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1) The day the world was shocked: the Lusitania disaster and its influence on the course of World War I
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The passenger-liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat, one of many throughout the Atlantic at the time. Over 1,200 people perished in this attack, including citizens from the then neutral United States. Many questions, however, still remain: was the liner armed? Was it carrying contraband munitions in a secret effort to aid the Allies? Did the Germans set out from the start to sink the ship? Was it deliberately allowed to be sunk (by the...
2) Avis Dolphin
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"Avis Dolphin doesn't want to leave Canada and sail to England on the Lusitania. War is raging in Europe, and the Germans threaten to sink the ship. Avis is lonely and afraid until she meets a kindly professor whose stories of a magical island help her face an uncertain future. When the Lusitania is attacked, Avis must draw on all her newfound strength to cope with the confusion, terror and despair. How can she survive the sudden devastation of the...
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