A story of civilization in 50 disasters
"The earth shakes and cracks open. Volcanoes erupt. Continents freeze, bake, and flood. Droughts parch the land. Wildfires and hundred-year storms consume anything in their paths. Invisible clouds of disease and pestilence probe for victims. Tidal waves sweep ashore from the vast sea. The natural wo...
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Thomaston, Maine :
Tilbury House Publishers,
[2015]
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| Series: | Story in 50 series.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Eaton, Gale, |d 1947- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A story of civilization in 50 disasters / |c Gale Eaton ; presented by Phillip Hoose. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Story of civilization in fifty disasters | |
| 264 | 1 | |a Thomaston, Maine : |b Tilbury House Publishers, |c [2015] | |
| 300 | |a xviii, 269 pages : |b color illustrations, color maps ; |c 25 cm. | ||
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| 490 | 0 | |a Story in 50 | |
| 500 | |a "From Minoan volcanoes to climate change"--Cover. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "The earth shakes and cracks open. Volcanoes erupt. Continents freeze, bake, and flood. Droughts parch the land. Wildfires and hundred-year storms consume anything in their paths. Invisible clouds of disease and pestilence probe for victims. Tidal waves sweep ashore from the vast sea. The natural world is a dangerous place, but one species has evolved a unique defense against the hazards: civilization."--Publisher's description. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Disasters |x History |v Young adult nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Natural disasters |x History |v Young adult nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World history |v Young adult nonfiction. | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Hoose, Phillip M., |d 1947- |e presenter. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Story in 50 series. | |
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