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The Thirtymile Fire: A Chronicle of Bravery and Betrayal (John MacRae Books)
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This is a comprehensive review of the ThirtyMile Wildland Fire in 2001 that claimed the lives of four Federal Forest Service firefighters compiled from all the survivors, investigators, government officials, witnesses, and families affected by this incident. The Official Report of this fire laid blame on the firefighters themselves for the loss of ther... »
Heart Like Water: Surviving Katrina and Life in Its Disaster Zone
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Storms like that are standard in the Philippines and Bangladesh and they find hardly their way on any frontpage in the West. House gone? Build a new one. Until next month or if your are lucky, next year. It's different in Hongkong, though: Typhoon? Super Typhoon? Let's party! The houses won't fall down in a direct hit. Just close the windows and... »
Storm Chaser: A Photographer's Journey
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Jim Reed's new book STORM CHASER: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNEY is nothing short of amazing. WIth breath taking photos and insightful anecdotes, the book takes the reader into the forces of nature that shape our lives and create historic, defining moments in time. I met Jim on the ground in Greensburg, KS and he was exceedingly kind and allowed me to spe... »
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway D
This is a riveting account of the Great Northern Railway disaster of 1910, in which a passenger train and a mail train on their way to Seattle were trappe... »
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against
This book is amazing. Sebastian Junger went to a great deal of effort to write this book. It is historically accurate and all people and places are real... »
Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism
A very well researched and documented story. As a member of the USCG and having been stationed at Gloucester Station and having been born and brought up ... »
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27
It may seem a stretch to connect a volcanic eruption with civil and religious unrest in Indonesia today, but Simon Winchester makes a compelling case. ... »
Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizz
I did not live through the great blizzard of 78 but my father did and he is pictured on the front cover of the book as the man on phone booth so how much ... »
Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imaginatio
The 1990s have not been kind to Los Angeles. As Mike Davis writes, "The destructive February 1992, January 1993, and January 1995 floods ($500 million in ... »
The Return of Planet-X: Wormwood
The only nice thing I can say about this book is that the author gathered a lot of information together, making it a useful reference. However, it is so b... »
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