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Get the Summary of Walter Lord's A Night to Remember in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. On the Titanic's maiden voyage, a seemingly minor collision with an iceberg led to a catastrophic sinking, revealing the ship's fatal vulnerabilities and the unpreparedness of its passengers and crew. The initial underestimation of the damage, combined with a lack of sufficient lifeboats and a delayed response from nearby ships,...
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Twentieth Century Fox
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[2013]
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English
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Veteran skipper John Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine. Instead, he's given the helm of the Stingray, a diesel-powered World War II sub crewed by a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits, then ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best in a crucial war game.
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For three decades the Windrush was the maritime Zelig of the 20th century. Designed in 1930 in the Hamburg boatyard of a Jewish shipbuilder to ferry Germans to a new life in South America, it wasn't long before Goebbels requisitioned her. She became a Nazi troop carrier, a support vessel for the pocket battleship Tirpitz, and a prison ship transporting Jews to Auschwitz. Captured by the British in 1945 and renamed the SS Empire Windrush, she then...
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Cruising through midlife volume 2
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[Independently published]
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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My name is Trixie Troublefield, and I see ghosts. It's sort of a new thing, and it's more than a problem. I've got good news and bad news. The good news is my travel blog Suddenly Single! What a trip. Has taken off like gangbusters and I've inadvertently become the queen for an entire tribe of newly divorced women. And even better than that? Handsome Ransom Baxter, the head of vessel security, is throwing out more than a few signs that he's interested...
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Excerpt: "I am by no means unaware that between the sailing ship and the steamship there is a wide difference, as well in character as in their respective development. But that is no reason for supposing that the steamship is less interesting in her history or less deserving of admiration in her final presentation. Around the sailing ship there hovers eternally a halo of romance; that is undeniable even by the most modern enthusiast. But, on the other...
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"He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over"- Porteus The year 1845 was disturbingly quiet on the east coast of the United States; no hurricanes or tropical storms had made landfall. However, the residents along the coast knew that there would be 'hell to pay" when '46 arrived. It didn't take long before a wicked nor'easter battered the entire coastline in February. The storm reached inland from Savannah, Georgia to Syracuse, New York where...
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Scuba diver and author of Atlantic's Last Stop uses records and personal experience to examine the vessels in Halifax Harbour on the day of the 1917 Explosion to uncover what happened that day-and why. On the morning of December 6, 1917, ships and boats were in constant movement in Halifax Harbour. The First World War was in its fourth year and Halifax, the closest mainland North American naval port to Europe, was feeling its effect.
At 8:45 A.M.,...
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CBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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In season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories, and encounters new life and civilizations. The crew will also embark on personal journeys that will continue to test their resolve and redefine their destinies. Facing friends and enemies both new and familiar, their adventures will unfold in surprising...
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Los instrumentos de navegación han cambiado con el tiempo. Las piedras imán, las piedras solares y los sextantes ayudaron a los primeros navegantes a encontrar su camino. La tecnología moderna hace que la navegación sea más precisa que nunca. Pero las raíces de la navegación aún permanecen. Creado en colaboración con la Institución Smithsonian, este libro en español despierta la curiosidad sobre los temas de STEAM a través de ejemplos...
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Flying Cloud is the riveting and thoroughly researched tale of a truly unforgettable sea voyage during the days of the California gold rush. In 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only 89 days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a century. Upon arrival in San Francisco, Flying Cloud became an enduring symbol of...
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Home to thousands of US sailors, the USS Alabama fought bravely in World War II, but after she finished her service, the battleship was set to be scrapped. The people of Alabama decided they had to save the ship named for their proud state. No one was more determined than Alabama's schoolchildren. Author Karyn Tunks traces the story of the children's efforts in this informative and entertaining account. Tunks reveals a wealth of detail about life...
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