The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: The Story of the Deadliest Natural Disaster of the 21st Century

The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: The Story of the Deadliest Earthquake in American History

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the earthquake and fires *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes

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The 1989 Bay Area Earthquake: The Story of San Francisco’s Second Deadliest Earthquake

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the earthquake and aftermath by people across the Bay Area, including policemen

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The Galveston Hurricane of 1900: The Deadliest Natural Disaster in American History

*Includes pictures *Includes survivors' accounts of the hurricane *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Inc

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Wave of destruction: the stories of four families and history's deadliest tsunami 9781594863783, 1594863784

This exquisitely written book puts a human face on the tragedy of last year's Southeast Asian tsunami through the h

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Recovering Inequality: Hurricane Katrina, the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and the Aftermath of Disaster 9781477316122

A lethal mix of natural disaster, dangerously flawed construction, and reckless human actions devastated San Francisco i

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Tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tsunamis and Tsunami Research 9780824885915

While it is unlikely that man will ever devise a means of preventing tsunamis-more commonly known in the West by the mis

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After the Tsunami: Disaster Narratives and the Remaking of Everyday Life in Aceh 9780824880217

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused immense destruction and over 170,000 deaths in the Indonesian province of Aceh. The

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The Story of the Integration of the Indian States 3232857066

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The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 & the 1989 Bay Area Earthquake: The History of California's Two Deadliest Earthquakes

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the disasters made by survivors, firefighters, police officers, and more *Inclu

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Law and Disaster: Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown in Japan 1351059335, 9781351059336

On the 11th of March 2011, an earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale (the most powerful to ever strike Japan) h

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