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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants....
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Naivety VS Barbarians Of War
- De Sara en 03-05-16
De: Erik Larson
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- De: John U. Bacon
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
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From best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima....
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Too much hostility towards Americans
- De bigdaddyKT en 12-14-19
De: John U. Bacon
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age....
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
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Batavia
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 17 h
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The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland....
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Disaster, Mutiny, Murder, Survival
- De Todd en 02-07-13
De: Peter FitzSimons
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Barracoon
- The Story of the Last ""Black Cargo""
- De: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 3 h y 50 m
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A major literary event: a never-before-published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God that brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade....
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skip the introduction!
- De Earin en 10-16-18
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Voyagers of the Titanic
- Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
- De: Richard Davenport-Hines
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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Late in the night of April 14, 1912, the mighty Titanic, a passenger liner traveling from Southampton, England, to New York City....
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Thorough, panoramic
- De Tad Davis en 04-10-12
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants....
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Naivety VS Barbarians Of War
- De Sara en 03-05-16
De: Erik Larson
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- De: John U. Bacon
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
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From best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima....
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Too much hostility towards Americans
- De bigdaddyKT en 12-14-19
De: John U. Bacon
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age....
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
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Batavia
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 17 h
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The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland....
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Disaster, Mutiny, Murder, Survival
- De Todd en 02-07-13
De: Peter FitzSimons
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Barracoon
- The Story of the Last ""Black Cargo""
- De: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 3 h y 50 m
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A major literary event: a never-before-published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God that brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade....
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skip the introduction!
- De Earin en 10-16-18
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Voyagers of the Titanic
- Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
- De: Richard Davenport-Hines
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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Late in the night of April 14, 1912, the mighty Titanic, a passenger liner traveling from Southampton, England, to New York City....
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Thorough, panoramic
- De Tad Davis en 04-10-12
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
- De: David Gibbins
- Narrado por: Kent Klineman
- Duración: 14 h y 35 m
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Drawing on decades of experience, Gibbins reveals the riches beneath the waves and shows us how the treasures found there can be a porthole to the past that tell a new story about the world and its underwater secrets.
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Awful narration and mediocre writing
- De V. Martin en 04-15-24
De: David Gibbins
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The Taking of K-129
- How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History
- De: Josh Dean
- Narrado por: Neil Hellegers
- Duración: 15 h y 47 m
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In the early hours of February 25, 1968, a Russian submarine armed with three nuclear ballistic missiles set sail from its base in Siberia on a routine combat patrol to Hawaii. Then it vanished....
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One of the great stories in history
- De Ben Newman en 11-21-17
De: Josh Dean
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How to Survive the Titanic
- The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay
- De: Frances Wilson
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
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On the terrifying, chaotic night of April 14, 1912, while the Titanic was sinking, Bruce J. Ismay, the ship's owner, made a decision that would save his life - and end it....
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Not especially uplifting, but quite good
- De Anonymous User en 04-18-12
De: Frances Wilson
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Into the Raging Sea
- Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of the El Faro
- De: Rachel Slade
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
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On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in the worst American shipping disaster in 35 years....
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This Book is Tragic for More Than Just its Story
- De John A. Tucker en 10-23-19
De: Rachel Slade
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Ten Hours Until Dawn
- The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
- De: Michael J. Tougias
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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He gathered his crew of four, readied his 49-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard that was to become known as the "Storm of the Century"....
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A riveting story
- De Christopher en 11-30-07
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Deadliest Sea
- The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
- De: Kalee Thompson
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in US Coast Guard history. Recounting the tragic sinking of the fishing trawler, Alaska Ranger, in the Bering Sea and its remarkable aftermath in March 2008....
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Good story line
- De Jayson en 03-31-20
De: Kalee Thompson
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Titanic
- A Survivor's Story
- De: Colonel Archibald Gracie
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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It was one of the most traumatic events in maritime history, and Archibald Gracie was probably among the last to leave the sinking Titanic on that cold April night in 1912....
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I sure hope the book tasted good!
- De Nathalie en 02-20-12
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The Shipwreck Hunter
- A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
- De: David L. Mearns
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 16 h y 51 m
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The Shipwreck Hunter chronicles David L. Mearns' most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research, and the courage required to find a wreck thousands of feet beneath the sea, plus the moving human stories that lie behind these tragedies....
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Delivered More Than I Expected!
