
Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster
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At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at...

Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine: Comprehensive Principles and Practice
Kristi L. Koenig and Carl H. Schultz
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As societies become more complex and interconnected, the global risk for catastrophic disasters is...

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
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The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam...

Natural Disaster Risk Management: Geosciences and Social Responsibility: 2015
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This textbook provides a thorough introduction to natural disaster risk management. Many aspects of...

The Prepper's Pocket Guide: 101 Easy Things You Can Do to Ready Your Home for a Disaster
Bernie Carr and Evan Wondolowski
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BE PREPARED BE SAFE From California earthquakes and Rocky Mountain wildfires to Midwest floods and...

Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
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In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley - known to locals as Denali,...
The Lomidine Files: The Untold Story of a Medical Disaster in Colonial Africa
Guillaume Lachenal and Noemi R. Tousignant
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After the Second World War, French colonial health services, armed with a newly discovered drug,...

Imperial Brothers: Valentinian, Valens and the Disaster at Adrianople
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The latest of Ian Hughes' Late Roman biographies here tackles the careers of the brother emperors,...

Quintinshill Conspiracy: The Shocking True Story Behind Britain's Worst Rail Disaster
Adrian Searle and Jack Richards
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It was the railway's Titanic. An horrific crash involving five trains in which 230 died and 246 were...