Disasters category: 785 books
The Long, Hard Winter of 1880-81
What was it Really Like?
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic novel The Long Winter tells the riveting story of the winter of 1880-81. She wrote of three day blizzards, forty ton trains stuck in the snow, houses buried in snowdrifts and a town that nearly starved.
Was Laura’s story just fiction, or was that one winter...
Outdoor Life: The Ultimate Survival Manual
333 Skills that Will Get You Out Alive
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Your Indispensable Go-To Guide for Surviving Anything Get Ready, Get Set, Survive! You’re lost in the woods without food or water. Confronted by an armed assailant in the dead of night. Forced to outrun a deadly tornado. Don’t worry—The Ultimate Survival Manual has you covered. OUT IN THE WILD...
No Bad News for the King
The True Story of Cyclone Nargis and Its Aftermath in Burma
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
An incisive, unprecedented report on life inside Burma from the author of Finding George Orwell in Burma
On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc and killing more than 138,000 people. In No Bad News for the King, Emma Larkin, a Westerner who...
Effects of Deforestation
A Straight Forward Guide To Deforestation, Solutions To Deforestation, Deforestation Facts, Deforestation Causes, Rainforest Deforestation and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
This incredible guide gives you hard-hitting fact about deforestation, effects of deforestation, solutions to deforestation, deforestation facts, deforestation causes, rainforest deforestation and much more.
Global Warming
What Experts Don't Want You To Know About Forestry and Global Warming, Global Warming Hoax, Causes of Global Warming, Solutions To Global Warming and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
The ultimate book on global warming, global warming hoax, causes of global warming, solutions to global warming and much more.
Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure
A Tale That Begins with Fukushima
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
"As we passed from the city center into the Fukushima suburbs I surveyed the landscape for surgical face masks. I wanted to see in what ratios people were wearing such masks. I was trying to determine, consciously and unconsciously, what people do in response. So, among people walking along the...
What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan
2014-2015 Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Recent events have taught us all that anyone, anywhere can face an emergency situation. Do you have the tools, equipment, and knowledge to ensure the safety of your family? With the expert advice in this handbook, you can be better prepared for any emergency:
· Terrorist attack
· Fire
·...
by Paul Mercer, Vicki Weiss, Friends of the New York State Library
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
In the early morning hours of March 29, 1911, a fire broke out in the New York State Capitol at Albany. By sunset, the entire western portion of the building had sustained extensive structural damage. Within lay the entire collection of the New York State Library, almost completely reduced to ashes....
In the Path of An Avalanche
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
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Adventurers from all over the world come to Canada's Selkirks -- a mecca for ski touring that offers unlimited mountain terrain and lots of snow. On a clear, cold morning in January 1998, six experienced back-country skiers set out across one of its heavily loaded slopes and were caught...
The Mercy of the Sky
The Story of a Tornado
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
“A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma in 2013. It will leave you emotionally drained but glad you journeyed into the heart of this extraordinary storm with Bailey as your guide.” --Daniel James Brown, #1 NY Times bestselling author...
Snowstruck
In the Grip of Avalanches
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2007
Every year around the globe, people cross paths with avalanches-some massive, some no deeper than a pizza box-often with deadly results. Avalanche expert Jill Fredston stalks these so-called freaks of nature, forecasting where and when they will strike, deliberately triggering them with explosives,...
The Fire Line
The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
“In Fernanda Santos’ expert hands, the story of 19 men and a raging wildfire unfolds as a riveting, pulse-pounding account of an American tragedy; and also as a meditation on manhood, brotherhood and family love. The Fire Line is a great and deeply moving book about courageous men and women.”
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A Wall of White
The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
One of the most amazing survival stories ever told -- journalist Jennifer Woodlief's gripping account of the deadliest ski-area avalanche in North American history and the woman who survived in the face of incalculable odds.
On the morning of March 31, 1982, the snow had already been falling...
The Storm
What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Loui siana Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
The ultimate inside story of the Katrina tragedy?from the cofounder of the LSU Hurricane Center
After warning for years about the looming threat of catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, Ivor van Heerden was one of the highest-profile media experts during the Katrina disaster. Over the following...