Disasters


Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The Johnstown Flood
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883]
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
A Night to Remember
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Children's Blizzard
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Last Things by Betta FerrendelliThe Big Wave by Pearl S. BuckEscaping the Giant Wave by Peg KehretThe Killing Sea by Richard LewisA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Tsunamis in Fiction
101 books — 27 voters
An Essay Upon Wind; With Curious Anecdotes of Eminent Peteurs... by Charles FoxAlbum D'Un Pessimiste by Alphonse RabbeThe Case Of The. Fox by William StanleyThe Dream-god, or A Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep by John CunninghamMelancholike Humours, in Verses of Diverse Natures by Nicholas Breton
Fascinating/Zero Rating
100 books — 3 voters

Delly Duck by Holly MarlowThe Scar by Charlotte MoundlicA Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. HolmesPearl's Marigolds For Grandpa by Jane Breskin ZalbenThe Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Bibliotherapy for Child Trauma
170 books — 13 voters
No Safe Harbour by Julie LawsonTides of Honour by Genevieve GrahamBarometer Rising by Hugh MacLennanWho's a Scaredy-Cat! by Joan PayzantThe Birth House by Ami McKay
Halifax Explosion Fiction
31 books — 21 voters

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Help by Kathryn StockettTornado by Betsy ByarsPromise by Minrose GwinTwister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne
Tornadoes in Fiction
144 books — 27 voters

Naomi Shihab Nye
Any of them could have a disaster before the school year is over. You could have a disaster an hour from now. Bending over. Something could hit you. People carry guns in glove compartments and lunch boxes. Cars spin out of control in minor drizzle. The more you know, really, the more you have to worry and fret about. It's a miracle anyone can sleep at all. ...more
Naomi Shihab Nye, There Is No Long Distance Now

Vera Nazarian
A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit.
Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

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