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Rising tide: the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America by John M. Barry
mobi, epub |eng | 1998-11-15 | Author:John M. Barry

THAT NIGHT more than twenty men from St. Bernard visited the city, broke into smaller groups, and made several stops. One was at the home of Pool. They rang the ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 25,2014 )
Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-15 | Author:Mary Pope Osborne

“Behind the runners are the boxers,” said Plato. “They’re wearing special gloves and bronze helmets.” Jack wrote: “Behind them are the wrestlers,” said Plato. And Jack wrote: When Jack looked ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 25,2014 )
Earthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope Osborne
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-14 | Author:Mary Pope Osborne

A woman in a blue bathrobe was sitting on a crumbling stone wall. She was sobbing into her handkerchief. Two boys with dark hair sat next to the woman. The ...
( Category: Beginner Readers March 25,2014 )
Adaptation to Climate Change: From Resilience to Transformation by Pelling Mark
mobi, epub |eng | | Author:Pelling, Mark [Pelling, Mark]

Conclusion The aim of this chapter has been to make a claim for transformation as a legitimate element of adaptation theory and practice. In doing so the challenges of escaping ...
( Category: Climatology March 25,2014 )
Young Men and Fire by Maclean Norman
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2010-12-14 | Author:Maclean, Norman [Maclean, Norman]

A few summers ago, thirty years after the fire, I sent what I hoped was gentle word through a common friend to a mother of one of the Mann Gulch ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry March 25,2014 )
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2010-09-15 | Author:Dave Eggers

He set out alone for a while and before long, at the corner of Canal and Scott, he encountered a small boat. It was a military craft, with three men ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1999-09-23 | Author:Sebastian Junger

GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC In a few days the El Dorado expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it like the sea closes over a diver. Long afterwards ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture March 25,2014 )
Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces by Robert Clark
mobi |eng | 2008-10-07 | Author:Robert Clark

At eight o’clock on the morning of November 8, the Casa del Popolo of Santa Croce officially opened as the de facto relief center of the quartiere. Food tables were ...
( Category: Criticism March 25,2014 )
Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever by Geoff Williams
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-02-13 | Author:Geoff Williams

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1913 Chapter Eleven Fighting Back March 26, Wednesday Midnight, Indianapolis Ben Hecht, the cub reporter out of Chicago, was still stuck in a hotel in Indianapolis. But ...
( Category: Natural Disasters March 25,2014 )
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:David Laskin

Ole and Charley had gotten the wagon loaded up with hay and were about half a mile from home when the storm overtook them. The wind came up so fast ...
( Category: Natural Disasters March 25,2014 )
The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse by Sheridan Sam
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-24 | Author:Sheridan, Sam [Sheridan, Sam]

Another day, another vital lesson. “Small traps, that’s your bread and butter,” John said. “You put enough of those out for pack rats and mice, you can do okay. I ...
( Category: Natural Disasters March 25,2014 )
Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in Florence--The City of Masterpieces by Robert Clark
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-02 | Author:Robert Clark

At eight o’clock on the morning of November 8, the Casa del Popolo of Santa Croce officially opened as the de facto relief center of the quartiere. Food tables were ...
( Category: History March 24,2014 )

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