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Books for the Titanic's 100th Anniversary

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NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 1, 1995
TITANIC LEGACY: DISASTER AS MEDIA EVENT AND MYTH
by Paul Heyer
"Engrossing and original perspectives on a maritime misfortune that retains its fascination deep into the space age. (photos and maps, not seen)"
 A wide-ranging assessment of how and why the sinking of the Titanic has remained a perdurable part of the West's sociocultural heritage. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 1996
ON BOARD THE TITANIC
by Shelley Tanaka, illustrated by Ken Marschall
"The book will more than satisfy those for whom this voyage is an apparently unlimited source of fascination. (Nonfiction. 9-11)"
 In this work subtitled ``What It Was Like When the Great Liner Sank,'' the powerful, detailed, and realistic paintings by Marschall will enthrall readers and draw them into the mystery of the famous ocean liner's fate. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 1997
TITANIC SURVIVOR
by Violet Jessop
"She displays the same qualities as a writer. (35 b&w photos, not seen)"
 Jessop's transporting backstage recollections of life at sea as a stewardess, including hurried departures from the Titanic and Brittanic. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2008
TITANIC’S LAST SECRETS: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHADOW DIVERS JOHN CHATTERTON AND RICHIE KOHLER
by Brad Matsen
"Wholly engrossing narrative of a crowning example of catastrophic hubris."
Matsen (Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, 2005, etc.) provides an intriguing postmortem of design-safety compromises on the "Ship of Dreams." Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 11, 2011
HOW TO SURVIVE THE <I>TITANIC</I>: OR, THE SINKING OF J. BRUCE ISMAY
by Frances Wilson
"An up-and-down history of an intriguing figure."
Wilson (The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth, 2009) tells the story of the Titanic's polarizing owner, who was aboard the vessel and survived its fatal 1912 collision with an iceberg. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 10, 2011
Kirkus Star <I>TITANIC</I> SINKS!
by Barry Denenberg
"This is history at its best, an original and appealing way to mark the centennial of this familiar disaster. (author's note, source notes, bibliography) (Nonfiction.10-14)"
A memorial edition of an imagined magazine covers the construction and fateful voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic, Queen of the Ocean, which sank in April 1912. Read full book review >