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  • Sea Disasters

    Saddleback Educational Publishing

    Paperback (Saddleback Educational Publishing, Sept. 1, 2012)
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  • Anatomy of a Pandemic

    Amber J. Keyser

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Dec. 1, 2010)
    Sickness is a fact of everyday life. But when sickness spreads from person to person rapidly, a deadly pandemic could result. Find out the causes behind major pandemics of history such as the Spanish flu and the Bubonic plague. Then go behind the scenes to meet the people who are working hard every day to stop pandemics before they start.

  • The Hindenburg Disaster of 1937

    William W Lace

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Aug. 1, 2008)
    This series tells the story of important historical disasters and explains their impact and the reforms they spurred. Each narrative begins with the historical context of the event, discusses the event in detail, the aftermath, and then analyses the way the disaster changed history and impacted the future.

  • THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD OF 1889

    Rachel A Koestler-Grack

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Aug. 16, 2008)
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  • Anatomy of a Plane Crash

    Amie Jane Leavitt

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2010)
    Air travel is one of the safest methods of transportation, but when a disaster happens, it captures the public's imagination. Learn about how airplanes are built, how researchers investigate a crash, how engineers are making planes safer, and more.

  • Anatomy of a Hurricane

    Terri Lynn Dougherty

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2011)
    It's hurricane season. Scientists have detected a storm at sea, and it's growing. Learn about how these monster storms form, how scientists track them, and how people respond to their destruction.
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  • Fire Disasters

    Saddleback Educational Publishing

    Paperback (Saddleback Educational Publishing, Sept. 1, 2012)
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  • The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    J. Poolos

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 2008)
    Each book in this series begins with historical context to depict life in the time and place of the featured event, builds to a vivid description of the disaster, discusses the aftermath, and then analyzes the way the disaster changed history and impacted the future.

  • Sea Disasters- Disasters

    Ann Weil

    Paperback (Saddleback Educational Publishing, Aug. 1, 2004)
    Freakish weather, human error, and devastating war are some of the causes of history's most frightening disasters at sea. Read here about such infamous disasters as the Titanic, the Lusitania, the Eastland, the Andrea Doria, the General Slocum, and the Kursk.Disasters! This series of nonfiction readers will grab a students interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading
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  • Disasters Sample Set

    Saddleback Educational Publishing

    Paperback (Saddleback Educational Publishing, Sept. 1, 2012)
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  • Great Masterpieces of the World

    Irene Korn

    Hardcover (New Line Books, Jan. 1, 2006)
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  • Anatomy of an Earthquake

    Renée Camille Rebman

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2011)
    The rumbling ground could only mean one thing: an earthquake. Learn about where and how earthquakes form, how scientists predict them, how structures are built to withstand them, and more.
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