Presents brief descriptions of the world's greatest disasters, including the Yucatan asteroid strike, Mount St. Helens, Chernobyl nuclear accident, and the Challenger space shuttle explosion.
Describes the training of and work performed by disaster search dogs, presents photos of dogs at work after such events as the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, lists breeds that often do this work, and provides a list of further resources.
Discusses how to survive one hundred of the most dangerous things in the world, including avalanches, tornadoes, rattlesnakes, sharks, falling down a well, and more, and covers the likelihood of encountering each threat and the probability of survival.
Examines the causes and effects of both natural and man-made disasters, including volcanoes, earthquakes, ice storms, nuclear accidents, famine, oil spills, fires, and a possible future breakdown of technology.
Examines some of the events of September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked several targets in the United States including New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and features first-person accounts, and background information about the terrorists.
