Titanic's Last Secrets
Title | Titanic's Last Secrets PDF eBook |
Author | Brad Matsen |
Publisher | Twelve |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2008-10-01 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 044654339X |
After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did? To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assemble a team of experts to explore Titanic, study its engineering, and dive to the wreck of its sister ship, Brittanic, where Titanic's last secrets may be revealed. Titanic's Last Secrets is a rollercoaster ride through the shipbuilding history, the transatlantic luxury liner business, and shipwreck forensics. Chatterton and Kohler weave their way through a labyrinth of clues to discover that Titanic was not the strong, heroic ship the world thought she was and that the men who built her covered up her flaws when disaster struck. If Titanic had remained afloat for just two hours longer than she did, more than two thousand people would have lived instead of died, and the myth of the great ship would be one of rescue instead of tragedy. Titanic's Last Secrets is the never-before-told story of the Ship of Dreams, a contemporary adventure that solves a historical mystery.
The Last Debutante
Title | The Last Debutante PDF eBook |
Author | Julia London |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2013-02-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1439175527 |
The lush Scottish Highlands are a tempting setting for seduction in New York Times bestselling author Julia London’s sparkling novel. Who is the captive and who is the captor? When a sexy laird holds a spirited English lady for ransom, she turns the tables and steals his heart. The last person Daria Babcock expects to find in her grandmother’s home is a brawny, naked Highlander. She doesn’t buy Mamie’s explanation about finding the poor man shot in the woods. Nor does she trust the gorgeous laird, who insists his own memory fails him. But Daria came to Scotland looking for adventure and romance, and after the intriguing stranger kidnaps her, she gets her wish—and so much more....
The Last Secrets
Title | The Last Secrets PDF eBook |
Author | John Buchan |
Publisher | London : T. Nelson, 1923, 1927 printing. |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Discoveries in geography |
ISBN |
The True Intrepid
Title | The True Intrepid PDF eBook |
Author | Bill MacDonald |
Publisher | Raincoast Books |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781551924182 |
The Second World War intelligence exploits of William Stephenson-the mysterious man known simply as "Intrepid" who is said to be the real-life model for Ian Fleming's James Bond-were celebrated in his lifetime in espionage lore the world over. As head of the British Security Coordination, a predecessor of the CIA, Stephenson was responsible for the hugely successful covert political war against all sources of Axis strength. Subsequently, though, some observers questioned certain aspects of Stephenson's career. In this fascinating re-examination of the historical record, Bill Macdonald documents Stephenson's clouded early life and unravels the tangled strings of information that run through secret papers and previous books to reveal the astonishing details of the man who said: "Nothing deceives like a document."A revised paperback reprint of a Maclean's magazine bestseller, The True Intrepid features historical photographs, personal interviews with those who worked with Stephenson, and a foreword by the CIA's staff historian and former CIA staff officer, Thomas F. Troy.
A Lifetime of Secrets
Title | A Lifetime of Secrets PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Warren |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 290 |
Release | |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 006204592X |
Book description to come.
The Last Secrets of the Silk Road
Title | The Last Secrets of the Silk Road PDF eBook |
Author | Countess Alexandra Tolstoy |
Publisher | Lyons Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781592282012 |
Four young Englishwomen retrace the ancient Silk Road--4,500 miles in eight months by horse and camel.
The Last Secrets of Anne Frank
Title | The Last Secrets of Anne Frank PDF eBook |
Author | Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2024-05-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1982198222 |
"Anne Frank's life has been studied by many scholars, but the story of Bep Voskuijl has remained untold--until now. As the youngest of the five Dutch people who hid the Frank family, Bep was Anne's closest confidante during the 761 excruciating days she spent hidden in the Secret Annex. Bep, who was just twenty-three when the Franks went into hiding, risked her life to protect them, plunging into Amsterdam's black market to source food and medicine for people who officially didn't exist under the noses of German soldiers and Dutch spies. ... Told by her own son, [this book] intertwines the story of Bep and her sister Nelly with Anne's iconic narrative. Nelly's name may have been scrubbed from Anne's published diary, but Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl and Jeroen De Bruyn expose details about her collaboration with the Nazis, a deeply held family secret"--Dust jacket flap.