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Disasters


Disasters Books

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
The Johnstown Flood
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
The Children's Blizzard
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
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Lists

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
The Tsunami Countdown by Boyd MorrisonLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferGirls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke RobsonBlind Thrust by Samuel MarquisErupt by Lou Cadle
Natural Disaster Fiction
135 books — 90 voters

Pompeii by Robert HarrisA Day of Fire by Kate QuinnCurses and Smoke by Vicky Alvear ShecterVacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope OsborneThe Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence
Pompeii
30 books — 25 voters
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 — 28 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Guest by Emma ClineNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Unhinged Heroines
82 books — 11 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie WieselIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
502 books — 184 voters

Quotes Tagged “Disasters”

Sara Niles
“ Sometimes the lethal power is in the form of the simplest elements of all, air and water, and occasionally in a lifetime it two, we witness grand and theatrical performances by Mother Nature. ”
― Sara Niles, The Ice Storm: Nonfiction Short Story
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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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Videos Tagged “Disasters”

Meeting Death book trailer
Meeting Death book trailer
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