Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Harper Perennial $13.99
Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogotá and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in...
Natural Disasters by William C Brown Pub $55.00
This work is designed as an introduction to all aspects of natural disasters, including earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornados and impacts from space objects. The text emphasizes the earth's energy as the source of natural disasters, and incorporates case-studies throughout each chapter.
Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by Oxford University Press, USA $29.95
Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes, the hotspot helped lift the Yellowstone Plateau to more than 7,000 feet and...
Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions by Princeton University Press $26.95
When the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as 100,000 people perished as a result of the blast and an ensuing famine caused by the destruction of rice fields on Sumbawa and neighboring islands. Gases and dust particles ejected into the atmosphere changed weather patterns around the world, resulting in the infamous ''year without a summer'' in North America, food riots in...
Violent Earth by DK ADULT $40.00
A spectacular reference book for the entire family, Violent Earth is an authoritative, stimulating, and visually arresting exploration of the dramatic forces that are constantly shaping our planet—often without warning and with devastating results. Using powerful photography, specially commissioned illustrations, and intuitive infographics, Violent Earth explores plate tectonics, vulcanology,...
California Geology (2nd Edition) by Prentice Hall $133.33
This interesting book uses plate tectonics as its central theme; it acquaints readers with California geology. Basic principles in the beginning of the book and tables of highlights for each province enable the reader to understand the whole picture of catastrophic national disasters, California history, mining methods, and societal impacts; it brings the lessons of geology closer to the...
The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier by Sasquatch Books $16.95
Mount Rainier is the largest and most dangerous volcano in the country. Looming massively above the rugged Cascade Range in Washington State, it is visited by millions, climbed by thousands, and romanticized as the most potent icon of the region. Yet it is a mountain that few truly know.InThe Measure of a Mountain,Seattle writer Bruce Barcott sets out to know Rainier. His method is exploratory,...
The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 by Patrick Lawlor $29.99
A riveting history of how the cataclysmic Lisbon earthquake shook the religious and intellectual foundations of Enlightenment Europe.Along with the volcanic destruction of Pompeii and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Lisbon quake of 1755 is one of the most destructive natural disasters ever recorded. After being jolted by a massive quake, Lisbon was then pounded by a succession of tidal...
Volcanoes by W. H. Freeman $38.87
The most affordable, informative text available on the intricate anatomy of volcanoes, this concise paperback is the ideal text for classes in geology, atmospheric science and geography. Beautifully illustrated with both art and incredibly photos from the author's private collection.
An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics by John Wiley & Sons