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Author | : Edward Rowe Snow |
Publisher | : Dodd Mead |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
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Recounts true tales of sea disasters and inland catastrophes.
Author | : Kit Bonner Carolyn Bonner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Shipwrecks |
ISBN | : 9781610606806 |
Download Great Ship Disasters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Milton H. Watson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Download Disasters at Sea Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
History of every ocean-going passenger ship disaster since 1900.
Author | : Madeleine Watts |
Publisher | : Catapult |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2021-01-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1646220188 |
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In this "eloquent debut," a young Australian woman unable to find her footing in the world begins to break down when the emergencies she hears working as a 911 operator and the troubles within her own life gradually blur together, forcing her to grapple with how the past has shaped her present (Publishers Weekly). Drifting after her final year in college, a young writer begins working part-time as an emergency dispatch operator in Sydney. Over the course of an eight-hour shift, she is dropped into hundreds of crises, hearing only pieces of each. Callers report car accidents and violent spouses and homes caught up in flame. The work becomes monotonous: answer, transfer, repeat. And yet the stress of listening to far-off disasters seeps into her personal life, and she begins walking home with keys in hand, ready to fight off men disappointed by what they find in neighboring bars. During her free time, she gets black-out drunk, hooks up with strangers, and navigates an affair with an ex-lover whose girlfriend is in their circle of friends. Two centuries earlier, her great-great-great-great-grandfather--the British explorer John Oxley--traversed the wilderness of Australia in search of water. Oxley never found the inland sea, but the myth was taken up by other men, and over the years, search parties walked out into the desert, dying as they tried to find it. Interweaving a woman's self-destructive unraveling with the gradual worsening of the climate crisis, The Inland Sea is charged with unflinching insight into our age of anxiety. At a time when wildfires have swept an entire continent, this novel asks what refuge and comfort looks like in a constant state of emergency.
Author | : Michael R. Edelstein |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2012-11-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 178190376X |
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This volume addresses the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster; disappearance of what was the world's fourth largest inland body of water. It argues this was the result of deliberate policy decisions. This volume is essential reading for everyone concerned with averting environmental disaster and in creating livable, sustainable communities.
Author | : Angus M. Gunn |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 807 |
Release | : 2007-12-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0313087474 |
Download Encyclopedia of Disasters [2 volumes] Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Disasters can strike at any time. From the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius to Hurricane Katrina, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters have caused tremendous loss of life, human suffering, and environmental catastrophe. The complex technological and social changes of the last few centuries have not only intensified the impact of such natural disasters, but have added new introduced new reasons to be concerned - plane crashes, bombings, industrial accidents, genocides. Calling some disasters natural and others man-made downplays the important interrelationship between the event and human actions. Human actions - or inactions - can catapult a natural phenomenon into a deadly catastrophe. Likewise, nature can be terribly disrupted by events that are created by humans. Encyclopedia of Disasters covers over 180 of the most important disasters in history. Arranged chronologically, the encyclopedia includes entries on those disasters that have had the greatest historical, environmental, and cultural impact: The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, which destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum; the London Fire of 1666, which flattened much of London and allowed the rebuilding of the city; the influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed millions; the 1964 Prince William Sound earthquake in Alaska, which caused death and destruction as far away as Hawaii; the worst nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1964, that has rendered the surrounding landscape uninhabitable; and the 2004 earthquake that created a tsunami that killed thousands in Sumatra. Each entry includes a list of readings for additional research, and the encyclopedia is illustrated with numerous photos and line illustrations that show the destruction and despair caused by these disasters.
Author | : David Geren Brown |
Publisher | : International Marine Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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In "White Hurricane, " writer and mariner David G. Brown combines narrative intensity with factual depth to re-create the events of the "perfect storm" that struck America's heartland in 1913.
Author | : Edward Rowe Snow |
Publisher | : Outlet |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Disasters |
ISBN | : 9780517695111 |
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Author | : Kit Bonner |
Publisher | : Motorbooks International |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780760313367 |
Download Great Ship Disasters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Great Ship Disasters contains insider information on the most sensational incidents at sea over the past one hundred years. From the wrath of nature creating mayhem aboard, to the mechanical incidents that led to horrific consequences and the unexplained disappearances of numerous seaworthy vessels, inside are the true tales of life-and death-at sea. Organized by type of disaster and covering the evolution of the passenger and cruise ship industry, Great Ship Disasters takes readers onboard for each incident and utilizes more than 150 photos to offer an in-depth perspective of disasters at sea.Pub Date: JUNE 2003
Author | : Sam Willis |
Publisher | : Quercus |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2015-07-07 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1623653754 |
Download Shipwreck: A History of Disasters at Sea Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with theensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature--the ramming of the Essex by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary Titanic whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the Kyrenia ship of 300 BC to the Mary Rose, through to the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians.