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Title: The Midnight Watch; Author: David Dyer; Publisher: Atlantic Books; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 499 The unsinkable ship didn't live up to its reputation -- except in popular culture. It has been over a century since the Titanic sank in April 1912 with over two-thirds of people aboard dying in the freezing Atlantic, but their bravery, sacrifice, privilege, cowardice, and the owners' hubris, continues to inspire stories across media. What about a ship near enough to help but didn't? The SS Californian was only a few miles away from the stricken ship that night and had even warned of ice…