- De Jason V. Kilmer en 08-07-18
De: David L. Mearns
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In the Heart of the Sea: Young Reader's Edition
- The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Taylor Mali
- Duración: 5 h y 37 m
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In 1819, the 240-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage. Fifteen months later, in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, it was repeatedly rammed and sunk....
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Negroes become "African Americans"
- De Amazon Customer en 09-16-21
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The Kaiser’s Pirates
- Hunting Germany's Raiding Cruisers 1914-1915
- De: Nick Hewitt
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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This is a dramatic and little-known story of the First World War, when the actions of a few men shaped the fate of nations....
De: Nick Hewitt
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On the Bottom
- The Raising of the Submarine S-51
- De: Edward Ellsberg
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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On September 25, 1925, the S-51 tragically sank to the ocean floor, and Edward Ellsberg was the man whose courage and determination brought it back....
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Great book
- De Cody Davey en 04-17-20
De: Edward Ellsberg
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Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes
- Great Lakes Books Series
- De: Mark L. Thompson
- Narrado por: Gary L. Willprecht
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes is the most thorough and factual study of the Great Lakes shipping industry written this century....
De: Mark L. Thompson
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The Mayflower
- The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America
- De: Rebecca Fraser
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
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A vivid narrative history of the Mayflower and of the Winslow family, who traveled to America in search of a new world....
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I kept saying "Oh My Goodness!"
- De Midwestern en 11-29-19
De: Rebecca Fraser
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The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare
- A Journey into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina
- De: Sean M. Kelley
- Narrado por: Tom Zingarelli
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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In this immersive exploration, Kelley connects the story of enslaved people in the United States to their origins in Africa as never before....
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Fantastic Micro-history
- De Kyle P. Dalton en 03-07-18
De: Sean M. Kelley
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The Discoverers
- A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
- De: Daniel J. Boorstin
- Narrado por: Christopher Cazenove
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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Daniel J. Boorstin, former librarian of the Library of Congress, gives a fascinating history of world civilization.....
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Warning! Abridged version.
- De jennifer w. en 08-26-19
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Until the Sea Shall Free Them
- De: Robert Frump
- Narrado por: Luke Smith
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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The men on the SS Marine Electric sailed into a storm in February 1983 not knowing that they would make history - at a great cost in lives....
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Interesting, but not a great listen
- De Eric en 02-22-13
De: Robert Frump
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The Lost Boys of Montauk
- The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind
- De: Amanda M. Fairbanks
- Narrado por: Cynthia Farrell
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day....
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Little substance.
- De Mary Katherine doyle en 06-05-21
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29 Missing: The True and Tragic Story of the Disappearance of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald
- De: Andrew Kantar
- Narrado por: Todd Curless
- Duración: 1 h y 15 m
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On November 10, 1975, SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a giant freighter, sank with its entire crew of 29 aboard, in one of the most violent storms ever witnessed on Lake Superior....
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Definitely learned more
- De jeff en 05-24-24
De: Andrew Kantar
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Midway Submerged
- American and Japanese Submarine Operations at the Battle of Midway, May-June 1942
- De: Mark W. Allen
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
- Duración: 3 h y 59 m
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Midway Submerged is a comprehensive examination of a little-known aspect of the pivotal naval battle at Midway, explaining how Nimitz used his submarines at Midway and the Japanese misused theirs based on a flawed tactical plan....
De: Mark W. Allen
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In the Heart of the Sea
- The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 5 h y 45 m
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The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the 19th century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the 20th....
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Wow
- De Amazon Customer en 12-06-06
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Reading the Glass
- A Captain's View of Weather, Water, and Life on Ships
- De: Elliot Rappaport
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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Elliot Rappaport, a professional captain of traditional sailing ships, has spent three decades at sea, where understanding weather is crucial to the safety of vessels and their crews. In Reading the Glass, he offers a sailor’s-eye view of the moving parts of our atmosphere....
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Weather and Sailing!
- De T. Adams en 01-20-24
De: Elliot Rappaport
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Heaven’s Ditch
- God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
- De: Jack Kelly
- Narrado por: Andrew Reilly
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand....
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An under told story of the United States.
- De JayHey en 08-28-16
De: Jack Kelly
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Other Side of the Night
- The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic Was Lost
- De: Daniel Allen Butler
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg....
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The Other Side of the Night
- De Amazon Customer en 04-19-15
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Titanic: The Story of the Unsinkable Ship
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: John Riddle
- Duración: 1 h y 18 m
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It has been more than one hundred years since the RMS Titanic sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean. The disaster has captivated history buffs and non-history buffs alike....
De: Hourly History