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On the eve of the bicentenary of the great eruption, this title tells the story of the weather chaos it wrought,...  Read More >>

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On November 1, 1755 All Saints' Day a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the city...  Read More >>

From the world-renowned geobiologist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Earth, the epic story of a planetary...  Read More >>

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John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare...  Read More >>

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