Published three months after the sinking of the Titanic, this is the rarest and the most learned of the early books on the disaster. In it, the crusading editor of the Scientific American magazine shows that passenger safety had been repeatedly sacrificed in the competition for luxury and speed between the great shipping lines, and that the Titanic was much less safe than the Great Eastern, a liner launched more than 50 years previously. Here you'll find the first published explanation of ...

"An Unsinkable Titanic: Every Ship its own Lifeboat" by John Bernard Walker explores the intricate design and engineering of the Titanic, emphasizing the ship's innovative lifeboat system. Walker delves into the historical context of maritime safety and the advancements that led to the Titanic's construction. The book highlights the ship's grandeur while also addressing the tragic events of its maiden voyage, providing a balanced perspective on the triumphs and failures of early 20th-centu...

In a warm and affectionate narrative that "transports readers back to a time before cable television, cell phones, and the Internet" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), John Bernard Ruane paints a marvelous portrait of his Irish-Catholic boyhood on the southwest side of Chicago in the 1960s. Capturing all the details that perfectly evoke those bygone days for Catholics and baby boomers everywhere, Ruane recounts his formative years donning the navy-and-plaid school un...

This book presents a clear and precise overview of the key aspects of German business law. It was written by attorneys involved in the daily practice of business law in Germany and is aimed at people who wish to orient themselves quickly in which it impacts business pur with the German legal system and the manner chases, establishment, operations and liquidations. The first section of the book is devoted to an explanation of the major issues to be considered in acquiring or establishing a ...

The Great Time Travel Collection brings together sixteen unforgettable science fiction adventures from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s that explore one of humanity’s greatest fascinations—and greatest dangers. What happens when the barriers between yesterday, today, and tomorrow disappear?Inside these pages, time is never simply a road to the past or a shortcut to the future. It’s a force that twists lives, reshapes history, and turns even the smallest decision into a ...

"BLACK CAT"Sara Pezzini finally relents to Cain Jorgenson's advances and agrees to a date at a baseball game in this date night issue of WITCHBLADE! But as usual, the Witchblade's tendency to attract weirdness like a magnet will draw out Chicago's supernatural corruption... even at Wrigley Field.

From the award-winning Brazilian author of Nine Nights comes a twisting psychological novel of literary intrigue, sexual desire, and murder.In the pitch-black cell of an asylum—possibly in nineteenth-century France—a "baron" carries on an extended dialogue with a disembodied "voice." Arrested for a crime that he has no memory of, the baron swears to his innocence throughout.In contemporary France, a husband and wife push each other into increasingly ...

Vintage Sci-Fi 5 - 20 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown and moreNice Girl with 5 Husbands by Fritz LeiberA Traveler in Time by August DerlethExhibit Piece by Philip K. DickThe Misplaced Battleship by Harry HarrisonThe Other Now by Murray LeinsterRabbits Have Long Ears by Lawrence F. WillardStrange Eden by Philip K. DickThe Crawlers by Phi...

The 1950s were filled with big ideas and fearless imagination, and 1950s Science Fiction 4 brings together 24 stories that capture the remarkable variety of science fiction from that unforgettable decade. Strange planets, robots, time travel, alien encounters, bizarre inventions, and futures gone unexpectedly wrong are all waiting inside.Philip K. Dick takes center stage with five stories: Strange Eden, Foster, You’re Dead!, Prominent Author

The fifth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see their chance for victory. Led by the sword of savage warr...

. School reunions come and go for most of us, leaving our lives relatively untouched. But in 2014, a school reunion was held that changed the lives of its attendees. Deep in the jungles of the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia, graduates of a mission boarding school gathered at the school for the first time as adults. They were there to assess how their time at the school changed their lives as children and affected the adults they became. They had been sent to this distant school many from ag...

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*The latest book in the brilliant, bestselling Sharpe series brings Sharpe to Portugal, and reunites him with Harper.It is 1809 and Lieutenant Sharpe, who belongs to a small British army that has a precarious foothold in Portugal, is sent to look for Kate Savage, the daughter of an English wine shipper. But before he can discover the missing girl, the French onslau...