Natural disasters books

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The Great Irish Potato Famine

The Great Irish Potato Famine

Author: James S Donnelly, Jr
ISBN: 9780750929288
Format: Paperback
$86.99

This book provides a moving insight into the misery of the famine and the nightmare of mass evictions that followed....  Read More >>

Wildfire Wars: Frontline Stories of BC's Worst Forest Fires

Wildfire Wars: Frontline Stories of BC's Worst Forest...

Author: Keith Keller
ISBN: 9781550172782
Format: Hardback
$62.99

Ten exciting and suspenseful stories about BC's most memorable forest fires, and the firefighters who lived to tell...  Read More >>

Ubiquity: Why Catastrophes Happen

Ubiquity: Why Catastrophes Happen

Author: Mark Buchanan
ISBN: 9780609809983
Format: Paperback
$42.24

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Fire

Fire

Author: Sebastian Junger
ISBN: 9780060088613
Format: Paperback
$26.39

Capped off brilliantly by two timely pieces and a new Afterword about war-torn Afghanistan--one of them a superb...  Read More >>

Environmental Disasters: Anthropogenic and Natural

Environmental Disasters: Anthropogenic and Natural

Author: Kiril Kondratyev ,  Alexei Grigoryev
ISBN: 9783540433033
Format: Hardback
$630.96

As the impacts of environmental disasters on populations and their economic activity increase, the assessment of...  Read More >>

Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

Author: Eric Klinenberg
ISBN: 9780226443218
Format: Hardback
$72.60

Heat waves in the United States kill more people during a typical year than all other natural disasters put together....  Read More >>

Natural Disasters and Cultural Change

Natural Disasters and Cultural Change

Author: John Grattan ,  Robin Torrence
ISBN: 9780415216968
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Footprints of early hominids preserved in volcanic ash demonstrate that human cultures have been interacting with...  Read More >>

Medical Preparedness and Response

Medical Preparedness and Response

Author: IAEA
ISBN: 9789201352026
Format: Paperback
$26.40

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Liberty and Hard Cases

Liberty and Hard Cases

Author: Tibor R. Machan
ISBN: 9780817928025
Format: Paperback
$19.77

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Flood and Megaflood Processes and Deposits: Recent and Ancient Examples

Flood and Megaflood Processes and Deposits: Recent and...

Author: I. Peter Martini ,  V. R. Baker
ISBN: 9780632064045
Format: Paperback
$475.07

The aim of this publication is the understanding of large floods and their impact on the Eartha s surface.  Read More >>

American Hazardscapes: The Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters

American Hazardscapes: The Regionalization of Hazards...

Author: Susan L. Cutter ,  Susan L. Cutter
ISBN: 9780309074438
Format: Hardback
$126.59

Examines the risks associated with living and owning property in diverse regions across the United States, offering...  Read More >>

Catastrophe & Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster

Catastrophe & Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster...

Author: Susanna M. Hoffman ,  Anthony Oliver-Smith
ISBN: 9781930618152
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Using a variety of natural and technological disasters, the authors of this volume explore the potentials of disaster...  Read More >>

What Homework: Plant Structures Sampling Skills

What Homework: Plant Structures Sampling Skills

Author: Linda Hayward ,  Page Eastburn O'Rourke
ISBN: 9781575651163
Format: Paperback
$15.71

The Scavenger Hunt homework that Andy is supposed to turn in is due--and he forgot all about about it. He has just...  Read More >>

The Nose Knows

The Nose Knows

Author: Ellen Weiss ,  Margeaux Lucas
ISBN: 9781575651200
Format: Paperback
$15.71

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The Rainbow Mystery

The Rainbow Mystery

Author: Jennifer Dussling ,  Barry Gott
ISBN: 9781575651194
Format: Paperback
$15.71

Rainbows suddenly appear and disappear on Annie's wall. With a simple science lesson on rainbows, readers can find...  Read More >>

What's That Sound?

What's That Sound?

Author: Mary Lawrence ,  Lynn Adams
ISBN: 9781575651187
Format: Paperback
$15.71

When Tim and his family stay in a country cottage, spooky sounds are keeping him awake. Are the sounds made by ghosts...  Read More >>

Tsunami Research at the End of a Critical Decade

Tsunami Research at the End of a Critical Decade

Author: Gerald T. Hebenstreit
ISBN: 9781402002038
Format: Hardback
$319.44

This text presents a view of the state of tsunami research at the end of the 20th century. It displays progress...  Read More >>

Fire in the Sky: Colorado's Missionary Ridge Fire

Fire in the Sky: Colorado's Missionary Ridge Fire

Author: The Durango Herald
ISBN: 9781887805049
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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White Death, The: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone

White Death, The: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche...

Author: McKay Jenkins
ISBN: 9781299213326
Format: Electronic book text
$102.96

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Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What We Can Do About it

Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What...

Author: Paul Simon
ISBN: 9781566492218
Format: Paperback
$36.96

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Black Sunday: The Great Dust Storm of April 14, 1935

Black Sunday: The Great Dust Storm of April 14, 1935...

Author: Frank L Stallings
ISBN: 9781571685285
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Historic Storms of New England: Its Gales, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Showers with Thunder and Lightning . . .

Historic Storms of New England: Its Gales, Hurricanes,...

Author: Sidney Perley
ISBN: 9781889833279
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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Deadly Frontiers: Disaster and Rescue on Canada's Atlantic Seaboard

Deadly Frontiers: Disaster and Rescue on Canada's Atlantic...

Author: Dean Beeby
ISBN: 9780864923110
Format: Paperback
$38.79

Disaster can strike without notice. In a split-second the forces of nature, human intervention, or a simple twist...  Read More >>

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