Leonardo DiCaprio will be screaming “I’m the king of the world!” in 3D on April 4. This means two things: 1) You know where I’ll be on April 4, and 2) We’re coming up on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
In honor of the centennial (which falls on April 14), we’re giving away all four of the books from our March Titanic feature, plus two more great Titanic books!
Voyagers of the Titanic by historian Richard Davenport-Hines digs into the stories behind the passengers aboard the Titanic. Writes our reviewer, “Having come to know and care about the people on board in a new way makes the poignancy of losing them fresh again.”
Titanic Tragedy by John Maxtone-Graham expertly dissects the disaster, from the creation of the vessel to its untimely end. It’s drama born straight from the facts.
Shadow of the Titanic by Andrew Wilson reveals the aftereffects of the tragedy and how the sinking affected the lives of the passengers. Our reviewer calls it “both dishy and speculative, and as such very entertaining.”
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott is the perfect mix of fact and fiction. This novel uses the sinking as the backdrop for a fantastic tale, and it even uses real testimony from Lady Lucile Duff Gordon during the Titanic hearings. Fun fact: Kate Alcott is a pseudonym for an author seeking to escape the backlist curse.
Titanic, First Accounts (a Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition) is a special anthology of survivors’ stories. It contains firsthand testimonies, letters, inquiries and memoirs to reveal the tales of some of the most famous survivors, including the unsinkable Molly Brown.
Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic was first published in 1912, just after the ocean liner came to rest on the ocean floor. The republished edition is gorgeous, complete with historic photographs, b&w illustrations and gold-foil stamped pages.
TO ENTER: Comment on this post with ideas on how to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
CONTEST DETAILS: One winner will be chosen by random.org from among entries received by 5 pm CST on Friday, March 16. The winner will receive the six books mentioned above. Prize must be shipped to a North American address. Good luck!
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ETA: Congratulations to our winner, Cam! She says a great way to honor the sinking is by reading a nonfiction book about the Titanic.
Thanks to all who entered! Contest is now closed.
You can go to Branson MO and visit the Titanic Museum.
Watch the 3D movie release and the upcoming TV miniseries!
I loved the movie and would love the book collection. People could buy copies of the books and the movie on dvd and donate them to their local libraries for other patrons to enjoy.
Well we are planning on having a little “party”. Want to have a cake with the sinking Titanic on it or one shaped like it but we really can’t afford it so, not sure what we will do. Plan on showing the movie “Titanic”. Might also sing “Nearer My God to Thee” (although their seems to be controversy as to whether that was the song the band played as the ship was going down).
It would be fun to go to Southampton to visit where she started her fateful voyage.
To observe this anniversary, I have pre-ordered the dvd being put together by Julian Fellowes, producer of Downton Abbey. I can hardly wait to see what he does. On a side note, years ago, while in Denver, we looked up the “mansion” belonging to the Unsinkable Molly Brown. Very interesting.
I will be running a children’s program about the Titanic at our local library. Check out your local library and see if they are having any events!
Write and perform a play about the Titanic. Perform it in front of family and friends.
Go see the Akron Symphony’s production of “Titanic the Musical” which kicks off almost 100 years to the minute of the Titanic striking the iceberg!
A perfect afternoon luncheon/tea party in the ideal setting, a garden filled with delights, during the summer with the tea, goodies and a fascinating host.
I think a wonderful way to honor the Titantic legacy would be to visit the Historical Center in Ireland or the Memorial in Nova Scotia.
Try to find a connection to the Titanic to your hometown or family. With a little digging at my local library, I’ve already found two–one from each side of my family.
Many libararies are having speakers and presenters coming to discuss the Titanic tragedy.
This is important not only in keeping the story and the memories in our minds but also as a free and educational event for people to not only try to understand this tragedy but also as a way to support local libraries.
Have a costume party.
I plan on watching the mini-series by Julian Fellowes and would also like to go to a museum hosting the exhibit “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.”
I always think of those on the Titanic as my birthday is the same day that it set sail on its fateful journey. I will watch any documentary they have celebrating the 100th anniversary. My children and I also like to read Titanicat and the Magic Tree House Book on the Titanic.
Buy DVD, read all the books, and share reviews on your website…(-:
I would love this collection! TY for the chance to win!
Almost a century and still Titanic’s story calls to everyone. The film is still a pleasure to watch, the written accounts still compelling reads. And the recent cruise ship tragedy off Italy’s Tuscan coast proves in some ways time changes little.
