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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010" Florin Diacu is professor of mathematics and former director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences at the University of Victoria in Canada. He is the coauthor of Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability and the coeditor of Classical and Celestial Mechanics: The Recife Lectures (both Princeton).
The history and science behind efforts to predict major disasters,...
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True accounts of major disasters in Oregon history are retold in this engagingly written collection. Among the true accounts dramatically retold are the deadly Mount Hood avalanche of 1927, the 1933 Tillamook forest fire (one of the worst in U.S. history), the devastating tsunami of 1964, and the 1903 flash flood in Heppner, which carried away a fourth of the town's inhabitants. Each story reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the disaster...
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"By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--these all stem from the same forces that give our planet life. It is only when they exceed our ability to withstand them that they become disasters. Viewed together, these events have shaped our cities and their architecture; elevated leaders and toppled...
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W. W. Norton & Company
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2014.
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In this unique book, leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer provides a primer on most types of natural disasters: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, hurricanes, cyclones, and tornadoes. By taking us behind the scenes of the underlying geology that causes them, she shows why natural disasters are more common than we realize, and that their impact on us will increase as our growing population crowds us into ever more vulnerable areas.
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Magic tree house fact trackers volume 15
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Random House
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c2007
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English
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Jack and Annie research tsunamis and other natural disasters and find out the true facts.
10) Last words
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Gravitas Ventures
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What if the last five people on earth in 2085 found joy and delight? Last Words is a story of astonishing human tenderness and creativity in the face of ecological catastrophe.
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ABC-CLIO
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[2019]
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"This book provides a detailed introduction to natural disasters and the ways in which they have had and continue to have, profound effects on human society. Natural Disasters: A Reference Handbook surveys the impact of these events on human civilization. The opening chapter provides a general history and background of the major types of natural disasters, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, severe storms, and forest fires. The information...
13) Tornado terror
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Scholastic Press
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2017
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The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history, tearing through three states and killing 700 people. The Joplin Tornado of 2011 was a mile-wide monster that destroyed heart of a vibrant city. The true stories of these two events plus fascinating facts, profiles of tornado scientists and storm chasers create a unique and thrilling nonfiction read, by the author of the New York Times bestselling I Survived series....
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Scholastic
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Did you know that the largest volcano on Earth is actually beneath the Pacific Ocean? Join the LEGO(R)(R) minifigures as they explore fiery volcanoes, rumbling earthquakes, twisting tornados, and more. Find out all about the biggest eruptions and quakes and how they shape our planet. Bursting with stunning photographs, fun facts, mini comics, and building ideas, Volcanoes and other Natural Disasters is the perfect book for any young reader. The...
15) Going once
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Forces of nature (Sharon Sala) volume 1
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From New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala.
A town reeling from disaster. A reignited passion. The long shadow of a killer.
As raging floodwaters engulf her Louisiana hometown, Nola Landry is stranded on high ground, the unwitting witness to the brutal murder of three fellow survivors. Once she's finally rescued in the aftermath of the storm, no one is willing to believe a story...
A town reeling from disaster. A reignited passion. The long shadow of a killer.
As raging floodwaters engulf her Louisiana hometown, Nola Landry is stranded on high ground, the unwitting witness to the brutal murder of three fellow survivors. Once she's finally rescued in the aftermath of the storm, no one is willing to believe a story...
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National Geographic
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[2019]
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Eyewitness; compelling stories of disaster, told through the eyes of those who were there. A Mine Collapses in Chile, Wildfires burn in Portugal, A Debris Flow crushes a Californian town, Tornadoes rampage across the US, a Ship Sinks in a Hurricane and an Earthquake brings destruction to Nepal. Through forensic analysis, we reveal how these events unfolded.
17) 48 Hours
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Blackstone Publishing
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash hit One Second After series comes 48 Hours, a nail-biting and prescient thriller about a solar storm with the power to destroy the world's electrical infrastructure.
In forty-eight hours, the earth will be hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, a "Carrington Event" that has the power to shut down and possibly destroy the world's electrical infrastructure.
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National Geographic Channel
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©2011
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"The world watched in horror on March 11, 2011, as the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded crippled Japan and triggered a massive tsunami that swallowed entire communities, leaving an unprecedented catastrophe in its wake. All the while, amateur videographers, news crews, tourists and countless others were recording the sights and sounds of the unfolding chaos"--Container label.
20) After America
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Without warning volume 2
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from John Birmingham's Angels of Vengeance.
The world changed forever when a massive wave of energy slammed into North America and wiped out 99 percent of the population. As the United States lay in ruins, chaos erupted across the globe.
Now, while a skeleton American government tries to reconstruct the nation, swarms of pirates and foreign militias plunder the lawless wasteland where even the president...
The world changed forever when a massive wave of energy slammed into North America and wiped out 99 percent of the population. As the United States lay in ruins, chaos erupted across the globe.
Now, while a skeleton American government tries to reconstruct the nation, swarms of pirates and foreign militias plunder the lawless wasteland where even the president...
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