"A nonfiction book about the hidden truth behind the sinking of the Titanic with sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels"--

A collection of accounts of shipwrecks, nautical disasters, and the salvaging of the vessels.

The sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail and crews attempting to rescue her struggle against a powerful North Atlantic storm.

Armed with sophisticated equipment, Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and his team of researchers become the first humans to see and photograph the Titanic since its sinking more than 70 years ago.

While many accounts of the Titanic's voyage focus on the technical or mechanical aspects of why the ship sank, Davenport-Hines follows the stories of the men, women, and children whose lives intersected on the vessel's fateful last day.

A famous diving duo turn their investigative skills to the question of why the Titanic sank as quickly as she did, describing how they assembled a team of experts and dived to the wreck of her sister ship, Britannic, before discovering previously hidden flaws that suggest that the doomed ship may have broken in half while nearly horizontal and gone down before most of the passengers knew what was happening.

Gripping first-hand testimony by survivors, rescuers, and others brings the great maritime disaster into harrowing focus in this 1912 "memorial edition," first published shortly after the tragedy. Eyewitnesses recount heart-breaking tales of parting with loved ones, watching the great ship sink, and floating helplessly for long hours on icy seas until rescued by the Carpathia. Numerous rare illustrations, photos of crew, celebrity passengers; drawings...