Ships & Shipbuilding

A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean, river, lake and stream....

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania....

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....

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....

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....

A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster,survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller....

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....

Facing death rather than enslavement - a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national hero....

When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in 100-mile-per-hour winds and record 90-foot seas during a savage storm in January 1998, her five crewmen are left to drift without a life raft in the freezing Alaskan waters and survive as best they can....

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....

From best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima....

Daniel J. Boorstin, former librarian of the Library of Congress, gives a fascinating history of world civilization.....

April 15, 2012, marked 100 years since the Titanic sank. Since that fateful night, stories about the sinking have become legendary....

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....

Slave ships carried millions of people from Africa to the New World. Historian Marcus Rediker draws on 30 years of research to create an unprecedented history of these vessels....

When the terrorist attacks struck New York City on September 11, 2001, boat operators and waterfront workers realized that they had the skills, the equipment, and the opportunity to take immediate action in responding to the most significant destructive event in the United States.... 

A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg....

Seaworthy is about nature—human and other; about learning what you can control and what you do when fate takes matters out of your control....

Endeavour is the story of a ship, an idea, and a way of looking at the world. It is grounded in the Enlightenment, an age of endeavors, with Britain consumed by the impulse for grand projects undertaken at speed....

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....

One of the largest, fastest, and most beautiful ships in the world, the Andrea Doria was en route to New York from Italy....

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....

April 14, 1912. It was an unforgettable night. In the last hours before the Titanic struck the iceberg, passengers in all classes were enjoying unprecedented luxuries. Innovations in food, drink, and décor made this voyage the apogee of Edwardian elegance....

From the authors of the number-one best-selling The Sea Hunters comes more unforgettable true adventures with famous shipwrecks. ....

An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day....