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Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management

Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management...
Author: George Haddow , Jane A. Bullock ISBN: 9781420081824 Format: Paperback	$168.00
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The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and...
Author: Marq De Villiers ISBN: 9780312365691 Format: Undefined	$71.15
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Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624–1783

Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean,...
Author: Matthew Mulcahy (Associate Professor and Chair, Loyola College in Maryland) ISBN: 9780801890796 Format: Paperback	$67.99
By integrating the West Indies into the larger story of British Atlantic colonization, Mulcahy's work contributes... Read More >>

Great Australian Bushfire Stories

Great Australian Bushfire Stories
Author: Ian Mannix ISBN: 9780733323973 Format: Paperback	$34.99
A collection of remarkable stories from all around Australia that tell of the country's fiercest natural phenomenon:... Read More >>

No Ordinary Heroes: 8 Doctors, 30 Nurses, 7000 Prisoners, and a Category 5 Hurricane

No Ordinary Heroes: 8 Doctors, 30 Nurses, 7000 Prisoners,...
Author: Diana G. Gallagher , Demaree Inglese ISBN: 9780806528328 Format: Paperback	$42.11
The true life-and-death drama that unfolded in a New Orleans prison complex when Hurrican Katrina struck. A unique... Read More >>

Dare To Survive: Death, Heartbreak, and Triumph in the Wild

Dare To Survive: Death, Heartbreak, and Triumph in the...
Author: Amy Rinehart , Rick Rinehart ISBN: 9780806528809 Format: Paperback	$42.11
Tragic and compelling stories of man against nature in the American West over the past 25 years. Read More >>

An Airboats on the Streets of New Orleans: Cajun Couple Lends a Hand After Hurricane Katrina

An Airboats on the Streets of New Orleans: Cajun Couple...
Author: Trent Angers ISBN: 9780925417886 Format: Paperback	$39.47
A 192-page softcover book about a Cajun couple from Breaux Bridge, La., who took their airboat into New Orleans... Read More >>

The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to...
Author: Ken Wells ISBN: 9780300121520 Format: Hardback	$66.00
Offers a close-up look at the harrowing experiences in the backwaters of New Orleans during and after Katrina. Focusing... Read More >>

Why New Orleans Matters

Why New Orleans Matters
Author: Tom Piazza ISBN: 9780061131509 Format: Paperback	$28.91
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, award-winning novelist, cultural critic, and New Orleans resident Piazza began... Read More >>

An Airboat on the Streets of New Orleans: A Cajun Couple Lends a Hand After Hurricane Katrina Floods the City

An Airboat on the Streets of New Orleans: A Cajun Couple...
Author: Trent Angers ISBN: 9780925417879 Format: Hardback	$44.75
A 192-page hardcover book about a Cajun couple from Breaux Bridge, La., who took their airboat into New Orleans... Read More >>

Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - As Told by First Hand Account of Survivors and Initial Investigations

Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - As...
Author: Logan Marshall ISBN: 9781604502817 Format: Paperback	$15.81
An authentic account of the Titanic's disaster with mesmerizing first-hand account of survivors.***** ""He led Mrs.... Read More >>

Virginia Beach Shipwrecks

Virginia Beach Shipwrecks
Author: Alpheus Chewning ISBN: 9781596294745 Format: Paperback	$52.77
The waters of coastal Virginia swirl with tales both tragic and heroic. Join Virginia Beach native Alpheus Chewning... Read More >>

Animal Disease and Human Trauma: Emotional Geographies of Disaster

Animal Disease and Human Trauma: Emotional Geographies...
Author: I. Convery , M. Mort ISBN: 9780230506978 Format: Hardback	$250.80
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St. Bernard Fire Department in Hurricane Katrina, The

St. Bernard Fire Department in Hurricane Katrina, The...
Author: Michelle Buuck , Craig Taffaro, Jr. ISBN: 9781589805811 Format: Paperback	$50.03
During Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing aftermath of floods caused by failed levees, St. Bernard Parish suffered... Read More >>

Introduction to Fire in California

Introduction to Fire in California
Author: David Carle ISBN: 9780520255777 Format: Paperback	$52.67
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Introduction to Fire in California

Introduction to Fire in California
Author: David Carle ISBN: 9780520248731 Format: Hardback	$132.00
What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence fire? How did the... Read More >>

Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century

Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first...
Author: Sara E. Jensen , Guy R. McPherson ISBN: 9780520255890 Format: Hardback	$65.95
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Virginia Beach Shipwrecks

Virginia Beach Shipwrecks
Author: Alpheus Chewning ISBN: 9781540218773 Format: Hardback	$84.45
The waters of coastal Virginia swirl with tales both tragic and heroic. Join Virginia Beach native Alpheus Chewning... Read More >>

Hurricanes: Causes, Effects, and the Future

Hurricanes: Causes, Effects, and the Future
Author: Stephen P. Leatherman , Jack Williams ISBN: 9780760329924 Format: Paperback	$47.49
The history and science of hurricanes, from the historic Galveston storm of 1900 to Katrina, with detailed diagrams... Read More >>

Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous

Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous
Author: Ken Wells ISBN: 9780300152487 Format: Paperback	$92.40
With a long and colorful family history of defying storms, the seafaring Robin cousins of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana,... Read More >>

Deformation and Gravity Change: Indicators of Isostasy, Tectonics, Volcanism, and Climate Change

Deformation and Gravity Change: Indicators of Isostasy,...
Author: Detlef Wolf , Jos Fern Ndez ISBN: 9783764392079 Format: Undefined	$65.87
<p>During the last decades, the monitoring and modelling of various geodynamic processes have gained ever increasing... Read More >>

Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City

Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death...
Author: Jed Horne ISBN: 9780812976502 Format: Paperback	$42.24
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Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood

Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist...
Author: John Soennichsen ISBN: 9781570615054 Format: Undefined	$63.23
Channeled Scablands, between Idaho and the Cascades, is a unique landscape of basalt cliffs, dry waterfalls, canyons,... Read More >>

Global Catastrophic Risks

Global Catastrophic Risks
Author: Nick Bostrom , Milan M. Cirkovic ISBN: 9780198570509 Format: Hardback	$145.20
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Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada

Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada
Author: Stephen J. Pyne ISBN: 9780774813921 Format: Paperback	$100.19
Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved... Read More >>

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