Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade Intl
Keywords: catastrophes, calamitous, disasters, devastating, indiana
Published: 1990-09
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0793304032
ISBN-13: 9780793304035

This book chronicles some of the most dramatic, strange and terrible things that have happened in Indiana - fires, tornadoes, waterspouts, earthquakes, diseases and more. If it shivered, shook, sunk, or otherwise affected Indiana, you’ll find it here. Teach kids that the natural world can be scarier and more exciting than any action movie. This dramatic book emphasizes history, geography, science, personal stories and heroism. Let kids learn the why’s and how’s of disasters, with a close-to-home context that will make sure they’re paying attention. Finally,

Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Keywords: century, calamitous, mirror, distant
Number of Pages: 704
Published: 1987-07-12
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0345349571
ISBN-13: 9780345349576

"Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." CommentaryThe 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the century, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived.

Author: Timothy Beatley
Publisher: Island Press
Keywords: calamitous, times, practices, resilience, coastal, planning
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2009-07-10
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 1597265616
ISBN-13: 9781597265614

Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and magnitude of coastal storms around the globe, and the anticipated rise of sea levels will have enormous impact on fragile and vulnerable coastal regions. In the U.S., more than 50% of the population inhabits coastal areas. In Planning for Coastal Resilience, Tim Beatley argues that, in the face of such threats, all future coastal planning and management must reflect a commitment to the concept of resilience. In this timely book, he writes that coastal resilience must become the primary design and planning principle to guide all future d

Author: Paul Clancy
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: recovery, uss, monitor, historic, loss, epic, battle, calamitous, ironclad
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-08-26
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0071431322
ISBN-13: 9780071431323

The true story of the Civil War ironclad that saved the Union Navy only to sink in a storm--and its remarkable salvage 140 years later Ironclad tells the saga of the warship USS Monitor and its salvage, one of the most complex and dangerous in history. The Monitor is followed through its maiden voyage from New York to Hampton Roads, its battle with the Merrimack, and its loss off Cape Hatteras. At the same time, author Paul Clancy takes readers behind the scenes of an improbable collaboration between navy divers and cautious archaeologists working 240 feet deep. Clancy creates a memorabl

Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade Intl
Keywords: georgia, books, catastrophes, disasters, devastating, calamitous
Published: 1990-06
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0793303079
ISBN-13: 9780793303076

This book chronicles some of the most dramatic, strange and terrible things that have happened in Georgia - fires, tornadoes, waterspouts, earthquakes, diseases and more. If it shivered, shook, sunk, or otherwise affected Georgia, you’ll find it here. Teach kids that the natural world can be scarier and more exciting than any action movie. This dramatic book emphasizes history, geography, science, personal stories and heroism. Let kids learn the why’s and how’s of disasters, with a close-to-home context that will make sure they’re paying attention. Finally,

Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade Intl
Keywords: devastating, disasters, catastrophes, calamitous, wisconsin
Published: 1997-09-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0793312221
ISBN-13: 9780793312221

This book chronicles some of the most dramatic, strange and terrible things that have happened in Wisconsin - fires, tornadoes, waterspouts, earthquakes, diseases and more. If it shivered, shook, sunk, or otherwise affected Wisconsin, you’ll find it here. Teach kids that the natural world can be scarier and more exciting than any action movie. This dramatic book emphasizes history, geography, science, personal stories and heroism. Let kids learn the why’s and how’s of disasters, with a close-to-home context that will make sure they’re paying attention. Finally, give the