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13.

Atoms and ashes : a global history of nuclear disasters

Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

621.48 PLO

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:651219

14.

Disasters by the numbers : a book of infographics

Jenkins, Steve, 1952-2021 author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

363.34 JEN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:627633

15.

Dead mom walking : a memoir of miracle cures and other disasters

Matlow, Rachel, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Books

Call Number

362.196994 MAT

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:561531

16.

The cure for catastrophe : how we can stop manufacturing natural disasters

Wood, Robert Muir, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Books

Call Number

363.3407 WOO

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:406463

17.

The art of not having it all : true stories of men, sex, and other disasters

Kite, Melissa.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Books

Call Number

828 KIT

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:300266

18.

The disaster profiteers : how natural disasters make the rich richer and the poor even poorer

Mutter, John C., author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Books

Call Number

363.344 MUT

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:306766

19.

Atomic accidents : a history of nuclear meltdowns and disasters : from the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

Mahaffey, James A., author.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

Books

Call Number

363.1799 MAH

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:273716

20.

Lives of the explorers : discoveries, disasters (and what the neighbors thought)

Krull, Kathleen.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

Books

Call Number

910.922 KRU

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SD_ILS:287095

21.

Girl walks into a bar-- : comedy calamities, dating disasters, and a midlife miracle

Dratch, Rachel.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.92773 DRA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:246634

22.

A young scientist's guide to defying disasters with skill and daring

Doyle, James, 1972-

Publication Date

2012

Format:

Books

Call Number

500 DOY

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SD_ILS:248197

23.

Learning from the octopus : how secrets from nature can help us fight terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and disease

Sagarin, Rafe.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

Books

Call Number

363.34 SAG

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SD_ILS:254430

24.

The power of the sea : tsunamis, storm surges, rogue waves, and our quest to predict disasters

Parker, Bruce B.

Publication Date

2010

Format:

Books

Call Number

551.46 PAR

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SD_ILS:219318

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Autry Museum of the American West, host institution.

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Böhme, Madelaine, 1967- author.

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Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Wing, 17.

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Canadian Defence Academy.

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Carpenter, Hope, author.

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Chauhan, Jennifer. Doors wide open.

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Conover, Courtney. Written for love.

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Dupuis, Michael. Canadian journalists in New York.

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Fenton, Valorie. Speed dating.

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