From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye—the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick.
Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of whaling, with deep resonance in American literature and history.
In 1820, the whaleship Essex was...

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race.

"Easy to read, fun to see, and filled with amazing things, kids (even reluctant readers) will love Ripley Readers! With Shipwrecks, kids aren't only learning to read, they're learning some ferry impressive facts about shipwrecks. Did you know that there are at least 3 million shipwrecks on the ocean floor? With stunning photography and fun, easy-to-read writing, this Level 4 book covers everything from how shipwrecks occurred to the treasure they...

Journeying to the Solomon Islands to hunt for treasure linked to myths about ancient atrocities, Sam and Remi Fargo follow leads to Australia and Japan, where they make a wonderful but monstrous discovery.

A small boy and girl and the ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on a tropical island. The cook soon dies, however, and the children are left to survive on their own.

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time. The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II. Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have been...

This video, the most complete chronicle of the Titanic ever created, is filled with survivor interviews, rare newsreel footage, and photos. It's an incomparable voyage into one of history's most unforgettable tragedies.

Hired to investigate the legendary wreck of the freighter Jerry McGuen, which sank in 1898 while carrying the ill-gotten sarcophagus of an Egyptian sorcerer, to save a documentary in progress, paranormal investigator Katya Sokolov and forensics guru Will Chan are plunged into new depths of terror.