Books with title Avalanches

In Avalanches, readers will learn about the different conditions that can trigger an avalanche and the warning signs to ensure safety. This title will allow students to track historical facts and future improvements while gauging their understanding with a variety of reading comprehension tools. The Devastating Disasters series captures readers' attention with captivating photographs, descriptions, and factoids of catastrophes ranging from technology failure to destructive weather. Each 48-page book features engaging before- and after-reading sections that prompt readers to understand the impact these events have on society and the environment.

In an instant, an avalanche can turn a picture-perfect winter scene into a deadly disaster. Huge sheets of snow and ice can race down a mountain at 50 miles (81 kilometers) per hour or faster. Avalanches can toss cars, snap trees, and crush buildings in their path, sometimes burying an entire village in tightly packed snow. With dramatic images and first-hand survivor storiesplus the latest facts and figuresthis book shows you avalanche disasters up close.

Graceful Wind is a residential therapy center for teens struggling with drug abuse. The lodge’s website gushes psychobabble such as “addiction recovery" and "comprehensive distraction removal."There’s just one problem: Alice isn’t on drugs.But the mountainside retreat does help her escape her mother, who can’t even look at her since her father left, and her friends, who glare at her from across the cafeteria, as if she’s the one who betrayed them. And most of all, it helps her outrun the memory of that tragic night six months ago when everything changed.Once on the mountain, Alice has to deal with new problems, like Micah, the delinquent who studies her with swimming dark eyes, until if feels like he can see through all the secrets she’s guarding. And Lily, who hasn’t spoken since her mother killed herself. And Jack, who Alice feels like she can actually talk to, despite his sordid past as a priest and current position as counselor at Graceful Wind.In the middle of her struggle between protecting herself and letting go, an avalanche descends, cutting the power and contact with the outside world, and burying Lily in snow. Suddenly, Alice has to suppress the tragedy of her past and focus on the dangers facing her in the moment. If she can’t find the strength to move on, she may not be able to save her new friends – or herself – from real disaster.

Dangerous Games is a range of adventure stories aimed at reluctant older readers. The series is set in a computer games company and follows designers Sima, Kojo and Tom. Each story sees them designing and developing a computer game which they then enter for real - encountering exciting and sometimes deadly situations... Kojo, Tom and Sima can't wait to play their snowboarding game for real. But Kojo puts all their lives at risk when he forgets to progtram a virus checker into the game.

The awesome display of power that is unleashed by many of the world's natural disasters has aroused both terror and curiosity foe centuries. This series of books looks at the history of natural disasters and their effects on mankind and the environment. Earthquakes happen when two plates of the Earth's crust rub against one another at a fault line. They can cause tremendous damage. This book examines their causes and effects. Avalanches and landslides can engulf and destroy towns and villages in just a few minutes, as huge masses of snow, rock or mud crash down from a mountain or hill side at high speed. Dramatic pictures illustrate this book which explain all aspects of these destructive powers.