Disasters category: 785 books

Learn How To Survive Any Natural Calamity! Are you prepared in the event of a castastrophe? Will you be ready? This is common knowledge-that disaster is everywhere. It's in the streets, it's inside your campuses, and it can even be found inside your home. The question is not whether...

This book concentrates on some of the odd aspects of comets and asteroids. Strange behavior of comets, such as outbursts and schisms, and how asteroids can temporally act as comets are discussed, together with the possible threat of Centaurs-class objects like the Taurid complex. Recent years...

Weather events can effect anyone at any time. Often the results are serious and life-threatening. One of Nature's worst demonstrations is flooding. Floods affect people worldwide and can be large in scope or pertain just to your neighborhood. This manual will get you familiar with the basics...

This book is going to be beneficial for those that enjoy spending time in the wilderness or woods learning about or simply enjoying nature.  Most people don't realize that it can be very easy to get turned around in unfamiliar surroundings and find yourself fighting to survive.  With the right tools...

   Have you experienced a natural or man-made disaster? What was it like, in those first few hours, as you met neighbors you may not have spoken with in ages, as you clustered around the scene of tragedy or destruction and tried to figure out what you would do for food or water or shelter,...

L'eruzione del Krakatoa; l'estinzione dei dinosauri e le altre grandi estinzioni di massa; la tragedia del Vajont; la Peste Nera. Sono solo alcune delle catastrofi che hanno segnato la violenta storia del nostro pianeta, mettendo in gioco forze inarrestabili, gigantesche, incommensurabili, e che talvolta...

After an important artifact is discovered, which the world governments believe can change the course of history. Dr Michaels, a world renowned scholar of ancient literature is roped in to crack the mystery. A series of life changing events unfold which lead the powers that be into a race against time. Will...

Forest Fire! describes how, why and where forest fires happen.

Earthquakes can leave people and property in bad shape. At times, they can be deadly. Find out about the science of studying earthquakes and the men and women who track the movements of the ground below us. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text...

A look at the engineering processes that go into construction disaster-proof structures.

Los bomberos tienen un trabajo peligroso. Ellos ayudan a las personas cuando hay un incendio y durante otras situaciones peligrosas. Extinguen los incendios, salvan personas y animals, y mantienen la seguridad de las personas. Ahora en español, este título atrae lectores jóvenes mientras ellos...

Chernobyl, 26 aprile 1986. L’esplosione del reattore numero 4 della centrale nucleare ucraina scatena una potenza radioattiva quattrocento volte superiore alle bombe sganciate dagli americani sul Giappone. Il disastro viene inizialmente nascosto dalle autorità sovietiche e ancora oggi non se ne...

The book looks at the factors influencing the level of preparedness of communities exposed to flooding. It is based on original research carried out in twelve areas in southern Poland that suffered serious flood damage in the past thirty years. The underlying research was intended, on the one hand,...

Coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have always been vulnerable to the power of storms. In the early nineteenth century, storm-driven shipwrecks led to the construction of the Delaware breakwater. In 1933, a storm created an inlet on the south edge of Ocean City and changed the character of the...