Disasters category: 785 books
On the Edge of Survival
A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
From the acclaimed author whose beloved books inspired the hit television show, The Deadliest Catch, comes a thrilling true adventure tale in the Alaskan seas
A Malaysian cargo ship on its way from Seattle, Washington to China ran aground off the coast of western Alaska's Aleutian Islands on...
Fatal Forecast
An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007
A true story of catastrophe and survival at sea, Fatal Forecast is a spellbinding moment-by-moment account of seventy-two hours in the lives of eight young fishermen, some of whom would never set foot on dry land again.
On the morning of November 21, 1980, two small Massachusetts lobster boats...
Sudden Sea
The Great Hurricane of 1938
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story.
Ten Hours Until Dawn
The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost...
by Sebastian Junger
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2001
Forest fires, terrorism, war: explorations of danger by the author of The Perfect Storm.
For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control...
Into the Storm
Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
**“An intense, immersive deep dive into a wild, dangerous, and unknown world, written with the pace and appeal of a great thriller. This is nonfiction at its very best.”—Lee Child
The true story of two doomed ships and a daring search-and-rescue operation that shines a light on the elite...
The Finest Hours
The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
The true story of an incredible disaster and heroic rescue at sea told by two masterful storytellers.
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril.
In...
by Ron Foster
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
A complete handbook for doing what you might have thought until now to be impossible. That is being able to actually stay safely in your suburban home and using your backyard to augment your survival in a long term grid down scenario. No you don't need to have a big garden or a big backyard but some...
Facing the Wave
A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
**Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)**
**Kansas City Star Best Books of the Year (2013)**
A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater, and art for much of her life, Gretel Ehrlich felt compelled to return to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast to bear witness, listen to...
Catastrophe
An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2000
It was a catastrophe without precedent in recorded history: for months on end, starting in A.D. 535, a strange, dusky haze robbed much of the earth of normal sunlight. Crops failed in Asia and the Middle East as global weather patterns radically altered. Bubonic plague, exploding out of Africa, wiped...
by David Laskin
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
“David Laskin deploys historical fact of the finest grain to tell the story of a monstrous blizzard that caught the settlers of the Great Plains utterly by surprise. Using the storm as a lens, Laskin captures the brutal, heartbreaking folly of this chapter in America’s history, and along the way...
by Art Bell, Whitley Strieber
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Killer tornadoes. Violent tropical storms. Devastating temperatures. Are these just the prelude to an unprecedented environmental disaster in our near future?
Two of America's leading investigators of unexplained phenomena -- Art Bell, the top-rated late-night radio talk-show host, and Whitley Strieber,...
Smokejumper
A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature’s blazes.
Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every...
November's Fury
The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
On Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings became more and more dire. Weather forecasting was in its infancy, however, and radio communication...