disasters

Discusses disastrous volcano eruptions such as Mount Vesuvius, Mount St. Helens, Krakatoa, Mt. Pelee, Mauna Loa, and Kilauea.

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.

An illustrated, encyclopedic overview of the prophecies, calendars, and theories that indicate the year 2012 is a threshold of great change for humanity.

Presents brief accounts of disasters which have occurred around the world primarily during the twentieth century, looking at catastrophes caused by human error, natural forces, a series of small mishaps that escalate into tragedy, negligence or bureaucratic stupidity, and/or malice.

Provides information about the "Hindenburg" through the fictional description of the experiences of a German mechanic who is hired to work and travel on the airship.

"With their power plant destroyed, the AEtherians send a reconnaissance group down to AEtheria to investigate the disaster. While below, they encounter Aral, a sixteen-year-old Cthonian--the only person left alive after the Cthonians' botched attack on the AEtherian power plant. But when Aral realizes that Rex Himmel is related to an AEtherian asylum-seeker living among the Cthonians, Rex understands that Aral might be the connection he needed to rebuild his broken family"--Provided by publisher.

A young Canadian girl uses her diary to record the events surrounding the December 1917 explosion that destroyed her small town in Nova Scotia and her own struggles to rebuild her life and family.

Sylvia Samantha Wright is very good at finding--she just doesn't know exactly what all her 'junk' is good for, not yet at least. But when completely ridiculous disaster strikes, she springs into action and uses her junk to create solutions to the town's troubles.

"After decades closed, the doors to Camp Dream Haven have reopened to the next generation of kids looking for the best summer of their lives. After a rafting trip goes horribly wrong, two polar-opposite campers, Maddy and TJ, are forced to team up in order to survive the night in the forest and make their way back to camp. But the deeper they go into the woods, the more a terrifying 'local legend' seems like it might be reality. Camp Terror is from Survive, an EPIC Press series"--Provided by the publisher.

Explores the future of national security, threatening technologies, the U.S. economy, and the fate of civilization.