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Picture History of the SS United States
William H., Jr. Miller
Dover Publications
, 2003
A great photographic record of the SS United States
This book contains a great collection of finely-reproduced black and white photographs and historical summaries of American passenger liners dating back to the Leviathan. Over half of the 100-plus pages are devoted entirely to the SS United States and include many ...
The Sky-Liners: The Sacketts
Louis L'Amour
Bantam
, 1982
The story of the Sacketts is continued in "The Sky-Liners"
Flagan and Galloway are not only brothers, they are Sacketts. After crossing paths with Black Fetchen and coming out of the ordeal alive, they knew it was best to keep away from him. But when they are asked to escort young and pretty Judith Costello to her father's ...
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (Dear America Series)
Ellen Emerson White
Scholastic Inc.
, 1998
Five Stars
An excellent book Margaret lives in an orphan in London while waiting to save up enough money for a ticket to America where her brother William in Boston. Margaret gets a chance to when Mrs. Carstairs wants a complain to accompany her to America aboard Titanic. Having ...
Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing, 3/e
Tom Liner
,
Dawn Latta Kirby
, ...
Heinemann
, 2003
This is a great teaching resource
Inside Out is a required text for one of my classes, but, unlike most textbooks, it is easy to read and topical. Kirby provides detailed lesson ideas for a variety of writing genres, from term papers to reflection. He uses quotes from students and teachers. This ...
Winning with One-Liners: 3,400 Hilarious Laugh Lines to Tickle Your Funny Bone and Spice Up Your Speeches
Pat Williams
HCI
, 2002
The best!
I bought three books that all just arrived. I laughed more in the first ten pages of this book than in the other two joke books combined. Plus, most the jokes are only one or two sentences. The jokes are so funny and so short they're a breeze to memorize. This is ...
Milton Berle's Private Joke File: Over 10,000 of His Best Gags, Anecdotes, and One-Liners
Milton Berle
Three Rivers Press
, 1992
If You Can Find A Better Joke Book, Go Out And Buy It!
IF you can find a better joke book, go out and buy it -- but I think you will be looking for a long, long time! ^o^
Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters (Dover Maritime Books)
William H., Jr. Miller
Dover Publications
, 2006
Beyond The "Titanic"
Noted nautical author Bill Miller has written a new and very fascinating book on doomed ocean liners. Quite wisely he elected to skip the "Titanic" tragedy as it has been so well covered in many other books. He elected to start the book with the sinking of the ...
The Friars Club Encyclopedia of Jokes: Over 2,000 One-Liners, Straight Lines, Stories, Gags, Roasts, Ribs, ...
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
, 1997
The Friars Club Enclyopedia of Jokes is Great!!!
If you only have one book to buy, this is the book of jokes that every comic should have next to the comedy Bible. Absolutely first rate...and printed in a format that was easy to read and in categories that were easy to follow. Chuckles on every page.
Last Dinner On the Titanic: Menus and Recipes from the Great Liner
Rick Archbold
,
Dana McCauley
Hyperion
, 1997
A social history snapshot that just happens to be a cookbook
After almost 100 years, the Titanic disaster continues to fascinate historians and the general public. The snapshot of Edwardian culture is nowhere more apparent than the famous "last meal" that Sunday. Thanks to menus kept by survivors as mementos, and some indepth ...
Decked (Regan Reilly Mysteries, No. 1)
Carol Higgins Clark
Grand Central Publishing
, 2008
AN INCREDIBLE PLOT; HIGH FUN
I, for one, am getting just a bit peeved at those who think CHC's books are amatuerish and undeserving of publishing. Let us consider for a moment a woman writer--a woman mystery writer--whose books are outsold only by the bible. That's right, Agatha Christie. Let us ...
Comedy Comes Clean: A Hilarious Collection of Wholesome Jokes, Quotes, and One-Liners
Adam Christing
Three Rivers Press
, 1996
Good clean fun
I am generally pretty skeptical of clean humor. Sometimes it seems in our society that comedy is either very unclean or incredibly stupid clean humor which are just one "groaner" after another. This is definitely not the case with this book. I enjoyed the wide range ...
The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners in Historic Photographs
William H., Jr. Miller
Dover Publications
, 1985
Live the past...
...through the wonderful pictures in this resource. The book includes photos from beloved ocean liners throughout the 20th century. For those of us too young to experience more of the golden era of ocean travel than the Queen Mary, this is a great way to catch up ...
Samantha's Ocean Liner Adventure (American Girls Collection)
Dottie Raymer
American Girl
, 2002
A really different sort of book, excellently done
This is another in the American Girls series about Samantha Parkington, a nine-year-old orphan girl living in the America of 1904. In this book, Samantha is invited to accompany her grandmother and the Admiral on a cruise from New York to London! Along the way, ...
Titanic - The Ship Magnificent Vol II
Bruce Beveridge
,
Daniel Klistorner
, ...
The History Press
, 2008
Must-have for Anyone Interested in "Titanic"
Have you ever wondered what the "Titanic" may have looked like from within? Have you wondered what lay beyond the riveted steel plates of the "Ship of Dreams?" Perhaps you've wondered what it looked like as one dined in any of the three classes? If you've pondered ...
The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs: 193 Views, 1897-1927
William H., Jr. Miller
Dover Publications
, 1984
William H. Miller Does it Again
Can I say enough about William H. Miller's expertice and knowledge? This book, along with the other three in this set, are amazing. With well thought-out linear notes on each ship, and wonderful interior and exterior pictures, this book is, needless to say, the most ...
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