Tells the story of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Written in graphic-novel format.

A group of technical people go to Antarctica where they locate a huge iceberg and then endeavor to tow it to Los Angeles where it will provide fresh water to augment that city's dwindling water supply. Their efforts are hampered by one of their own who actually represents an organization trying to sell to Los Angeles fresh water generated by an expensive process wherein fresh water is obtained from sea water. During their circuitous trip north they discover an ancient body in an elaborate laboratory deep in the bowels of the iceberg.

Eighteen-year-old Khalil Khouri leaves his home overlooking Bethlehem in the West Bank to seek work in Amman, Jordan. Discouraged, he turns to go home, but it is 1967, the year of the Six-Day War. The bridge crossing the Jordan River is bombed. The rising sun reveals its remains. The rushing river drowns the broken stone supports and twisted steel triangles. Israeli soldiers prevent anyone from crossing to the West Bank. Khalil has lost the address of his American pen pal, Edwin Kirby. He has nothing. Told by Palestinians, Kosovars, Iraqis, and Americans, The Lives We Knew depicts the...