A portrait of nineteenth and twentieth century ocean liners examines passenger life on early twentieth century steamers, the adventures of liners during both World Wars, and the marvels of the newest ships

Product Description: Although seven million Americans happily go cruising each year, about 75 million could but never do. Cruise Savvy is designed to seduce that vast, land-locked majority aboard. It is written by John Maxtone-Graham, the world's most articulate and entertaining maritime historian, who says that his specific aim is quite simply "to turn you on to shipboard...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Traces the history of the famous ship line, describes shipboard life, and looks at the wartime service provided by the luxury liners

Product Description: This book takes a candid and insightful look at the rich history, construction and crew of the great ships. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book takes a candid and insightful look at the rich history, construction and crew of the great ships. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A lavishly photographed tribute to the ill-fated steamship documents every aspect of the vessel's design, construction, and service, offering insight into its struggles to attract passengers and the events that culminated in its fiery end at New York's Pier 88.

Sketches the history of transatlantic liners since the turn of the century, examining their design and innovations as well as their memorable passengers

Celebrating the launch of the Cunard Line's latest flagship, this richly illustrated look at the Queen Mary 2 documents the construction of the vessel, from initial design to christening, and looks at the ship's lavish interiors, stunning array of amenities, passenger accommodations, and more. 20,000 first printing.

Chronicles the efforts of explorers to conquer the North and South poles, relating the hardships, disasters, and triumphs of American, British, and European expeditions

Product Description: Maxtone-Graham has yet again produced a profusely illustrated tribute, this one to America's most famous and historic liner. Arguably the world’s most articulate and authoritative maritime historian, John Maxtone-Graham documents SS United States, her design, construction, and seventeen years of impeccable service...read more

Product Description: Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 21 she became the breadwinner for her widowed mother and five siblings when she commenced a career as a stewardess and nurse on some of the most famous ocean going vessels of the day...read more

Describes the author's experiences during two disasters at sea

The dean of ocean liner historians uncovers fascinating and unknown aspects of this epic disaster. This is a book unlike any other. Rather than offering simply a detailed retelling of the Titanic sinking on her maiden voyage, John Maxtone-Graham devotes his considerable knowledge and impeccable prose to a discussion of salient, provocative, and rarely investigated components of the story, including dramatic survivors’ accounts of the events of the fateful night, the role of newly in-vented wireless telecommunication in the disaster, the construction and its ramifications at the famous Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, and the dawn rendezvous with the rescue ship Carpathia. Richly written and vividly detailed, this is the book Titanic buffs have been waiting for.