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Uncharted Passage Uncharted Passage Julie Cannon Two women on a vacation that turns deadly face down one of nature's most ruthless killers — and find themselves falling in love. Refusing to allow her absent lover to ruin her vacation in an exotic … OL13752930W
Earthquakes Earthquakes Cari Meister Describes the nature and measurement of earthquakes and the devastation that they can cause on land and sea, including the giant seismic waves known as tsunamis. OL15268468W
Tidal waves and flooding Tidal waves and flooding Michael Flaherty Explains the causes and effects of tidal waves and flooding and examines their environmental impact. OL15840468W
Tsunami Tsunami Joyce L. Markovics Una enorme ola se acerca a la playa. Va creciendo cada vez mas a medidad que se aproxima a la tierra. Esta a punto de azotar la costa. ℗ŁHa llegado un tsunami! Lee este libro para que descubras mas c… OL17879137W
Ghosts of the tsunami Ghosts of the tsunami Richard Lloyd Parry On March 11, 2011, a 120-foot-high tsunami smashed into the northeast coast of Japan, leaving more than eighteen thousand people dead. It was Japan's single greatest loss of life since the atomic bom… OL19719657W
This gulf of fire This gulf of fire Mark Molesky "On All Saints Day of 1755, the tremors from a magnitude 8.5 earthquake swept furiously from its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean toward the Iberian Peninsula. Nowhere was it felt more than in Lisbon,… OL20012539W
Tsunamis Tsunamis Ann Squire Pushed ashore by powerful earthquakes and other geological events, tsunamis are fast-moving, gigantic waves with the strength and size to wipe out entire towns. Readers will learn about some of histo… OL20036924W
Tsunamis Tsunamis David Orme A look at why tsunamis happen, how earthquakes can cause them and how to survive a tsunami. OL20874131W
Tsunami kids Tsunami kids Paul Forkan On Boxing day 2004, Rob, Paul, Mattie and Rosie Forkan tragically lost their parents in the Boxing Day Tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka. Aged from 8 to 17, they subsequently faced a harrowing and so… OL21180347W
Tsunamis Tsunamis Ted O'Hare Illustrations and text introduce tsunamis, from what they are, to their history, causes, and prediction. OL21486350W
Tsunami Tsunami Alex Watson While on a Hawaiian vacation, the Sanders family find themselves separated during a tsunami. OL21770422W
Icefire Icefire Judith Reeves-Stevens,Garfield Reeves-Stevens On Thanksgiving weekend, 6 precisely placed nuclear warheads buried 2,000 feet below the ice detonate in sequence, shearing the Ross Ice Shelf off and triggering massive tsunamis. Within hours milli… OL2241711W
Songs of Dolphin Cove Songs of Dolphin Cove Amy Jolin Mit communicates with dolphins, and learns about a disaster about to strike his island. Will he be able to convince the other islanders to leave? OL24299510W
Earthquakes Earthquakes Jack Zayarny Earthquakes are one of the deadliest natural disasters in the world. Most earthquakes happen along fault lines. Earthquakes cannot be prevented, but it is possible to predict where and when an earthq… OL26453517W
Tsunami Tsunami Geoff Tibballs Before 26 December 2004, while many people knew what a tsunami was, few had any idea of the wholesale destruction that one could cause. All of that changed as a powerful earthquake deep in the Indian… OL2658921W
Step closer Step closer Tessa McWatt In the wake of the 2004 tsunami, Emily, a young Canadian woman living in Spain, seeks to understand a tragedy in her recent past involving two friends, along the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage tra… OL28773289W
Earthquakes and tsunamis Earthquakes and tsunamis Terry J. Jennings Earthquakes and Tsunamis explains how an earthquake occurs, and how and why tsunamis form. With amazing photographs of actual events. OL2919492W
Nation Nation Terry Pratchett The sea has taken everything. Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne...a girl fr… OL453807W
Tsunami Aceh Tsunami Aceh Apridar Effect of tsunami disaster on socioeconomic life of the people in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province. OL5867710W
Global warning Global warning Mitchell, Nancy. The year is 2019 and Jenny and her friends are seniors at Foothill High, where a bomb threat, a tsunami, deportation and international terrorism test their leadership skills and threaten their lives. OL759657W
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