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“clive groome”

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  • Little Book of Titanic

    by Clive Groome ...
    On 10 April 1912, the luxurious ocean liner, RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage bound for New York. Just four days later whilst 400 miles south of Newfoundland she struck an iceberg and within three hours was plummeting to the bottom of the ocean. Written by Michael Swift and Marion Joyce, Little Book of the Titanic explores the ship, its crew, its passengers and its ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of Steam

    by Clive Groome ...
    Little Book of Steam tells the evocative story of steam railways from the end of the 18th century, when an early pioneer built a small, three-wheeled steam-powered machine. Soon after a simple steam engine was pulling coal wagons in Wales, and just 21 years later the world's first public railway opened between Stockton and Darlington. By the 1960's steam engines were on their way out to be ... Read more

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  • A Girl Aboard the Titanic

    The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster

    by Eva Hart ...
    We went on the day on the boat train…I was 7, I had never seen a ship before... it looked very big... everybody was very excited, we went down to the cabin and that's when my mother said to my father that she had made up her mind quite firmly that she would not go to bed in that ship, she would sit up at night... she decided that she wouldn't go to bed at night, and she didn't!This is the amazing ... Read more

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  • The Loss of the Titanic: I Survived the Titanic

    I Survived the Titanic

    by Lawrence Beesley ...
    A grieving world has already recognised Lawrence Beesley as the chief recorder of the Titanic wreck. The sports master at an English public school, who was going West for a tennis tournament, he had no special qualifications for performing the task that fell to him alone out of nearly a thousand survivors but he brought to bare a splendid self-possession upon his observation of the whole sad story ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Ten Hours Until Dawn

    The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do

    by Michael J. Tougias ...
    In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost its radar, depth finder, and engine power in horrendous seas. Pilot boat Captain Frank Quirk was ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

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  • The Complete Titanic Chronicles

    A Night to Remember and The Night Lives On

    by Walter Lord ...
    Series series The Titanic Chronicles
    The complete and definitive New York Times –bestselling chronicle of the Titanic, including survivors' stories and extensive research separating fact from myth.In just two hours and forty minutes, 1,500 souls were lost at sea when the RMS Titanic succumbed to the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Based on interviews with sixty-three survivors, A Night to Remember tells the story of that fateful ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Titanic: The Myths and Legacy of a Disaster

    by Roger Cartwright, June Cartwright ...
    On 15 April 2012, 100 years will have passed since the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic hit an iceberg and foundered in the North Atlantic with the loss of 1,503 lives. Had the disaster not occurred, what is now the best-known ship in the world would have lost the title of the largest liner within just two years. She was certainly not the fastest passenger ship of the time and can be considered a ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How the Steam Railways came to Surrey

    by Rupert Matthews ...
    A fascinating account of how the railways came to Surrey and the impact they had on the people who lived in the countyThe book the great days of the steam railways in the county. It shows how and why the lines were built, giving an account of the people who laid the lines and built the stations. ... Read more

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  • Sovereign of the Seas

    The Seventeenth-Century Warship

    by James Sephton ...
    Charles I's authoritative and intolerant rule as monarch, and the unpopular Ship Money tax which he initiated, were instrumental in creating the most splendid and controversial warship in English history. She was the grandest venture hitherto created, remarkable for her size, beauty and heavy armament. Even her name, the Sovereign of the Seas, suggested pride and pomp. Designed and built by ... Read more

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  • Journey 10: Great Yarmouth to London

    by Karen Farrington ...
    Series Book 10 - Great British Railway Journeys
    A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain, from The Sunday Times bestseller.The line between Great Yarmouth to London brought holidaymakers flocking to the coast and transported herrings, fresh vegetables and milk into London. Starting in Great Yarmouth, Michael Portillo’s journey takes him through the coastal resorts of Southwold and Southend via innovative swing ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The Great Liners Story

    by William H. Miller ...
    Series series Story series
    This illustrated and colourful history charts the hey-day of the great liners, those grand and lavish vessels that cruised around the world carrying their glamorous passengers from port to port. Decorated to the highest of finishes, fitted out in the most luxurious of styles, these floating palaces epitomised their opulent age. Their iconic names, from Titanic to Mauretania, from Queen Elizabeth ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From T-2 to Supertanker

    Development of the Oil Tanker, 1940 - 2000, Revised

    by Andrew G. Spyrou ...
    From T-2 to Supertanker provides a unique insight into the oil tanker industrys efforts to produce safe and efficient vessels.Dr. Andrew G. Spyrou believes that marine transportation is the key to effective global shipping, part of which is carrying petroleum by tanker. Enormous changes have taken place in tanker design and construction since World War II. Closure of the Suez Canal on two ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD