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Explosions
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Author:Cumming, LauraSummary: - Author:Bird, Michael J.Summary:
The Town That Died is a moving and detailed account of the greatest human-made explosion before Hiroshima- the terrible disaster known as the Halifax Explosion. It is the first documentary account, told from the personal experiences of...
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Author:Rogan, CharlotteSummary:In the summer of 1914, Grace elopes with Henry Winter in London. When the elegant ocean liner carrying them home to America suffers a mysterious explosion, Henry sacrifices his own safety and secures Grace a seat in a lifeboat, which...
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Author:Bacon, John U.Summary:In 1917 a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, an extraordinary disaster took place: the largest man-...
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Author:Kitz, Janet F.Summary:This book, the most comprehensive ever written on the Explosion, details the terrific devastation, the aftermath and the restoration. It encompasses dozens of previously unpublished stories, photographs, and documents, along with some...
- Author:Kitz, JanetSummary:
This book, the most comprehensive ever written on the Explosion, details the terrific devastation, the aftermath and the restoration. It encompasses dozens of previously unpublished stories, photographs, and documents, along with some...
- Author:Box, C. J.Summary:
While investigating a string of bizarre murders, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is forced to flee across treacherous terrain with a deadly tracker on his trail.
- Author:Ringo, JohnSummary:
When a subatomic physics experiment causes a massive explosion, interdimensional gateways open in Florida--and aliens pour out. Some intend to bring Earth to its knees. Others seem willing to help, but will annihilate the planet if Navy...
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Author:Soucoup, DanSummary:In December 1917, one of the greatest natural harbours in the world was humming with excitement. Halifax Harbour was filled with naval convoys and merchant vessels while factories worked overtime in support of the Allied war effort in...
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Author:Jennings, MaureenSummary:November, 1940. Tom Tyler, Detective Inspector of the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch, is a troubled man. The preceding summer had been a dark one for Britain, and even darker for Tom's own family and personal life. So he jumps at...
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Author:Fostaty, GerrySummary:Gripping — the news story that never was. SUMMER, 1974 — Six teenaged boys died and fifty-four were injured in an explosion on a Canadian Forces Base in Valcartier, Quebec. A live grenade inadvertently made its way into a box of dud...
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Author:Maybee, JanetSummary:On December 6, 1917, harbour pilot Francis Mackey was guiding Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, into Bedford Basin to join a convoy across the Atlantic when it was rammed by Belgian Relief vessel Imo. The resulting massive explosion...
