Natural Disasters
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The Thirtymile Fire: A Chronicle of Bravery and Betrayal
$18.99 Add to cart“Pitilessly compelling, the sort of saga devoured in one horrified sitting.”–National Geographic Adventure
The Thirtymile Fire in the North Cascade Range near the Canadian border of Washington began- Author: MacLean, John N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 27 2008
- ISBN10: 0805083308
- Language: English
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Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
$20.99 Add to cart“Novelist Denise Gess and historian William Lutz brilliantly restore the event to its rightful place in the forefront of American historical imagination.” —Chicago Sun-Times
On October 8, 1871–the s- Series: Wisconsin
- Author: Lutz, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0805072934
- Language: English
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The Big Melt
$12.99 Add to cartNow that climate change is happening, what do we do?
Sleepy Valley is similar in many ways to the town where you live. Things seem fine, but no one is thinking about the future. Are you ready for wha- Author: Tillman, Ned
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 1732484104
- Language: English
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Colorado Disasters: True Stories of Centennial State Tragedies and Triumphs
$18.95 Add to cartIN COLORADO DISASTERS, Boulder historian and educator Phyllis J. Perry chronicles the Centennial State’s gamut of natural and human-caused disasters, from foods, mudslides and avalanches, to massive w… [more below]
- Author: Perry, Phyllis J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1560378107
- Language: English
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My Lost Brothers: The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire’s Lone Survivor
$37.00 Add to cartThe true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.
A “unique and bracing” (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona’s disastrous 2013 Yarnel- Author: McDonough, Brendan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0316308188
- Language: English
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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
$22.00 Add to cart“A classic. I can’t recommend it enough.”–Chris Hayes
On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measure- Author: Klinenberg, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 06 2015
- ISBN10: 022627618X
- Language: English
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Montana Disasters: True Stories of Treasure State Tragedies and Triumphs
$18.95 Add to cartIn Montana Disasters, fourth-generation Montanan and long-time journalist Butch Larcombe chronicles not just the explosions, fires, floods, earthquakes, avalanches, train wrecks, airplane crashes, and… [more below]
- Author: Larcombe, Butch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: December 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1560377763
- Language: English
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Promote the Dog Sitter: And Other Principles for Leading during Disasters
$16.99 Add to cartCrisis leaders never feel completely prepared. From your first response to your hundredth, you feel the same nerves, the same anticipation, and the same desire to serve with each crisis you encounter.
- Author: Conley, Edward L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1544534159
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times
$17.99 Add to cartA common sense field guide to understanding, surviving, and thriving in our time of complex chaos and crises.
Is this finally it? The end times?Because from COVID-19 to climate catastrophe to the loom
- Author: Aktipis, Athena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1523518251
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Prepper’s Handbook: How to Make Sure the End of the World as We Know It Isn’t the End of Your World
$35.00 Read moreAre you prepared for the end of the world as you know it?
It can be all too easy to think of disaster as something that happens to others. But the world is a volatile place, and despite our best effo- Author: Moore, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1510768343
- Language: English
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World Made by Hand
$18.00 Add to cartIn The Long Emergency celebrated social commentator James Howard Kunstler explored how the terminal decline of oil production, combined with climate change, had the potential to put industrial civiliz… [more below]
- Author: Kunstler, James Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0802144012
- Language: English
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DK Super Readers Level 4 Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters
$14.99 Read moreDiscover the power of nature unleashed! Make reading your superpower with DK’s beautiful, levelled non-fiction.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about a world of incredible natural disasters- Series: DK Super Readers
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0744071496
- Language: English
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DK Super Readers Level 4 Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters
$4.99 Read moreDiscover the power of nature unleashed! Make reading your superpower with DK’s beautiful, levelled non-fiction.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about a world of incredible natural disasters- Series: DK Super Readers
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 074407150X
- Language: English
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After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens
$19.95 Read moreA CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE
On May 18, 1980, people all over the world watched with awe and horror as Mount St. Helens erupted. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds of square miles of wh
- Author: Wagner, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0295750715
- Language: English
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Magic Tree House Survival Guide
$8.99 Read moreNow in paperback with an all-new chapter on how to survive a pandemic Learn to survive anything–just like Jack and Annie This kid-friendly guide is based on the #1 New York Times bestselling series… [more below]
- Series: Magic Tree House (R)
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 059342879X
- Language: English
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Disasters by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics
$18.99 Add to cartAn amazing look at Earth’s natural disasters as seen through numbers, facts, and stunning infographics from Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins!
From Caldecott Honor-winning au- Author: Jenkins, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1328569489
- Language: English
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Blizzard 1949
$13.95 Add to cart- Author: Alleman, Roy V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 05 2003
- ISBN10: 0974620602
- Language: English
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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America’s Deadliest Avalanche
$22.99 Add to cart“Krist does wonders . . . [He] describes the frantic rescue efforts . . . and the malevolent, unending storm. In a thrilling, climactic chapter, he conjures forth the avalanche.”–The New York Times
I- Author: Krist, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0805083294
- Language: English
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Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
$18.99 Add to cartIn 1994, a wildfire on Colorado’s Storm King Mountain was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in South Canyon. This unintentional, seemingly minor human error was merely the first in a strin… [more below]
- Author: MacLean, John N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 08 2009
- ISBN10: 0061829617
- Language: English
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Basher Science Mini: Extreme Weather: It’s Really Wild!
$12.99 Read moreThings are heating up, but not in a good way! Every year, millions of people across the globe find themselves at the mercy of Heat Wave, Drought, or Flood–they’re friends of Climate Change, who is wr
- Series: Basher Science Mini
- Author: Basher, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0753478889
- Language: English
