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A walk across the sun
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Corban Addison |
When a tsunami rages through their coastal town in India, 17-year-old Ahalya Ghai and her 15-year-old sister Sita are left orphaned and homeless. As they struggle to reach the safe haven of the conve… |
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Wave
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Sonali Deraniyagala |
On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this br… |
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The black snow
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Paul Lynch |
"In Donegal in the spring of 1945, a farmhand runs into a burning barn and does not come out alive. The farm's owner, Barnabas Kane, can only look on as his friend dies and all 43 of his cattle are d… |
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When their world falls apart
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Lawrence B. Rosenfeld,Mooli Lahad,Joanne S. Caye,Ofra Ayalon |
Comprehensive and informative wealth of resourceful information for understanding disasters. A guide to understand the various dynamics of manmade, natural, and technological disasters; how these tra… |
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Voices rising II
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Rebeca Antoine |
Voices Rising II is the second book created from the archives of The Katrina Narrative Project, a sweeping enterprise by the University of New Orleans to collect diverse accounts and histories from L… |
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The Unthinkable
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Amanda Ripley |
It lurks in the corner of our imagination, almost beyond our ability to see it: the possibility that a tear in the fabric of life could open up without warning, upending a house, a skyscraper, or a c… |
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