Read some good books about the Titanic.
I plan to books about the fateful voyage and re-watch Titanic, as well as checking for local events at my library.
I am doing craft programs at the local libraries. We will be making a Titanic-inspired necklace to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking. It is my own creation.
Awesome books! I’ve always been interested in that voyage. One could get in the tub with one’s model of the Titanic and make it sink. Poor taste? OK, then visit a museum, throw a Titanic themed party with a movie about the Titanic (history), read all these fantastic books, share the info on your Facebook page, and/or say a prayer for all those who lost their lives.
There is a Titanic Memorial Cruise planned, with ships leaving from New York and Southampton at the same time. http://titanicmemorialcruise.co.uk/anniversary/itinerary.php
But I think reading or watching a documentary about it would be a lovely way to commemorate it.
To honor those of the Titanic, read (or re-read) Walter Lord’s book. Older but moving account.
Love history, particularly te twentith century. Reading the books selected in this giveaway offers a real opportunity to experience the excitement of the first voyage of this magnificant ship and the spectacular sinking.
See what great books can be checked out of the library on the Titanic and of course go and relive the movie when it is out in 3D!
Read some good books (like these listed above) about the Titanic, those who survived, and those who didn’t.
We’re having a teen movie night at the public library and have ordered several new Titanic-related books to be ready for requests. Would be great to win some more!
watch any movie on it and read one of the many books about it, fiction or nonfiction…watch the movie with older kids…it’s a good one and an important date in history
Say a pray for all who lost their lives and hope it never happens again.
I’ve always thought cruising the Atlantic would be fun. A themed cruise that is a little more sober and commemorative that most modern cruises, where you could learn about the Titanic’s voyage would be amazing – maybe later in the summer to avoid the iceburgs…
I would love to win these 6 books! I would give them to everyone in my book group. We would discuss at our meeting! Then, like a previous commenter has mentioned, giving them away to others to enjoy.
Our library is doing a display about the tragedy. I’ll watch the new movie and read some more about the less famous individuals involved.
Such a wonderfully sad story. Beautiful ship, all different classes of people and they all tried to reach a “dream” of going to America. Maybe read a book or watch the movie again. Learn about that time specific time period of travel and humanity.
I’ll be going on a weekend cruise to nowhere shortly after 4/14. While on board I’ll make a toast to the Titanic and all who were on it.
I would celebrate by watching the movie, learning about the history of the boat and how people would travel to other places at that time period. Learn how different boats are made from then and now.
Watch “A Night to Remember.” A different Titanic movie – no Leonardo DeCaprio and Kate Winslet.
Try to learn something new about the Titanic — by reading a book or watching a movie or visiting a museum or looking online or traveling to an historic site or any combination of the above.
light a candle and say a prayer to all the lost souls.
Why! taking a cruise on an Italian ship relaxing in a deckchair while enjoying the movie “Night to Remember” with ” Nearer my God To Thee.” playing softly in the background with a nod to those brave souls who gave up their space so others might live. A salute to Molly Brown.
It’s nice to see all these movies,my favorite Titanic(1953)with Clifton Webb & Barbara Stanwyck and the one with Leonardo&Kate..I think about the band playing on,the greed of many,and kindnesses,lifeboats not used,lifes saved and lost,I think it is in all our hearts and minds.Would so love to have these books…I will rewatch the older movie I taped..
We’ll watch movies,and pay hommage to all lost,the way the voyage started and ended,the many families it affected,it showed no difference between classes. I would love to have these great books and to share them .Thanks
I will eat cake on April 14th, when the Titanic struck the iceberg, because that’s my birthday!
Read a non-fictional book about the sinking of the Titanic.
Whenever I visit the Queen Mary, docked in Long Beach, Ca. and very near me… I think of the Titanic so maybe another visit is in order to commemorate the event.
A revival of Titanic the Musical. Showings of The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Concerts of the music the band on the Titanic played. Museum exhibitions of the style, clothes, artifacts that would have been on the ship . Museum exhibitions of the the items recovered from the disaster.
Host an intimate buffet dinner with a select group of friends, serving fare that would have been served on the Titanic voyage. Then attend a screening of the film on the big screen.
My Titanic model collided with my rubber duck in the bathtub and sank…oh the humanity!
Read a book or watch a movie. My almost 8 year old son is fascinated by the Titanic so I’m hoping the History Channel will do something that we can watch together
watch the movie again and read all books related to the Titanic. Don’t let the history fade away!
