Query: Maritime history or Turkish non-fiction books
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The Atlas of Creation
Shadow Divers
In the Heart of the Sea
Florida's Shipwrecks
Goldfinder
Turkish Odyssey
A Night to Remember (book)
Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
Pirate Hunters
The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure
Evidence from documents: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The nonfiction book '''''The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour''''' is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which the book's author, James D. Hornfischer, calls the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare.
The Atlas of Creation: '''''The Atlas of Creation''''' (or, in Turkish, ''Yaratılış Atlası'') is a series of creationist books written by Adnan Oktar under the pen name ''Harun Yahya''. Oktar published volume 1 of ''The Atlas of Creation'' with Global Publishing, Istanbul, Turkey in October 2006, volumes 2 and 3 followed in 2007, and volume 4 in 2012. The first volume is over 800 pages long. The Turkish original was translated into English, German, Chinese, French, Dutch, Italian, Urdu, Hindi and Russian.
Shadow Divers: In 1991, a group of divers, including John Chatterton, set out on ''Seeker'' to explore an unknown object lying below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and discover a World War II German U-boat off the coast of New Jersey.
In the Heart of the Sea: ''Essex'' struck by a whale — a sketch by Thomas Nickerson
'''''In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex''''' is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler ''Essex'' in the Pacific Ocean in 1820.
Florida's Shipwrecks: '''''Florida's Shipwrecks''''' is a 2008 history book by Michael C. Barnette about shipwrecks in the coastal waters of Florida. Barnette has been actively diving and researching shipwrecks for close to twenty years, and this has resulted in the identification of seventeen wreck sites. He applies this knowledge and passion for wrecks to this overview of shipwrecks around Florida. Barnette's "diligent research" details famous ship owners and those who used the ships. The photographs are a "truly amazing" collection of yachts and tankers in "their full glory" and before they sank below the surface.
Goldfinder: It tells the story of Jessop's life and salvaging such underwater treasures as , one of the greatest deep sea salvage operations and most financially rewarding in history.
Turkish Odyssey: '''''Turkish Odyssey, A Cultural Guide to Turkey''''' is a guidebook written by Şerif Yenen, it is the “first guidebook of Turkey ever written by a Turk”. The book was first published in English in September 1998, the version with a CD-ROM was in 2001, the fourth edition was in 2007. It is translated into Italian, Turkish and German. It is used as textbook and is on suggested reading lists at various universities.
A Night to Remember (book): '''''A Night to Remember''''' is a 1955 non-fiction book by Walter Lord that depicts the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' on 15 April 1912.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History: ''''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History''''', John B. Hattendorf, editor in chief, was published by Oxford University Press in 2007.
Pirate Hunters: '''''Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship''''' is a New York Times best-selling non-fiction book by Robert Kurson recounting the discovery of the pirate ship the ''Golden Fleece'' by two American divers, John Chatterton and John Mattera, in Samaná Bay off the north coast of the Dominican Republic in 2008. U
The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure: '''''The Silent World''''' (subtitle: ''A story of undersea discovery and adventure, by the first men to swim at record depths with the freedom of fish'') is a 1953 book co-authored by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Frédéric Dumas, and edited by James Dugan.