NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 1, 1995
"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.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 1996
"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.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 1997
"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.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2008
"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."
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 11, 2011
"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.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 10, 2011
"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.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2012
"A thorough and absorbing recreation of the ill-fated voyage. (Nonfiction. 8-16)"
In what's sure to be a definitive work commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS
Titanic, Hopkinson offers a well-researched and fascinating account of the disaster.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"Disasters change people. Wilson counts the ways, often effectively and affectingly."
A biographer joins others writers swimming in the centennial vortex of the
Titanic, which sank on Apr. 14, 1912.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"The book has all the inevitability and pathos of Greek tragedy, but by maintaining the personal dimension, the author transforms a narrative of monumental hubris meeting human error into a haunting story of real, intersecting lives on a collision course with destiny."
NONFICTION
Released: March 19, 2012
"Small details enriched with deep emotion and dramatic irony."
One of the deans of maritime history returns with some sidebars to enlarge the hefty history of the
Titanic.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 27, 2012
"Though overly concerned with the minutia of Edwardian society, Brewster delivers a welcome, interesting addition to Titanic-related literature."
In time for the centennial commemoration of the sinking of the
Titanic, a close look at the lives of the ship's most privileged passengers.
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