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1) Hindenburg: an illustrated history

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A comprehensive history of the great dirigibles, depicting what it was like to travel on the largest aircraft ever constructed.

2) Ghost liners: exploring the world's greatest lost ships

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Ballard, Robert D

Pub. Date

1998.

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IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1

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Depicts five famous ships that have been lost at sea in modern times: the Empress of Ireland, the Lusitania, the Andrea Doria, the Britannic, and the Titanic.

3) Last dinner on the Titanic

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Archbold, Rick

Pub. Date

[1997]

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"With original menus, authentic recipes, and ...illustrations, this book accurately re-creates what it was like to dine on the [Titanic]. The atmosphere of each of the lost liner's dining rooms is conveyed through...text complemented by hundreds of photographs and paintings. Over fifty dishes featured on the Titanic's menus have been researched from period sources and carefully tested for modern kitchens. Suggestions for setting the mood, decorating...

4) Exploring the Bismarck

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Ballard, Robert D

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IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2

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Recreates the sea battle that sank the German battleship Bismarck in World War II and recounts how the shipwreck was discovered in 1989.

5) The lost ships of Guadalcanal

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Ballard, Robert D

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Re-creates the story of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

6) The discovery of the Titanic

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Ballard, Robert D

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This is the compelling, firsthand account of Dr. Ballard's twelve-year quest to find the sunken liner. With the help of dozens of never-before-seen photographs, rare archival pictures, charts, paintings and a 25-inch "photo-mosaic" of the ship, Ballard recounts the Titanic's fateful last night and describes the moment-by-moment drama of the expeditions that found and explored her.

7) The discovery of the bismarck

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Ballard, Robert D

Pub. Date

c1990

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An account of the sinking of the Bismarck and the exploration of its wreck.

8) Safari

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Bateman, Robert

Pub. Date

1998.

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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

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Paintings and brief text present some of the animals found in Africa, including elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, wildebeests, lions, ostriches, and zebras.