Henry Carter Hull

Recounts the tale of the merchant ship Leicester which was disabled in a hurricane and saved by the crew of the salvage ship the Foundation Josephine.

Chronicles the final voyage of the SS Central America, as it sank off the Carolina coast in 1857, and explains the recent technology used to recover the ship and the twenty-one tons of gold that sank with it.

A history of the heyday of the transatlantic superliner, exploring legendary ships such as the Titanic, Lusitania, Britannic, and Andrea Doria through essays, illustrations, and photographs of the vessels in their prime and on the ocean floor.

Philip, an adolescent white boy who is blinded in a torpedo attack at sea during World War II, acquires a new type of vision, courage, and love when he is stranded on a tiny Caribbean island with Timothy, a kind, elderly black man.

Contains facts and statistics about the voyage and sinking of the "Titanic"; includes accounts of other sea disasters and information on how the ship was built, what caused it to sink, how the wreckage was found, and other related topics.

Tells the complete story of the Titanic, from the beginning of the doomed voyage through the spectacular discovery of the wreckage decades later.

Author Clive Cussler discusses his real-life adventures as founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, focusing on twelve incidents in which the agency sought and found sunken ships, each prefaced by a creative dramatization of the ship and the way it met its end.

Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 21 she became the breadwinner for her widowed mother and five siblings when she commenced a career as a stewardess and nurse on some of the most famous ocean-going vessels of the day. Throughout her 40-year time at sea she survived an unbelievable series of events including the sinking of the TITANIC. "One awful moment...