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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In Donegal in the spring of 1945, a farmhand runs into a burning barn and does not come out alive. The farm's owner, Barnabas Kane, can only look on as his friend dies and all 43 of his cattle are destroyed in the blaze. Following the disaster, the bull-headed and proudly self-sufficient Barnabas is forced to reach out to the community for assistance. But resentment simmers over the farmhand's death, and Barnabas and his family begin to believe their...
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of the effects of Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005, in one of the worst disasters in American history, describing the destruction across Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Author
Publisher
BelleBooks
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
After being scarred in a horrific accident, famed actress Cathryn Deen hides from the world at her grandmother's secluded North Carolina mountain home, where she finds friendship and support in the local community and develops a special bond with a World Trade Center survivor.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Everybody reads Danielle Steel! Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a powerful and dramatic novel that once again confirms her reputation as America's favorite storyteller"--
"A 38-year-old American interior designer based in London and her independent-minded 74-year-old architect mother; a British investment banker in New York to see his ex-wife and young children; a resident ER doctor who experienced Hurricane Sandy when...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a fragile young woman refuses to leave New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches, her parents are forced to go without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and their daughter catatonic, the victim or perpetrator of some unknown violent act"--
Author
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Six years on from Queensland's tragic 'inland tsunami', this new edition of The Torrent reconnects with the survivors at the heart of the catastrophe. On January 10, 2011, after weeks of heavy rain and as floodwaters began to overwhelm much of southeast Queensland, a 'wall of water' hit Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. The Torrent tells the extraordinary stories of survival and loss that emerged from that terrible day. Official figures state that...
8) Zeitoun
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dave Eggers is the New York Times best-selling author of the critically lauded A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Here he chronicles the Kafka-esque tribulations of Syrian-American Abdulrahman Zeitoun in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. His story is a moving testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
日本語
Description
March 11, 2011: A huge tsunami triggered by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, crippling the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, releasing radiation, and turning the residents of Futaba into "nuclear refugees." The devastation experienced by the town - dead livestock left to rot, crops abandoned, homes and businesses destroyed - was infinitely worse than anything reported by the newspapers. A year later, many refugees are still unable to return...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Draws on the work of brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and disaster experts to explore the human response to disaster, revealing how a person's attitude, beliefs, gender, upbringing, and personality influences whether or not they will survive a disaster.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From a range of Ireland's leading academics, this collection looks at Irish emigration during the time of the Great Famine of the 1800s. From the mechanics of how this was arranged to the fate of the men, women, and children who landed on the shores of the nations of the world, this work will provide an insight to one of the most traumatic and transformative periods of Ireland's history.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The March and April storm of 1913 was the largest the United States had ever seen. This book presents the stories of key people in Dayton, Ohio, the city that became the symbol of this disaster"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. But it was only the first stage of a shocking triple tragedy. On the heels of one of the three strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the United States came the storm-surge flooding, which submerged a half-million homes-followed by the human tragedy of government mismanagement, which proved as cruel...
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Series
Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A memoir of disaster, survival, and "how our treasured objects can be the priceless vessels that carry the stories of both our past and our future" (Diane Schoemperlen, author of This Is Not My Life ). Four years after Therese Greenwood and her husband moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta, their new community was shattered by one of the worst wildfires in Canadian history. As the flames approached, they had only minutes to pack, narrowly escaping a fire...
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