Natural Disasters

 

Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Hardcover from HarperCollins

Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by ERIK LARSON
Listed under Hurricanes
 

Sudden Sea : The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A. Scotti Hardcover from Little, Brown

The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell, Whitley Strieber Paperback from Pocket Star

RISING TIDE: THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD OF 1927 AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA by John M. Barry Paperback from Simon & Schuster

A Dangerous Place : California's Unsettling Fate (Images of America) by MARC REISNER Hardcover from Pantheon

Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States by Kathleen J. Tierney, Michael K. Lindell, Ronald W. Perry, Kathleen, J. Tierney, Michael, K. Lindell, Ronald, W. Perry Hardcover from Joseph Henry Press

Coming Back Alive by Spike Walker Hardcover from St. Martin's Press

The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger Paperback from Perennial

A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know by Bill McGuire Hardcover from Oxford University Press

Rescue in the Pacific: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm by Tony Farrington Paperback from International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Storm of the Century : The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
by Willie Drye
Listed under Hurricanes
 

Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes That Shaped a City (Illinois) by David Cowan Paperback from Lake Claremont Press

Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History by Denise Gess, William Lutz Hardcover from Henry Holt & Company

Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean Paperback from University of Chicago Press 1993

Nights of Ice by Spike Walker Paperback from St. Martin's Press

Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plains by Howard B. Bluestein Hardcover from Oxford University Press

Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines of American Wildfire by John N. Maclean Hardcover from Henry Holt and Co.

When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time by M. J. Benton, Michael J. Benton, Michael Benton Hardcover from Thames & Hudson

The Avalanche Handbook by David McClung, Peter Schaerer Paperback from Mountaineers Books 1993

 

Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizzard of 1978 by Christopher J. Haraden Paperback from Times Square Books

Ecology of Fear : Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by MIKE DAVIS Paperback from Vintage

Fire and Ashes : On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires by John N. Maclean Paperback from Owl Books

Fire on the Mountain : The True Story of the South Canyon Fire by John N. Maclean Paperback from Washington Square Press

The Proving Ground by G. Bruce Knecht Mass Market Paperback from Warner Books

Natural Disasters by Patrick Leon Abbott Paperback from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa by Alex de Waal Paperback from Indiana University Press

 

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