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Robert D. Ballard

Author of Finding the Titanic

Includes the names: Bob Ballard, Robert Ballard, Robert Ballard, Robert D. Balard, Robert D. Ballard, Robert D. Ballard, Dr Robert Ballard, Dr Robert D Ballard, Robert Duane Ballard, Dr. Robert D. Ballard ... (see complete list)

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Works by Robert D. Ballard

Finding the Titanic 797 copies, 5 reviews
Exploring the Titanic: How the Great Ship Ever Lost- Was Found 620 copies, 1 review
The Discovery of the Titanic 604 copies, 6 reviews
Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed… 186 copies, 5 reviews
Discovery of the Bismarck 185 copies, 2 reviews
The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal: Exploring the Ghost Fleet of the South… 156 copies, 3 reviews
Ghost Liners: Exploring the World's Greatest Lost Ships 150 copies, 3 reviews
Exploring the Bismarck (A Time Quest Book) 144 copies
Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria The Ocean Floor Reveals… 138 copies, 6 reviews
The Lost Wreck of the Isis (Time Quest Book) 137 copies, 1 review
Return to Midway 129 copies, 3 reviews
Exploring Our Living Planet 124 copies
Explorations: A Life of Underwater Adventure 93 copies, 1 review
The Eternal Darkness 77 copies, 1 review

Graveyards of the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Island 73 copies, 2 reviews

Adventures in Ocean Exploration : From the Discovery of the Titanic to the… 69 copies, 2 reviews

Bright Shark 68 copies, 1 review

Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers: Ancient Maritime Civilzation 58 copies, 1 review

Return to Titanic 49 copies, 1 review

Collision With History: The Search for John F. Kennedy's PT 109 35 copies, 1 review

Explorer: A Pop-Up Book 33 copies

The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard: An Unforgettable Underwater Tour by the… 33 copies

Robert Ballard's Bismarck 26 copies

Titanic: The Last Great Images 24 copies, 1 review

Robert Ballard's Titanic: Exploring the Greatest of All Lost Ships 22 copies

Secrets of the Titanic [1986 TV episode] (Director) 21 copies, 1 review

Robert Ballard's Guadalcanal 9 copies

Archaeological Oceanography 5 copies

The Renaissance Album 3 copies

A Long Last Look at Titanic 2 copies

How We Found Titanic 2 copies

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Also by Robert D. Ballard

Titanic: An Illustrated History (Introduction, some editions) 511 copies, 3 reviews
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books… (Contributor) 325 copies, 12 reviews
The Ocean Realm 121 copies
Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories (Foreword) 43 copies, 1 review
National Geographic Magazine 1985 v168 #6 December (Contributor) 26 copies
National Geographic Magazine 1986 v170 #6 December (Contributor) 25 copies
National Geographic Magazine 1989 v176 #5 November (Contributor) 22 copies
National Geographic Magazine 1985 v167 #4 April (Contributor) 21 copies
National Geographic Magazine 1987 v172 #4 October (Contributor) 17 copies, 1 review
The Battle for Midway [1999 TV episode] (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review
The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal [1993 TV episode] (Narrator) 4 copies
Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction 1991 A Thief in the Night | A… 2 copies
Reading Rainbow: Sunken Treasure [1990 TV episode] (Narrator) 1 copy
Terra Marique: Studies in Art History and Marine Archaeology in Honor of… (Contributor) 1 copy

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Ballard, Robert Duane

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San Diego, California, USA

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National Humanities Medal (2003)

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