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A Train in the Night: The Tragedy of Lac-Mégantic By Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny, Christian Quesnel (Illustrator), W. Donald Wilson (Translator) Cover Image
A Train in the Night: The Tragedy of Lac-Mégantic (Paperback) By Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny, Christian Quesnel (Illustrator), W. Donald Wilson (Translator) $19.99
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew By Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward, Robert Crippen (Foreword by), Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) (Epilogue by) Cover Image
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew (Paperback) By Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward, Robert Crippen (Foreword by), Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) (Epilogue by) $18.99
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital By Sheri Fink Cover Image
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Paperback) By Sheri Fink $20.00
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Skywalks: Robert Gordon’s Untold Story of Hallmark’s Kansas City Disaster By R. Eli Paul Cover Image
Skywalks: Robert Gordon’s Untold Story of Hallmark’s Kansas City Disaster (Hardcover) By R. Eli Paul $34.95
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Lannan Selection) By Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator) Cover Image
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Lannan Selection) (Hardcover) By Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator) $29.00
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At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth By Madeline Ostrander Cover Image
At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth (Hardcover) By Madeline Ostrander $28.99
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The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters By Juliette Kayyem Cover Image
The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters (Hardcover) By Juliette Kayyem $29.00
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SAS Urban Survival Handbook: How to Protect Yourself Against Terrorism, Natural Disasters, Fires, Home Invasions, and Everyday Health and Safety Hazards By John "Lofty" Wiseman, Don Mann (Foreword by) Cover Image
SAS Urban Survival Handbook: How to Protect Yourself Against Terrorism, Natural Disasters, Fires, Home Invasions, and Everyday Health and Safety Hazards (Paperback) By John "Lofty" Wiseman, Don Mann (Foreword by) $17.99
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Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds (Survival Stories, True Stories) By Michael Tougias Cover Image
Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds (Survival Stories, True Stories) (Paperback) By Michael Tougias $19.99
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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors By Piers Paul Read Cover Image
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Mass Market) By Piers Paul Read $8.99
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The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER By Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by) Cover Image
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER (Hardcover) By Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by) $27.00
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A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster By Rebecca Solnit Cover Image
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster (Paperback) By Rebecca Solnit $18.00 Email or call for price.
Dog Heroes of September 11th: A Tribute to America's Search and Rescue Dogs By Nona Kilgore Bauer, Rudolph W. Giuliani (Foreword by) Cover Image
Dog Heroes of September 11th: A Tribute to America's Search and Rescue Dogs (Paperback) By Nona Kilgore Bauer, Rudolph W. Giuliani (Foreword by) $24.99
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Leadership Refined by Fire: A Firefighter's Guide to Develop Leadership Skills, Motivate and Inspire Others, and Deliver Exceptional Care for the By John M. Cuomo Cover Image
Leadership Refined by Fire: A Firefighter's Guide to Develop Leadership Skills, Motivate and Inspire Others, and Deliver Exceptional Care for the (Hardcover) By John M. Cuomo $27.05
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Promote the Dog Sitter: And Other Principles for Leading during Disasters By Edward L. Conley Cover Image
Promote the Dog Sitter: And Other Principles for Leading during Disasters (Hardcover) By Edward L. Conley $28.99
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The Book of the Dead By Muriel Rukeyser, Catherine Venable Moore (Introduction by) Cover Image
The Book of the Dead (Paperback) By Muriel Rukeyser, Catherine Venable Moore (Introduction by) $17.99
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Ten Ohio Disasters: Stories of Tragedy and Courage That Should Not Be Forgotten By Neil Zurcher Cover Image
Ten Ohio Disasters: Stories of Tragedy and Courage That Should Not Be Forgotten (Paperback) By Neil Zurcher $15.95
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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago By Eric Klinenberg Cover Image
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Paperback) By Eric Klinenberg $18.00
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Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic---and  Prevented Economic Disaster By Nick Timiraos Cover Image
Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic---and Prevented Economic Disaster (Hardcover) By Nick Timiraos $30.00
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When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes By Cody Lundin, Russ Miller (Illustrator) Cover Image
When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes (Paperback) By Cody Lundin, Russ Miller (Illustrator) $19.99
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The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation By Scott Carney, Jason Miklian Cover Image
The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation (Hardcover) By Scott Carney, Jason Miklian $29.99
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The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong By Judith Rodin Cover Image
The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong (Hardcover) By Judith Rodin $30.00
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Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 By Michael Capuzzo Cover Image
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 (Paperback) By Michael Capuzzo $17.00 Email or call for price.
