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Anthony Sofronas

Decoding Disasters

Understanding failures and disasters using case studies and simple engineering techniquesDecoding Disasters provides illustrated failure case histories on a multitude of technologies and shows how enginee…

Propagandhi

Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes

Manjula Martin

The Last Fire Season

H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during …

Kelly Ramsey

Wildfire Days

"When Kelly Ramsey drives over a California mountain pass to join an elite firefighting crew, she's terrified that she won't be able to keep up with the intense demands of the job. Not only will she …

Hank Schyma

Storm

A thrilling introduction to the world of storms, told in the unmistakable voice of Hank Schyma.Over three decades of storm chasing, Hank Schyma has witnessed some of planet Earth's most incredible weather…

David Darling (1941-2021)

The Tao Of Cello

Für seine Solo-Improvisationen hat sich Cellist David Darling von Textpassagen aus dem Tao-Tê-King, dem zentralen Werk des chinesischen Philosophen Lao-Tse inspirieren lassen.

Jacob Soboroff

Firestorm

From the MSNBC Senior National and Political Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of Separated, a gripping and revelatory account of the devastating 2025 Los Angeles fires, which he covered…

Dynamics of Disasters

Based on the "Sixth International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters" (Piraeus, Greece, July 2023), this volume includes contributions from experts who share their latest discoveries on disaste…

Jennifer Kabat

Nightshining

"A braided memoir about flooding in the Catskills, the region's history regarding GE and cloud seeding, and the author's personal experiences."--

Under The Volcano (2021) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

On a remote Caribbean island in the 1980s, in the shadow of a volcano, the world's biggest recording artists were drawn to one special place, to escape and to forge the music that defined an era. Built by…

Peter Brannen

The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything

How carbon dioxide made planet Earth, shaped human history, and now holds our future in the balanceEvery year, we are dangerously warping the climate by putting gigantic amounts of carbon dioxide into the…

Suzanne Elshult, James Guy Mansfield

Dog's Devotion

In late March of 2014, death descended upon the community of Oso, Washington, in the form of a massive landslide. Ten million cubic yards of dirt and mud crashed through homes, sweeping a 20-foot-high wal…

Obi Kaufmann

The State of Fire

"Considers the long history of ecological burns, the varied ways fire behaves across the state, and the lessons that can be learned from California's largest fires of recent decades"--

Cary J Griffith

Gunflint Falling

"On July 4, 1999, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a bizarre confluence of meteorological events resulted in the most damaging blowdown in the region's history. Gunflint Falling …

Eric Blehm

The Darkest White

"On January 20, 2003, a thunderous crack rang out and a 100-foot-wide tide of snow barreled down the Northern Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. More than a dozen skiers and snowboarders …

Guoyi Han, Ying Li, Peijun Shi

Understanding the Regional Dynamics of Vulnerability

This book presents a detailed regional study of the Dongting Lake Area and explores potential avenues and challenges for future flood risk management in China. Focusing on dynamic changes in regional vuln…

Rosanna Xia

California Against the Sea

PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Winner * Golden Poppy Award Winner for Nonfiction * California Book Awards Gold Medal Winner * A Great Read from Great Places Selected by the Library of Cong…

James D Charlet

Shipwreck Rescues of the Outer Banks

Along North Carolina's Outer Banks, where thousands of ships met their doom, the brave surfmen of the U.S. Life-Saving Service braved raging seas, defied death itself, and saved countless lives from certa…

Dk

Against the Odds Winter Whiteouts

Decodable tales of survival against the odds for striving readers aged 10--14From blinding blizzards to a devastating avalanche, three young people battle against some of the most brutal natural disasters…