Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and CrewMarking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, Titanic Lives is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history. The RMS Titanic was built as one of the world's largest and most luxurious liners. A marine Ritz, it was a 45,000 tonne hotel of thin steel plates, travelling at a speed of 21 knots across the North Atlantic. On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage,

and goes into business with her difficult mother managing a guesthouse in the Brecon Beacons

and her father was Richard Pryor

Noa ends up losing him

the limitations of their lives

and germophobia—to the culprits driving it: pharmaceutical companies

and unflinching symbol of black pride and self-reliance

a thought-provoking chronicle of the twentieth century and a portrait of a man who came from nothing and by his own courage

“offences against sexual

she fled their marriage of convenience and hasn’t looked back—except to relive the moments spent in wild

and they love their husbands deeply

and even some surrealist essays (such as “A Woman From The Year 3018 Visits a Tech Startup” and  “The Noise-Canceling Headphone’s Lament”)

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of first-hand testimonials from the frontlines