Dystopian sci-fi thriller with darkly comic shading set in the New York Archipelago in 2120. After hurricane Adolph turns New York City into Big Apple Sauce, the good life goes on and on and on for one-percenters like Margaret Hughes....
Natural disasters
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Author:Kempley, RitaSummary: - Author:Dashner, JamesSummary:
"Mark struggles to make sense of his new, post-disaster world in this prequel to The Maze Runner"--
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
Thirteen-year-old Nathalie Vaughan struggles to save friends and neighbours on the night of Canada's Frank Slide disaster.
At 4:00 a.m., April 29, 1903, Nathalie lies awake in the booming coal town of Frank, at the base of Turtle...
- Author:Turtledove, HarrySummary:
All of North America is covered in ash after the eruption in Yellowstone, and Colin Ferguson's family is scattered across the United States. With food running low and cities uninhabitable, can they hope to survive long enough for...
- Author:Turtledove, HarrySummary:
Survivors of a supervolcanic eruption in Yellowstone Park must rise from the ashes of the apocalyptic catastrophe to continue civilization.
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Author:Schwab, JimSummary: - Author:HILL, DavidSummary:
Stuart and his twin sister Sandra are coming home to Wellington on the ferry. It's April 1968 and the ship is the Wahine. As the tragic events unwind Stuart and Sandra battle to stay alive.
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Author:Summary: - Author:Abbott, Patrick LeonSummary:
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Author:Abbott, Patrick L.Summary:Natural Disasters, 8th edition, is marked by major changes in organization and expanded coverage of weather and climate. The discussion of natural disasters is based on 4 main energy flows: 1) Earth's internal energy flow underlies...
- Author:Tremblay, AnneSummary:
1928: les terres des Rousseau et celles des Gagné sont inondées à cause d’un barrage érigé sur le lac Saint-Jean. En 1938, c’est un incendie qui emporte huit membres de la famille Gagné et brûle gravement le fils aîné des Rousseau. Les...
- Author:Tremblay, AnneSummary:
Voilà le deuxième tome tant attendu de la série Le Château à Noé écrite par Anne Tremblay. Malgré la mort de son père, François-Xavier Rousseau coule des jours paisibles avec Julianna. Mais le bonheur ne durera pas. Bientôt, les...
- Author:Heinlein, Robert A.Summary:
Fundamentalist minister Alexander Hergensheimer knew that Armageddon was near. Somehow, he had to bring his beloved heathen, Margrethe, to a state of grace--and, while he was at it, save the rest of the world.
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Author:Mogil, H. MichaelSummary:Recent decades have brought record temperatures, devastating storms, and killer waves, which have in turn spurred widespread curiosity about how such weather systems develop. Organized by weather event—including hurricanes, winter...
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Author:Smith, KeithSummary:An examination of all major rapid-onset events - seismic, mass movement, atmospheric, hydrologic and technologic hazards - which directly threaten human life on a community scale. The study describes how, despite diverse origins and...
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Author:Mileti, Dennis S.Summary: - Author:Pearson Custom PublishingSummary:
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Author:Claybourne, AnnaSummary: -
Author:Rose, ChrisSummary:The author, a Pulitzer-winning columnist for the Times-Picayune, chronicles the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in his collection of candid essays.
