On April 10, 1912, more than 2,200 people boarded the luxurious ocean liner Titanic for her maiden voyage. Experts claimed that the Titanic was "unsinkable" ship sank!To this day, the wreck of the Titanic lies at the bottom of the ocean. No one knows for sure how the ship sank or what treasures she may hold. Recent attempts to raise the Titanic have failed. Some people believe the ship is cursed--forever doomed to her watery grave. Read this incredible true story and unlock the secrets of the deep in...
She was the world's biggest-ever ship. A luxurious miracle of twentieth-century technology, the Titanic was equipped with the most ingenious safety devices at time. Yet on a moonlit night in 1912, the "unsinkable" Titanic raced across the glassy lifeboats for 2,207 passangers. A Night to Remember is the gut-wrenching, minute-by-minute account of her fatal collision with an iceberg and how the resulting tradegy brought out the best and worst in human nature. Some gave their lives for others, some fought like animals for survival. Wives beseeched husbands to join them in the boats; gentelmen went taut-lipped to their deaths in full evening dress; hundreds of steerage passengers, trapped belowdecks, sought help in vain. From the first distress flares to the struggles of those left adrift for hours in freezing waters, here is the legendary disaster relived by the few who survived and can never forget the many who did not.
Why does the sinking of the Titanic hold such fasnication for us? Many reasons have been advanced for the continuing fascination of this epic tragedy, but non, we think, can contribute as much to an understanding of it as the four accounts collected in this volume.
With original menus, authentic recipes, and splendid illustrations, this book accurately re-creates what it was like to dine on the most famous of all ships. The atomsphere of each of the lost liner's dining rooms is conveyed through a fascinating text complemented by hundreds of photographs and paintings. Over fifty dishes featured on the Titanic's menus have been researched from period sources and carefully tested for modern kitchens. Suggestions for setting the mood, decorating the table, and presenting each dish all assist in evoking the elegance and style of the legendary liner.
You're no idiot, of course. You saw the movie Titanic and know that it's the number-one box-office film of all time. But when it comes to learning about the true historic and cultural impact of the Titanic, you feel like you're lost at sea.
Over 100 spectacular illustrations, including a dramatic, full-color glossy insert that boasts images of the wreck, as well as stills and posters from films and theater.
James Cameron's Titanic chronicles the cinematic re-creation of the most legendary ocean disaster of all time as seen through the eyes of a master storyteller. Set against the ship's fateful maiden voyage, Cameron's much antipicated motion picture epic weaves a rich human tapestry of romance, heroism, tragedy and greed.
