Product Description: Originally published in 2000 as "The Lusitania -- the Life, Loss and Legacy of an Ocean Legend, now revised and updated, "The Day the Lusitania Died" recounts the single most shocking act of the First World War, the destruction of the Lusitania by the German submarine U-20, an action which outraged the world...read more

Product Description: Great Lakes, the novel is a tale as wide and deep as the lakes themselves; a rare combination of history, romance and, “what just might of have been,” rolled into a read so fascinating it is literally impossible to put down. From the earliest days of the old “wind wagons” to the steel behemoths of today, Great Lakes, sails into the drama, mystery and outright treachery of the dark side of navigating the lakes...read more

Product Description: The conflagration that consumed Europe in August 1914 had been a long time in coming—and yet it need never have happened at all. For though all the European powers were prepared to accept a war as a resolution to the tensions which were fermenting across the Continent, only one nation wanted war to come: Imperial Germany...read more

Discusses the revolt in the late ninteeth century in Sudan led by Mahdi, or the 'Expected One,' and how he died soon after his success.

Product Description: In 1840 Samuel Cunard, a Halifax, Nova Scotia businessman, took possession of a quartet of small paddlewhell steamers and formed the which would become known as the Cunard Line, the first -- and ultimately last -- great transatlantic passenger service...read more

Drawn from extensive research, primary sources, and period accounts, a mesmerizing narrative covers every aspect of the Titanic's history, describing the construction and maiden voyage of this 'unsinkable' ship, which sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic in April 1912. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Vinson Brown

Product Description: The outbreak of the Second World War created a critical need for Britain to assemble her troops from all corners of her far-flung empire. As the world's greatest maritime power the passenger liners of her merchant fleet were transformed into troopships able to carry thousands of troops...read more