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Tongues of conscience;
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Garden of Allah, The
 List Price: Price: $9.83 You Save: $7.16 (42%) DescriptionA grand tale of adventure in the Sahara Desert, and a young woman who travels from England to the Middle East, this novel was the basis for the 1936 film that was produced by David O. Selznick, directed by Richard Boleslawski, and starred Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, and Basil Rathbone. The film received two Academy Award nominations and received an Honorary Award for the color cinematography. Earlier it was filmed twice as a silent film, including a 1927 MGM production, directed by Rex Ingram, starring Alice Terry (Ingram's wife) and Ivan Petrovich. The early first silent film version starred Helen Ware, Thomas Santschi, Al W. Filson, and Eugenie Besserer.The author is also writer of "The Paradine Case" which was later filmed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The Man Who Sank Titanic: The Troubled Life of Quartermaster Robert Hichens
 List Price: Price: $9.72 You Save: $7.23 (43%) DescriptionWith previously unpublished research and family photographs, this book by Hichens' granddaughter sets the record straight about the Titanic quartermaster who steered into an iceberg and kept control of a lifeboat Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who was given the famous order to steer the Titanic away from the iceberg and failed. A key witness at both U.S. and British Inquiries, he returned to a livelihood where fellow crewmen considered him jinxed. But Robert had a long career and was a hardworking, ambitious seaman. A fisherman at 19, he quickly became a junior officer in the merchant navy. In World War II he was part of a cargo ship convoy on route to Africa where his ship dodged mines, U-boats and enemy aircraft. To Robert, being at sea was everything but the dark memories of the Titanic were never far away and in 1933 a failed murder attempt after a bitter feud nearly cost Robert his life. Here Robert's great-granddaughter Sally Nilsson seeks to set the record straight and reveal the true character of the man her family knew. This is one man's story of survival, betrayal and determination.
A spirit in prison
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Gunboat Command: The Biography of Lieutenant Commander Robert Hichens DSO* DSC** RNVR
 List Price: Price: $28.30 You Save: $21.70 (43%) DescriptionThis biography draws heavily on the personal diaries of the subject, Robert Hichens (or 'Hitch' as he was universally known). The book contains detailed and graphic accounts of running battles. Tragically 'Hitch' was killed in action in April 1943, having refused promotion and a job ashore. REVIEWS "provides access to otherwise unavailable memoirs...deepened my understanding of the nature of the combat in ways that technical histories...have not"Table Top Gaming News, 07/2008Hichens Robert News
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