disasters

Two New Zealand teenagers receive a desperate SOS from their future selves and set out on a quest to stop an impending ecological disaster that could mean the end of humanity.

Discusses how life on Earth has been influenced by comets and asteroids which have struck the earth.

Presents brief descriptions of more than a hundred disasters of the twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries, including natural phenomena, pandemics, ecological disasters, shipwrecks, and human malevolence, arranged by decade.

A collection of essays which explore some of the most tragic disasters in American history, including information on the sinking of the Titanic, the Challenger explosion, the Chicago fire, and the Exxon Valdez disaster.

Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and what its rediscovery and excavation has revealed about daily life in the Roman Empire.

Attempts to explain seven mysterious events in history including the Lost Colony of Roanoke, the Hindenburg, Salem witch trials, the death of the dinosaurs, sinking of the battleship "Maine," and the disappearance of the sailing ship "Mary Celeste.".

Describes the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York City, in which two airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center, and the rescue and recovery work that occurred afterwards.

Needing to earn money after his father's death during the influenza epidemic of 1918, thirteen-year-old Joshua works as a newspaper boy in Boston, one day finding himself in the vicinity of an explosion that sends tons of molasses coursing through the streets.

An illustrated overview of natural and man-made disasters that have occurred since 1900, examining the science behind the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill of 2010, the crash of Air France Flight 447, the sinking of the SS "Andrea Doria," tornadoes, tsunamis, and other events, and suggesting ways to prevent similar occurrences.