I just purchased a book ” Farewell Titanic” by Charles Pellegrino to read.There are many new ones to choose from.
Also look forward to upcoming shows. I was lucky to be able to visit the artifact tour that stopped at my city’s public museum 2 years ago. It was very touching to see in person. I also worked with a survivor from the Titanic many years ago.
if you wanted to do something sad then you could do something like a candle lit vigil- depressing
or you can have a cake and titanic viewing session. 
Plan to visit the Wisteria Tea Room and then hit the museum for the Titantic Exhibit
I grew up hearing tales about the Titanic from my mother who heard them from her mother (my grandmother Catherine). Grandma Catherine passed away when my Mom was only seventeen, but left behind lots of memories & stories I wish my mom had written down for me. Grandma Catherine lost an older cousin in the sinking… her second cousin Moira Siobhan. When I had my first child last year at forty-one there was no doubt that I would in some way honor the Irish heritage and the memory of that distant relative. My daughter Katherine Siobhan is named in honor of both my mother (Kathleen), grandmother (Catherine) and gran’s cousin Moire Siobhan.
My wee one is too young (only 9 mos.) to see the movie right now, but she will when she is older. I look forward to sharing my memories of my dear mother’s stories with her.
Titanic fever resurrected!
Movie marathon…
Show films made of what is lefft of the wreckage while titantic’s story. There is interactive museum built recently in Pigeon Forge, TN in the Smokey Mountains.
I run a monthly children’s program, “Magic Tree House Adventures”, at the public library I work for. Naturally, our theme for April 14th is Tonight on the Titanic!
Air a tribute on TV about the Titantic
Celebrating my late father, of blessed memory, who would have been 100 on April 15th
I will be watching the film and reading more in depth about the
sinking of the Titanic, the stories of the real people. I would also love to release some lit paper lanterns at the beach into the night sky to honor the souls lost a century ago.
I’ll be featuring historical fiction and non fiction about the Titanic and Robert Ballard (URI!) in my library during that week. Students at my middle school continue to be fascinated by this event. Will try to locate documentary footage to show on my interactive whiteboard.
Have dinner at the Brown Palace in Denver, remembering the unsinkable Molly Brown!
Tea and cookies and watching documentaries about the Titanic. Followed up by reading a book about the Titanic in bed.
We would go to the Titanic museum in Branson!! It’s awesome! What a great selection of books!
As someone who’s more than a little obsessed with that ill-fated voyage, I would love to recreate its opulence and splendor on a tribute journey. (bad juju, you say? karma, I say).
I will commemorate the anniversary by being grateful that my grandparents were not aboard. And humming ‘nearer my God to thee’.
Would love to go to the museum in Branson……hopefully some day.
We’ll be having a book display at the library.
I will be working at a bookstore that day, and will make the extra effort to sell and suggest Titanic books. I might even pick one up myself!
Respectfully.
The sinking of the Titanic is a memorable date for me every year since it is very close to my birthday. Several people have already mentioned my two favorite Titanic films, the 1953 “Titanic” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb, and, even better, the 1958 British film “A Night to Remember” with a wonderful screenplay by novelist Eric Ambler who adapted Walter Lord’s book about the event — it comes closest to having the authenticity of a documentary. I assume that one or both of these films will be shown on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel on April 15.
Praying for the many souls lost in this tragedy.
I plan to start the day by attending Mass in remembrance of all the lost souls, especially the innocent children. I have several books on the Titanic which I plan to peruse throughout the day. I was able to see the Titanic Exhibit at the Atlanta Aquarium back several years ago and it was a most moving experience. Especially since each person seeing the exhibit was actually given the name of one of the passengers. At the end of the exhibit you were able to see if they survived or not.
I’m hoping to do some immersion studies with my kids. We plan to read Polar the Titanic Bear and also learn more about the tragedy through science experiments and activities involving mapping, buoyancy, and iceberg science.
It was the beginning of the end of a great era. The Titanic will eventually dissolve on the ocean floor, but thanks to the selection of books offered we will never forget the terrible lost of so many lives, so many loves, and so many dreams.
Watching the movie and putting up a display at the library.
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I would love to have copies of Titanic donated to the elderly in homes and I would love to volunteer to read it to anyone interesed.
I homeschool my 11 year old, and we will definitely talk about the Titanic and probably read something related. and do a related “project.” I have always been fascinated by Titanic, so we have a few books around (ha ha!), but not these!
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