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  • Disaster in Lawrence

    The Fall of the Pemberton Mill

    par Alvin F. Oickle ...
    Collections series Disaster
    The destruction was unimaginable. Workers in nearby factories watched with horror as the Pemberton Mill buckled and then collapsed, trapping more than six hundred workers, many of them women and children. Word of the disaster spread quickly and volunteers rushed to the scene. As survivors called out for help, a lantern fell, and within minutes fire engulfed the building, burning those trapped ... En savoir plus

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  • The Cedar Keys Hurricane of 1896: Disaster at Dawn

    par Alvin F. Oickle ...
    Collections series Disaster
    Families watched in horror as walls of water swept away homes and businesses, and men held onto saplings for their lives while the winds howled. The destruction was beyond belief. Buildings on Atsena Otie were swept away so completely that only cracked stone foundations remained, and the forests of red cedar that gave the islands their name and livelihood were flattened. Resulting in dozens of ... En savoir plus

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  • Disaster on the Potomac

    The Last Run of the Steamboat Wawaset

    par Alvin F. Oickle ...
    Collections series Disaster
    For passengers of the steamboat Wawaset, August 8, 1873, began with a pleasant cruise from Washington, D.C., down the Potomac River. As the Wawaset came into sight of a small Virginia landing, fire broke out below decks, and frantic passengers leapt from the flames only to be pulled down by the swift waters. Author Alvin F. Oickle puts a human face to the tragedy as he profiles some of the seventy ... En savoir plus

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  • Disaster on Lake Erie

    The 1841 Wreck of the Steamship Erie

    par Alvin F. Oickle ...
    Collections series Disaster
    On August 9, 1841, the steamship Erie, one of the most elegant and fastest sailing between Buffalo and Chicago, departed carrying 340 passengers. Many were Swiss and German immigrants, planning to start new lives in America's heartland most never made it. The Erie erupted in flames during the night, and despite the heroic efforts of the crew of the Dewitt Clinton, 254 lives were lost. As news of ... En savoir plus

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  • Boardwalk Empire

    The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, HBO Series Tie-In Edition

    par Nelson Johnson ...
    THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE HBO SERIESThrough most of the 20th century, Atlantic City was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars, and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch "Nucky" Johnson — the second of three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics ... En savoir plus

    $13.73 CAD

  • Ghosts of the Tsunami

    Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone

    par Richard Lloyd Parry ...
    Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, and Lit HubThe definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan—by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat DarknessOn March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of... ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • What Stands in a Storm

    A True Story of Love and Resilience in the Worst Superstorm in History

    par Kim Cross ...
    Enter the eye of the storm in this gripping real-life thriller—A Perfect Storm on land—that chronicles “the sum and substance of the most catastrophic mass-tornado attack in recorded American history” (Ron Rowers, Pultizer Prize winner): a horrific three-day superstorm with 358 separate tornadoes touching down in twenty-one states and destroying entire towns.April 27, 2011 was the climax of a ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $19.50 CAD Maintenant $1.99 CAD

  • The North Country Murder of Irene Izak

    Stained by Her Blood

    par Dave Shampine ...
    A road trip becomes a dead end for a schoolteacher in this haunting cold case of murder that became a fifty-year fight for justice.In June of 1968, Irene Izak, a young French teacher from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was pulling an all-nighter on the road toward the promise of a new life in Quebec. The last time she was seen alive was at 2:09 a.m. by a toll collector at Thousand Island Bridge who ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Australia's Worst Disasters

    par Malcolm Brown ...
    Graphic accounts of Australia’s worst disasters – historical as well as events of recent years.From the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 to the implosion of the Royal Canberra Hospital in 1997, and from the shocking Granville railway crash in 1977 to the Sea King helicopter crash of 2005, Australia's history has been punctuated by incidents of disaster and tragedy that have shocked us all. ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Street Warrior

    The True Story of the NYPD's Most Decorated Detective and the Era That Created Him

    par Ralph Friedman, Patrick Picciarelli ...
    As Seen On Discovery Channel's "Street Justice: The Bronx"2,000 arrests. 100 off-duty arrests. 6,000 assists. 15 shootings. 8 shot. 4 kills. These are not the performance statistics of an entire NYPD unit. They are the record that makes Detective 2nd Grade Ralph Friedman a legend.Friedman was arguably the toughest cop ever to wear the shield and was the most decorated detective in the NYPD's 170 ... En savoir plus

    $23.19 CAD

  • Volcanoes & Earthquakes, What & Why? : 2nd Grade Science Series

    Second Grade Books

    par Baby Professor ...
    Collections series Children's Earthquake & Volcano Books
    Why do volcanoes and earthquakes happen? Is Earth throwing a tantrum? Let your child decode the answers for these on his/her own through this interactive educational book. Composed of pictures that allow for the understanding of geology and vulcanology, this is a great resource that would complement the heavy school textbooks. Grab a copy now! ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

  • Civil War Pittsburgh

    Forge of the Union

    par Len Barcousky ...
    Collections series Civil War Series
    On Christmas Day 1860, the "Daily Pittsburgh Gazette "announced that more than one hundred cannons from the nearby U.S. Arsenal were to be shipped south. Fiercely loyal to the Union, Pittsburghers halted the movement of the artillery, which would have been seized by secessionist sympathizers. Over the course of the Civil War, Pittsburgh and Allegheny County provided both troops and equipment- ... En savoir plus

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