Promote the Dog Sitter: And Other Principles for Leading during Disasters By Edward L. Conley Cover Image
Promote the Dog Sitter: And Other Principles for Leading during Disasters (Paperback) By Edward L. Conley $16.99
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Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis By Samantha Montano Cover Image
Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis (Hardcover) By Samantha Montano $28.99
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Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 By Stephen Puleo Cover Image
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (Paperback) By Stephen Puleo $17.00
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The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: A Boston Tragedy (Disaster) By Stephanie Schorow Cover Image
The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: A Boston Tragedy (Disaster) (Paperback) By Stephanie Schorow $23.99
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Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl By Markiyan Kamysh, Hanna Leliv (Translated by), Reilly Costigan-Humes (Translated by) Cover Image
Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl (Hardcover) By Markiyan Kamysh, Hanna Leliv (Translated by), Reilly Costigan-Humes (Translated by) $22.00
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The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why By Amanda Ripley Cover Image
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why (Paperback) By Amanda Ripley $16.00
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The Nerves and Their Endings: Essays on Crisis and Response By Jessica Gaitán Johannesson Cover Image
The Nerves and Their Endings: Essays on Crisis and Response (Paperback) By Jessica Gaitán Johannesson $15.00
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Katrina: A History, 1915-2015 By Andy Horowitz Cover Image
Katrina: A History, 1915-2015 (Paperback) By Andy Horowitz $17.95
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Coast Guard Miracles of New Orleans By Robert Mueller Cover Image
Coast Guard Miracles of New Orleans (Paperback) By Robert Mueller $23.95
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Moving To Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward By John Englander Cover Image
Moving To Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward (Paperback) By John Englander $19.95
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The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons By Lawrence Beesley Cover Image
The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons (Paperback) By Lawrence Beesley $15.06
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What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan: THE ULTIMATE PREPPER?S GUIDE TO PREPARING FOR, AND COPING WITH, ANY EMERGENCY By David Black Cover Image
What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan: THE ULTIMATE PREPPER?S GUIDE TO PREPARING FOR, AND COPING WITH, ANY EMERGENCY (Paperback) By David Black $12.95
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We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time By José Andrés Cover Image
We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time (Paperback) By José Andrés $19.99 Email or call for price.
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew By Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward, Robert Crippen (Foreword by), Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) (Epilogue by) Cover Image
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew (Hardcover) By Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward, Robert Crippen (Foreword by), Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) (Epilogue by) $28.33 Email or call for price.
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER By Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by) Cover Image
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER (Paperback) By Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by) $18.00
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Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes By Piers Paul Read Cover Image
Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes (Paperback) By Piers Paul Read $17.99
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Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens By Steve Olson Cover Image
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens (Paperback) By Steve Olson $16.95
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Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire By Lizzie Johnson Cover Image
Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire (Paperback) By Lizzie Johnson $18.99
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The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation By Scott Carney, Jason Miklian Cover Image
The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation (Paperback) By Scott Carney, Jason Miklian $22.99
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Zeitoun By Dave Eggers Cover Image
Zeitoun (Paperback) By Dave Eggers $18.00
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The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid By Lawrence Wright Cover Image
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid (Paperback) By Lawrence Wright $18.00
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Soaking the Middle Class: Suburban Inequality and Recovery from Disaster By Anna Rhodes, Max Besbris Cover Image
Soaking the Middle Class: Suburban Inequality and Recovery from Disaster (Paperback) By Anna Rhodes, Max Besbris $37.50
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Historic Tales of Michigan Up North (American Chronicles) By D. Laurence Rogers Cover Image
Historic Tales of Michigan Up North (American Chronicles) (Paperback) By D. Laurence Rogers $23.99
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The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid By Lawrence Wright Cover Image
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid (Hardcover) By Lawrence Wright $28.00 Email or call for price.
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm By Lewis Dartnell Cover Image
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm (Paperback) By Lewis Dartnell $18.00
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