) Your price: $79.50 New - Audio Cassette
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Overboard!: A True Bluewater Odyssey of Disaster and Survival by Michael Tougias Your price: $100.00 New - Compact Disc
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Alive on the Andrea Doria!: The Greatest Sea Rescue in History by Pierette Domenica Simpson Synopsis One half-century later, the catastrophic ramming of the MS Stockholm into the Italian luxury liner the SS Andrea Doria in 1956 is relived in this candid, heartrending account. Author Pierette Domenica Simpson, who, with her grandparents, survived the... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Island Race by Winston Churchill Publisher Comments An ideal guide through the facts & underlying spirit of British history, this adaptation of Churchill's four-volume A History of the English-Speaking peoples takes the listener from Caesar's invasion of 55BC to the close of Victoria's reign.... (read more) Your price: $22.98 New - Compact Disc
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Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Story of Tragedy and Survival at Sea by Michael Tougias Publisher Comments Fatal Forecast chronicles the dramatic fight for survival of eight crewmembers aboard two fishing boats ambushed by a horrific surprise storm at Georges Bank, a lucrative but perilous lobster fishing ground located 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod.... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Compact Disc
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When the Dancing Stopped: The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake by Brian Hicks Publisher Comments In the bestselling tradition of The Devil in the White City, award-winning author Brian Hicks tells the explosive story of the Morro Castle-the elegant luxury liner that burned off the coast of New Jersey in 1934.On September 7, 1934, the captain of the... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Compact Disc
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Tall Ships Down by Daniel S. Parrott Publisher Comments For all it romance, the tall-ship renaissance has a tragic side. Daniel S. Parrott re-creates the losses of five sail-training vessels, and explores the roles played by ship stability, structural integrity, weather, human error, and standards of risk in... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Compact Disc
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The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw Publisher Comments In his number-one bestseller, The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger describes Linda Greenlaw as "one of the best sea captains, period, on the East Coast." Now Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a thirty-day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best... (read more) Your price: $82.25 New - Compact Disc
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Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea (Adrenaline) by Clint Willis Publisher Comments Hear the stories of men and women battling the elements, and sometimes each other, to stay alive--confronting savage storms, rogue waves, icebergs, sharks, starvation, and their own fears and suffering. Contributors include Sebastian Junger, Herman Woulk,... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Audio Cassette
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Overboard!: A True Bluewater Odyssey of Disaster and Survival by Michael Tougias Synopsis This is the newest amazing true story of maritime disaster and desperate survival from the Boston Globe bestselling author of Fatal Forecast and The Finest Hours.... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do by Michael Tougias Publisher Comments Documents the rescue efforts of pilot boat captain Frank Quirk and his four-man team, who, during the blizzard of 1978, endeavored to save the crew of a floundering tanker off the Massachusetts coast as well as a Coast Guard team that was endangered... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Compact Disc
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A Night to Remember by Walter Lord Your price: $24.95 New - Compact Disc
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