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Disasters


Disasters Books

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
The Johnstown Flood
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
A Night to Remember
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
The Children's Blizzard
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why
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Lists

Jamestown by Joyce CrawfordThe Great Fire by Jim MurphyDown the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 by Susan Campbell BartolettiEmmi in the City by Salima AlikhanI Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Cassie Anderson
Great Chicago Fire in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
16 books — 6 voters
All We Have Left by Wendy MillsThe Donkey's Crusade by Jean MorrisCrossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya BoldenChildren of the Vikings by Jonathan RumboldOutrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
Disasters & Tragedies through YA Historical Fiction
17 books — 2 voters

Must I Go by Yiyun LiThe Immortalists by Chloe BenjaminHollow Bones by Jodi PicoultThe Tennis Partner by Abraham VergheseGetting to Know Death by Gail Godwin
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition VI
68 books — 1 voter
My Mystical Path by Donna Shin-WardDelly Duck by Holly MarlowThe Scar by Charlotte MoundlicA Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. HolmesPearl's Marigolds For Grandpa by Jane Breskin Zalben
Bibliotherapy for Child Trauma
173 books — 22 voters

Quotes Tagged “Disasters”

Vera Nazarian
“ A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit. ”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
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Sara Niles
“ Sometimes the lethal power is in the form of the simplest elements of all, air and water, and occasionally in a lifetime it two, we witness grand and theatrical performances by Mother Nature. ”
― Sara Niles, The Ice Storm: Nonfiction Short Story
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Videos Tagged “Disasters”

My First Experience with Fire
My First Experience with Fire
Ed Conley on Your Backup Plan
Ed Conley on Your Backup Plan
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