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Relates the experiences of the thirty-three men who endured entrapment beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days during the San Jose mine collapse outside of Copiapo, Chile, in August 2010.

"Exciting illustrations follow the events of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The combination of brightly colored panels and leveled text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--.

"Exciting illustrations follow the events of the Challenger explosion. The combination of brightly colored panels and leveled text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--.

Presents an account of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster that followed a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and that soon became the worst nuclear disaster in history.

Argues against the "nuclear renaissance" that U.S. corporations claim is underway, exposing the critiques of nuclear power and near daily system failures that plague the industry, and proposes potential energy solutions.

Contains a short description of five space disasters that have occurred since the fire aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft that killed three American astronauts in 1967 as well as the explosion aboard the Apollo 13, the Challenger accident in 1986, and the Columbia in 2003.

Documents the disastrous 1990s mission during which two members of a five-man diving team were killed while completing construction on a ten-mile tunnel at the end of Boston's Deer Island waste treatment plant.

Traces British Petroleum's rise to power, revealing how their cost cutting measures, negligence, and deceit have caused serious environmental damage, destroyed family businesses, and killed people.

Examines various issues associated with illegal street racing including high-speed crashes, the effects of films that promote street racing, and efforts to provide a legal outlet for street racers.