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Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
The Destruction Earth Extreme Reader introduces facts about natural disasters and other events that rock the earth including, volcano, continental drift, earthquake, tsunami, wildfire, landslide, avalanche, glacier, and meteor impact.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, two survivors trapped inside respective establishments that metaphorically represent paradise and hell wonder if any of their loved ones have survived.
Author
Series
Maze runner volume 5
Language
English
Description
Reveals how Thomas and WICKED built the Maze against the backdrop of an apocalyptic world.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Their relationship on the rocks, a young Brooklyn couple heads to a remote bed & breakfast to work things out. But from the moment they arrive at The Happy House it's one disaster after another, and they soon begin to suspect they've wandered into a real life horror movie. Events escalate from weird to terrifying as they contend with the house's batty owner, her imposing son, a moody Swedish lepidopterist, a pedantic English professor, an extraordinarily...
12) Heat waves
Author
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A discussion of heat waves, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant heat waves from history.
Author
Publisher
Cicada Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
We humans take our domination of the planet for granted, but sometimes nature reminds us that this is an illusion. Tectonics rip open the earth, vast waves sweep away coastal towns, magma spews from volcanoes and hurricanes lay waste to entire countries. This book explores nature at its most destructive. Clear, coherent explanations break down the science behind phenomena including hurricanes, tornadoes, avalanches, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes,...
Author
Publisher
Rosen
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Describes the greatest military failures in each epoch of history from ancient times to the present, cases in which defeat came from human error or technical or logistical problems and not just the victors' tactical or weapons superiority.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert's The Unreality of Memory consists of a series of lyrical and deeply researched meditations on what our culture of catastrophe has done to public discourse and our own inner lives. In these tender and prophetic essays, she focuses in on our daily preoccupation and favorite pastime"--
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