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Great Hurricane: 1938

Great Hurricane: 1938

Author: Cherie Burns ,  Anna Fields
ISBN: 9780786143290
Format: Downloadable audio file
$105.47

Using newspaper reports, survivor testimony, and archival sources, Cherie Burns reconstructs this harrowing day...  Read More >>

The Great Hurricane: 1938

The Great Hurricane: 1938

Author: Cherie Burns ,  Anna Fields
ISBN: 9780786177790
Format: Audio
$79.07

With masterful storytelling skill, Burns follows the punishing path of the Great Hurricane of 1938, which hit the...  Read More >>

The Great Gypsy Moth War: A History of the First Campaign in Massachusetts to Eradicate the Gypsy Moth, 1890-1901

The Great Gypsy Moth War: A History of the First Campaign...

Author: Robert J. Spear
ISBN: 9781558494794
Format: Hardback
$99.00

Robert J. Spear presents the untold story behind the importation and release of the gypsy moth in North America...  Read More >>

Coastal Fluxes in the Anthropocene: The Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

Coastal Fluxes in the Anthropocene: The Land-Ocean Interactions...

Author: Christopher J. Crossland ,  Hartwig H. Kremer
ISBN: 9783540254508
Format: Hardback
$366.96

In global coastal zones, the major fabric of goods and services for human welfare as well as global changes are...  Read More >>

Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet

Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet...

Author: Bill McGuire
ISBN: 9780192805713
Format: Hardback
$79.07

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Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet

Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet...

Author: Bill McGuire, PH.D. (Professor of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London) ,  Bill McGuire, PH.D. (Professor of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London)
ISBN: 9786610752843
Format: Electronic book text
$83.82

What do earthquakes, magma, asteroid 1950DA, and global warming have in common? Not only are they are all natural...  Read More >>

Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens

Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St....

Author: Virginia H. Dale ,  J.F. Franklin
ISBN: 9780387238500
Format: Paperback
$145.07

Recon?guring Disturbance, Succession, and Forest Management: The Science of Mount St. Helens When Mount St. Helens...  Read More >>

Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook

Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook

Author: Philip Nori Omi
ISBN: 9781851094387
Format: Hardback
$90.00

From killer fires to ecosystem rehabilitation, an exhaustive survey exploring the ecological, social, and economic...  Read More >>

Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook

Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook

Author: Philip N Omi
ISBN: 9786610711727
Format: Electronic book text
$369.60

From killer fires to ecosystem rehabilitation, an exhaustive survey exploring the ecological, social, and economic...  Read More >>

Mt. St. Helens: Surviving the Stone Wind

Mt. St. Helens: Surviving the Stone Wind

Author: Catherine Hickson
ISBN: 9780969760153
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Tropical Surge: A History of Ambition and Disaster on the Florida Shore

Tropical Surge: A History of Ambition and Disaster on...

Author: Benjamin Reilly
ISBN: 9781561643301
Format: Hardback
$52.67

An engaging historical narrative covering many significant events in the history of south Florida, Tropical Surge...  Read More >>

Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities: The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities: The National...

Author: E.N. Bernard
ISBN: 9781402033537
Format: Hardback
$419.76

Following the 1960 Chilean tsunami that killed 1,000 people in Chile, 61 in Hawaii, and 199 in Japan, the United...  Read More >>

Tsunami: Hope, Heroes, and Incredible Stories of Survival

Tsunami: Hope, Heroes, and Incredible Stories of Survival...

Author: Triumph Books
ISBN: 9781572437722
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Officially documenting in unforgettable words and pictures the inspirational stories of people who survived against...  Read More >>

Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues

Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management...

Author: Donald A Wilhite
ISBN: 9786610548149
Format: Electronic book text
$882.71

Today the world is facing a greater water crisis than ever. Droughts of lesser magnitude are resulting in greater...  Read More >>

Weird, Wild & Unpredictable: An Illustrated History of East Tennessee Weather

Weird, Wild & Unpredictable: An Illustrated History...

Author: Matthew Miller
ISBN: 9780595341368
Format: Paperback
$28.91

Did you know? *Knoxville used to get enough snow to host a sleigh carnival! *On one day over two dozen tornadoes...  Read More >>

Mean Season: Florida's Hurricanes of 2004

Mean Season: Florida's Hurricanes of 2004

Author: Palm Beach Post ,  Palm Beach Post
ISBN: 9781563527456
Format: Hardback
$38.79

Expert reporting from the editors of the Palm Beach Post capture these tragic events of nature, that happened during...  Read More >>

Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions

Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects...

Author: Jelle Zeilinga de Boer ,  Donald Theodore Sanders
ISBN: 9780691118383
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Tells the story of nine volcanic events, explaining the related geology for the general reader and exploring the...  Read More >>

Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity: Sixth Conference on Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity TPV6

Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity: Sixth...

Author: Ashok Gopinath ,  Joachim Luther
ISBN: 9780735402225
Format: Hardback
$554.40

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology is a promising means for the direct conversion of thermal to electric energy....  Read More >>

What Is a Disaster?: A Dozen Perspectives on the Question

What Is a Disaster?: A Dozen Perspectives on the Question...

Author: E L Quarantelli
ISBN: 9781283604864
Format: Electronic book text
$686.40

Are conflict situations such as the ethnic clashes in Yugoslavia or Rwanda, terrorist attacks and riots, the same...  Read More >>

Raging Sea: Powerful Account of Worst Tsunami in U.S. History

Raging Sea: Powerful Account of Worst Tsunami in U.S....

Author: Dennis M Powers
ISBN: 9781306681841
Format: Electronic book text
$18.85

TSUNAMI One Night. One Disaster. One American Town Devastated in the Blink of an Eye. On Good Friday, 1964, the...  Read More >>

David,Goliath and the Beach Cleaning Machine: How a Small Polluted Beach Town Fought an Oil Giant - and Won!

David,Goliath and the Beach Cleaning Machine: How a...

Author: Barbara Wolcott
ISBN: 9781931868761
Format: Paperback
$29.95

In the tradition of A Civil Action and Erin Brockovich - the true story of a determined young lawyer who takes...  Read More >>

Fire, Chaparral, and Survival in Southern California

Fire, Chaparral, and Survival in Southern California...

Author: Richard W Halsey
ISBN: 9780932653697
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Biologist and fire ecologist Richard W. Halsey, with contributions from many other experts, weaves together the...  Read More >>

Beyond Tranquillon Ridge

Beyond Tranquillon Ridge

Author: Joseph N. Valencia
ISBN: 9781418443320
Format: Paperback
$51.35

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Beyond Tranquillon Ridge

Beyond Tranquillon Ridge

Author: Joseph N. Valencia
ISBN: 9781418443306
Format: Hardback
$77.75

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