Natural Disaster Survival Non-Fiction

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Under Water: A Natural Disaster Memoir
Under Water: A Natural Disaster Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 792 ratings
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What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
by: Kim Cross
4.25 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea 4.12 avg rating — 117,722 ratings
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner 4.06 avg rating — 60,119 ratings
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The Children's Blizzard
The Children's Blizzard 3.89 avg rating — 12,892 ratings
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Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It 3.91 avg rating — 7,614 ratings
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And I Alone Survived
And I Alone Survived 4.12 avg rating — 298 ratings
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Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living 3.83 avg rating — 1,468 ratings
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating — 39,324 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,256 ratings
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Beyond the Wave: a Tsunami Survivor's Story
Beyond the Wave: a Tsunami Survivor's Story 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride 4.25 avg rating — 35,213 ratings
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The Day It Rained : A Novella
The Day It Rained : A Novella really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Early Thursday: A War, A Hurricane, A Miracle!
Early Thursday: A War, A Hurricane, A Miracle! 4.62 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Endless Winter: Part Two: Giant Post-Apocalyptic Prepper Saga of an American Family Surviving a New Ice Age
Endless Winter: Part Two: Giant Post-Apocalyptic Prepper Saga of an American Family Surviving a New Ice Age 4.57 avg rating — 183 ratings
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History 4.05 avg rating — 70,007 ratings
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Endless Winter: Part One & Two: Giant Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Saga with 1900+ Pages of an American Family Surviving a New Ice Age
Endless Winter: Part One & Two: Giant Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Saga with 1900+ Pages of an American Family Surviving a New Ice Age 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Year Yellowstone Burned: A Twenty-Five-Year Perspective
The Year Yellowstone Burned: A Twenty-Five-Year Perspective 4.18 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why 4.19 avg rating — 9,187 ratings
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Warning, The Story of Cyclone Tracy
Warning, The Story of Cyclone Tracy 3.45 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change 4.05 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Green Capital: A New Perspective on Growth
Green Capital: A New Perspective on Growth 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World
The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World 3.61 avg rating — 556 ratings
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Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe
Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe 3.75 avg rating — 311 ratings
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The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer
The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings
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More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want
More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want 3.98 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times
Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge
Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge 4.03 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia 4.01 avg rating — 73 ratings
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos 3.83 avg rating — 156 ratings
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Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions
Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions 3.75 avg rating — 268 ratings
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,869 ratings
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 3.88 avg rating — 21,501 ratings