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"Titanic "

April 13, 2012

100 Years After Titanic: 9 Books That Take Us Back

From Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage to Walter Lord's A Night to Remember, we look back at the tragic events surrounding the Titanic on its centennial anniversary with these seven books.

February 21, 2012

The Perfect Remedy for Downton Abbey Withdrawal: Kate Alcott’s The Dressmaker

Once I started the irresistible novel The Dressmaker, I simply could not pry myself from the couch until I was done. Kate Alcott seamlessly weaves little-known facts about the aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic with not only a love triangle but, just for good measure, she throws in an early twentieth-century version of a “Devil Wears Prada” boss.