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Disaster ! : a history of earthquakes, floods, plagues, and other catastrophes / John Withington.
Explores numerous environment, biological, and man-mad disasters, from Noah's flood and a hailstorm that killed 246 people to the Black Death and twentieth-century genocides.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781602397491
- ISBN: 160239749X
- Physical Description: 391 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Tsunamis -- Floods -- Storms -- Other extreme weather and a mysterious poisoning -- Plagues -- Other diseases -- Famine -- War and invasion -- Murder by the state -- Rebellions, riots, and terrorism -- Fires -- Explosions and mass poisonings -- Stampedes, collapses, and mass panics -- Shipwrecks -- Train crashes -- Air crashes -- Other transport disasters. |
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| Subject: | Disasters > History. Natural disasters > History. World history. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 909 WIT (Text) | 000095318 | Nonfiction | Available | - |