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Book Synopsis The Million Death Quake by : Roger Musson
Download or read book The Million Death Quake written by Roger Musson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's leading seismologists looks at the dangers of megaquakes, and explains where they'll next strike, why they're becoming more lethal, and what science and engineering are doing to save lives.
Book Synopsis The Million Death Quake by : Roger Musson
Download or read book The Million Death Quake written by Roger Musson and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, Californians and the Japanese have known that they were at risk of catastrophic earthquakes, and prepared accordingly. But when a violent 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti in 2010, hardly anyone knew the island nation was even at risk for disaster, and, tragically, no one was prepared. Over 300,000 people died as buildings that had never been designed to withstand such intense shaking toppled over and crushed their inhabitants. Now, scientists warn that it won't be long before a single, catastrophic quake kills one million people - and that it is going to strike right where we least expect it. In this groundbreaking book, renowned seismologist with the British Geological Survey Roger Musson takes us on an exhilarating journey to explore what scientists and engineers are doing to prepare us for the worst. With riveting tales of the scientists who first cracked the mystery of what causes the ground to violently shake, Musson makes plain the powerful geological forces driving earthquakes and tsunamis, and shows how amazing feats of engineering are making our cities earthquake-proof. Highlighting hotspots around the world from Mexico City to New York this is a compelling scientific adventure into nature at its fiercest.
Download or read book Death Quake written by Victor Appleton and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 1993 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a terrorist group using stolen material vows to turn the epicenter of a massive earthquake into ground zero, Tom Swift undertakes a daring journey to the center of the earth to stop them. Original.
Download or read book Aftershocks written by Auour Jonsdottir and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Aftershocks is a haunting novel-in-translation about Saga, a woman who comes to after an epileptic seizure on a sidewalk along busy Miklabraut Street. Her three-year-old son is gone. The last thing she remembers is a double-decker bus that no one else can confirm seeing. Over the following days, Saga's mind is beset by memories and doubts. What happened before her seizure? Who can she trust? And how can she make any sense of her emotions when her memory is so fragmented? Hailed as Audur Jonsdottir's "best-written novel so far," Aftershocks is a shocking and revelatory exploration of the blurred lines between fact and fiction, reality and imagination, and where mother ends and child begins.
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Book Synopsis Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes by : James Palmer
Download or read book Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes written by James Palmer and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an earthquake of historic magnitude leveled the industrial city of Tangshan in the summer of 1976, killing more than a half-million people, China was already gripped by widespread social unrest. As Mao lay on his deathbed, the public mourned the death of popular premier Zhou Enlai. Anger toward the powerful Communist Party officials in the Gang of Four, which had tried to suppress grieving for Zhou, was already potent; when the government failed to respond swiftly to the Tangshan disaster, popular resistance to the Cultural Revolution reached a boiling point. In Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes, acclaimed historian James Palmer tells the startling story of the most tumultuous year in modern Chinese history, when Mao perished, a city crumbled, and a new China was born.
Book Synopsis The Great Quake Debate by : Susan Hough
Download or read book The Great Quake Debate written by Susan Hough and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first half of the twentieth century, when seismology was still in in its infancy, renowned geologist Bailey Willis faced off with fellow high-profile scientist Robert T. Hill in a debate with life-or-death consequences for the millions of people migrating west. Their conflict centered on a consequential question: Is southern California earthquake country? These entwined biographies of Hill and Willis offer a lively, accessible account of the ways that politics and financial interests influenced the development of earthquake science. During this period of debate, severe quakes in Santa Barbara (1925) and Long Beach (1933) caused scores of deaths and a significant amount of damage, offering turning points for scientific knowledge and mainstreaming the idea of earthquake safety. The Great Quake Debate sheds light on enduring questions surrounding the environmental hazards of our dynamic planet. What challenges face scientists bearing bad news in the public arena? How do we balance risk and the need to sustain communities and cities? And how well has California come to grips with its many faults?
Book Synopsis Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew by : John Albert Broadus
Download or read book Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew written by John Albert Broadus and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake Publisher :National Academies ISBN 13 : Total Pages :538 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (298 download)
Book Synopsis The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 by : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake
Download or read book The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1968 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Quake written by Henry Fountain and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2017 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 27, 1964, at 5-36 p.m., the biggest earthquake ever recorded in North America--and the second biggest ever in the world, measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale--struck Alaska, devastating coastal towns and villages and killing more than 130 people in what was then a relatively sparsely populated region. In a riveting tale about the almost unimaginable brute force of nature, New York Times science journalist Henry Fountain, in his first trade book, re-creates the lives of the villagers and townspeople living in Chenega, Anchorage, and Valdez; describes the sheer beauty of the geology of the region, with its towering peaks and 20-mile-long glaciers; and reveals the impact of the quake on the towns, the buildings, and the lives of the inhabitants. George Plafker, a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey with years of experience scouring the Alaskan wilderness, is asked to investigate the Prince William Sound region in the aftermath of the quake, to better understand its origins. His work confirmed the then controversial theory of plate tectonics that explained how and why such deadly quakes occur, and how we can plan for the next one.
Download or read book Scientific American written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The earthquake: in memory of departed worth by : Mark Baker Bird
Download or read book The earthquake: in memory of departed worth written by Mark Baker Bird and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis After the Quake by : Haruki Murakami
Download or read book After the Quake written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, the mesmerizing stories in After the Quake are as haunting as dreams and as potent as oracles. An electronics salesman who has been deserted by his wife agrees to deliver an enigmatic package— and is rewarded with a glimpse of his true nature. A man who views himself as the son of God pursues a stranger who may be his human father. A mild-mannered collection agent receives a visit from a giant talking frog who enlists his help in saving Tokyo from destruction. The six stories in this collection come from the deep and mysterious place where the human meets the inhuman—and are further proof that Murakami is one of the most visionary writers at work today.
Download or read book Quake! written by Gail Langer Karwoski and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy and his dog navigate dangerous rubble, prejudices, and survival in this riveting fictional account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. It's before daybreak in San Francisco on April 18, 1906. Mourning the loss of his mother, thirteen-year-old Jacob Kaufman slips out of the cramped boarding house where he lives with his immigrant father and little sister Rosie. Why couldn't Papa just let him keep the stray dog—the one thing that has made him happy in months? But he forgets all his frustrations when the ground beneath his feet begins to rumble. Buildings collapse, and the street splits wide open as Jacob runs for safety from a devastating earthquake. With just his dog, he embarks on a perilous search for shelter, food and water, and missing loved ones while grappling with his Jewish traditions and fighting prejudices against a new Chinese friend. In Gail Langer Karwoski's stirring fictional account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, young readers will relive the drama of the actual event and its devastating aftermath. An author's note carefully separates fact from fiction, giving young readers a glimpse into one of the worst earthquakes in modern history.
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Download or read book Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... by :
Download or read book Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... by :
Download or read book The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
