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"Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes ... Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events."--barnesandnoble.com

Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.

From the atastrophic to the merely curious: A fire destroys the state capitol in 1881. A flu outbreak kills more than ten thousand Minnesotans in 1918. Frank Lloyd Wright is arrested at a cottage in 1926. A jailed stripper blames a wardrobe malfunction in 1953. A Duluth heiress is smothered by a cold-blooded killer in 1977. These fascinating stories, and more, are culled from Minnesota newspaper archives and compiled here.

Explores the forces that shape the planet and the lives of its inhabitants. Rare footage captures the violence of natural disasters, from hurricanes to volcanoes.

Molly Fitzgerald, whose mother died on September 11, 2001, grows up with a deep awareness of disaster and becomes head of Rhode Island's emergency preparedness agency. Her marriage to Jesse, a police polygraph expert with his own experience of crisis, initially provides stability, but an unexpected event challenges their relationship and their understanding of the past. Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones explores self-deception, the desire...

Explores the stories and alleged hauntings of some of the deadliest catastrophes in history, from lost souls left behind in the 2011 Japanese tsunami to a headless ghost frightening miners deep underground. With historical photos and sidebars that are equal parts educational and terrifying, readers will find that sometimes fact is even scarier than fiction.

A young scientist invents a cutting-edge volcanic warning system and returns to the tropical island where her mother tragically died, hoping she can prevent future deaths. The island is now home to the world's only volcano theme park and resort, the brainchild of its reckless owner Jack. Chaos soon erupts when the once dormant volcano starts to rumble. It's a battle with nature to get off the island while fiery death and destruction rains down from...

Details some of the most destructive and deadly man-made disasters around the world. Examines why they occurred and how we have learned new ways to prevent them from happening again.

From 14-year-old Joseph Dunn who was the lone survivor of the Shark Attacks of 1916, to 9-year-old Mike Kramer who, with the help of his quick-thinking parents, survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), to the 13-year-old girl who survived a terrifying attack by a box jellyfish, this is a collection of unforgettable narrative non-fiction stories of unimaginable destruction --...