Author:
Publisher: Bookhouse
Keywords: hurricanes
Number of Pages: 32
Published:
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1905087349
ISBN-13: 9781905087341

Author: Jerome Gold
Publisher: Black Heron Pr
Keywords: hurricanes
Number of Pages: 97
Published: 1994-05
List price: $18.50
ISBN-10: 0930773357
ISBN-13: 9780930773359

Hurricanes is a collection of letters and esays about the human experience of hurricanes. Two of the writers, the teacher Donna Tiapula and the poet John Enright, wrote to friends during the Samoan hurricanes of 1990 and 1991. Jerome Gold, novelist and anthropologist, provides a moving evocation of Samoa before the destructon and a later glimpse of the impact these storms made. Award-winning essayist Marilyn Stablein’s thoughts on Galveston’s experince of Hurricane Alician offer a view of the relationship between the destruction outside ourselves and the fear of chaos wi

Author: Seymour Simon
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: hurricanes
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-08-01
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0688162916
ISBN-13: 9780688162917

Hurricanes.Typhoons.Willy-willies.Cyclones.Though the names may vary, these formidable, swirling storms are still the most devastating events in nature.Seymour Simon makes vivid the power of hurricanes in his clear, approachable style. He describes the formation of hurricanes, the effects of heavy winds and rains, and the damage caused by flooding long after the storm has passed. Satellite images and dramatic full-color photographs add impact to stories about some infamous hurricanes, including Andrew, Camille, and Floyd. Seymour Simon also explains how forecasters rate and predict hurricanes

Author: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: Holiday House
Keywords: hurricanes
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-10
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 082342233X
ISBN-13: 9780823422333

Imagine a force that can toss boats around like toys, wash away bridges, and create waves as high as eighteen feet. With fierce winds and torrential rains, hurricanes can do all of these things. They can cause tremendous damage and even change the shape of a shoreline. For centuries people did not know when a hurricane was coming. But now we have new methods to predict when and where these storms will occur. Young readers will learn how hurricanes are formed, how they are named and classified, and what to do if a dangerous storm is on the way.

Author: Denise Hildreth
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: paradise, hurricanes
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2010-05-10
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 1414335571
ISBN-13: 9781414335575

When Riley Sinclair stepped into her new job as director of guest relations at a posh resort on Paradise Island, she felt the final pieces of her once-broken life coming together. But the waters become choppy when Riley discovers that some who come to the Atlantis Hotel are accompanied by paralyzing secrets and overwhelming fears. Riley and three guests are in desperate but unknowing need of each other, eventually forging unlikely yet powerful friendships. With a hurricane headed straight for the island, together they embark on a journey of laughter, heartache, and healing.

Author: D. M. Souza
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Keywords: action, nature, hurricanes
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 1996-07
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0876149557
ISBN-13: 9780876149553

Authors:Allen, Jean,
Publisher: Capstone Press
Keywords: disasters, natural, hurricanes
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $23.93
ISBN-10: 0736805877
ISBN-13: 9780736805872

Explains why hurricanes occur and describes the technology used to study them, the damage these natural disasters inflict, and some of the more famous hurricanes in history.