The World's Greatest Disasters
Author : Joyce Robins
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 35,15 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9780600569954
Author : Joyce Robins
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 35,15 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9780600569954
Author : Lesley Newson
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,29 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Natural disasters
ISBN : 9780789435187
Easy-to-follow explanations help you understand the underlying causes of all types of disasters.
Author : Joyce Robins
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Disasters
ISBN :
Author : Joyce Robins
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 15,28 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9781851522132
Author : John R. Baker
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 31,76 MB
Release : 2016-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1515717860
"Describes history's biggest and most destructive earthquakes from around the world"--
Author : Tracy Nelson Maurer
Publisher : Capstone Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1543554784
Water rushes out to sea out of nowhere. Suddenly, huge waves come crashing inland. It's a tsunami!
Author : Chris McNab
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9789810828486
Author : Jonathan Eyers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 28,88 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1442221674
"With disasters from all over the world, these are stories of the people--whether they lived or died--as well as the ships."--Back cover.
Author : Anna Claybourne
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,16 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Natural disasters
ISBN : 9781760150105
How tall was the biggest tsumani? What causes giant hailstones? How hot is the inside of a volcano? What is a cyclonic storm? Uncover the power of the world's most destructive natural disasters!
Author : Dr. Lucy Jones
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,1 MB
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0525434283
By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem from the same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural springs; volcanoes produce fertile soil. It is only when these forces exceed our ability to withstand them that they become disasters. Together they have shaped our cities and their architecture; elevated leaders and toppled governments; influenced the way we think, feel, fight, unite, and pray. The history of natural disasters is a history of ourselves. In The Big Ones, leading seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones offers a bracing look at some of the world's greatest natural disasters, whose reverberations we continue to feel today. At Pompeii, Jones explores how a volcanic eruption in the first century AD challenged prevailing views of religion. She examines the California floods of 1862 and the limits of human memory. And she probes more recent events--such as the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and the American hurricanes of 2017--to illustrate the potential for globalization to humanize and heal. With population in hazardous regions growing and temperatures around the world rising, the impacts of natural disasters are greater than ever before. The Big Ones is more than just a work of history or science; it is a call to action. Natural hazards are inevitable; human catastrophes are not. With this energizing and exhaustively researched book, Dr. Jones offers a look at our past, readying us to face down the Big Ones in our future.