All Stations! Distress!
All Stations! Distress!

Author: Don Brown

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2010-08-31

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1466818999

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THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping account of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic. It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal grease to slide it into the ocean, 100,000 people to wave bon voyage, but only one wrong move to tear the Titanic apart, sinking it into the pages of history. On a cold moonless night in April of 1912, 2,000 passengers--both the uber-rich enjoying a luxury cruise and the dirt-poor hoping to find a new life in America--struggled to survive. Only 700 succeeded. Lifeboats were launched half-full; women were forced to leave their husbands and sons behind; and even those who made it out alive were forever haunted, constantly wondering "why me?" Told through captivating prose and chilling first-hand accounts, Don Brown takes the pieces of the broken Titanic and gives it such a vivid shape that you'd swear you've never heard the story before.

The Loss of the Titanic
The Loss of the Titanic

Author: Lawrence Beesley

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1445607859

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'The best first-hand account of a passenger's experiences - a first-rate piece of descriptive writing' THE GUARDIAN

The Adventures of Sindbad
The Adventures of Sindbad

Author: Gyula Krudy

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1590174666

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“What you have loved remains yours.” Thus speaks the irresistible rogue Sindbad, ironic hero of these fantastic tales, who has seduced and abandoned countless women over the course of centuries but never lost one, for he returns to visit them all—ladies, actresses, housemaids—in his memories and dreams. From the bustling streets of Budapest to small provincial towns where nothing ever seems to change, this ghostly Lothario encounters his old flames wherever he goes: along the banks of the Danube; under windows where they once courted; in churches and in graveyards, where Eros and Thanatos tryst. Lies, bad behavior, and fickleness of all kinds are forgiven, and love is reaffirmed as the only thing worth persevering for, weeping for, and living for. The Adventures of Sindbad is the Hungarian master Gyula Krúdy’s most famous book, an uncanny evocation of the autumn of the Hapsburg Empire that is enormously popular not only in Hungary but throughout Eastern Europe.

African Genesis
African Genesis

Author: Leo Frobenius

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0486409112

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Presents a collection of African folk tales and myths.

Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire Girls

Author: Luther Halsey Gulick

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 2009-08-15

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1429091037

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The original manual of the Camp Fire Girls, an organization among whose founders were Dr. & Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick, was published in 1912. The motto of the Camp Fire Girls, "WoHeLo," was also the name of the Gulick's summer camp on Lake Sebago, ME. It stood for "work, health, love." "The primary purpose of Camp Fire," said Dr. Gulick, "is to promote service to others, team work, and opportunities for a well rounded life."

Old Age, Its Cause and Prevention; The Story of an Old Body and Face Made Young
Old Age, Its Cause and Prevention; The Story of an Old Body and Face Made Young

Author: Sanford Fillmore Bennett

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780342630837

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