Author: A. H. GODBEY
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781033700778
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Publisher:
Published: 2015-08-04
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 9781332435470
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History Whatever be the ideas of the public upon a glance at the title page of this work, it is not intended to pander to the morbid desire for the sensational or horrible, characteristic of weak minds. This volume is not a literary morgue. Mankind is constantly astonished by reports of mishaps and disasters of manifold character, when there is seldom room for astonishment A large proportion of the calamities reported from day to day are directly due to the haste, greed, and heedlessness of man himself, and need no comment But there is a large class of disasters, due solely to meteorological or geological conditions, which surpass all others in magnitude and appalling destruction. In such cases men insist on prating about "mysterious visitations," as though these occurrences were subject to the dominion of no law. To an examination of such is this book devoted. When in school, the writer was often struck by the persistence with which even the most diligent students would call upon the teachers of physics and chemistry to suspend the recitation and devote the time to illustrative experiments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Charles Eugene Banks
Publisher:
Published: 1906
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A complete and authentic account of the terrible calamity that befell the city of the Golden Gate, stricken by earthquake and devasted by fire. Described and penned by eye-witnesses and those who worked to relieve the suffering. A vivid account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and other great historical catastrophes which have destroyed thousands of lives and laid whole countries in ruin.
Author: Robert Bell
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2017-11-15
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1498534775
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book opens a conversation about the mediated relationship between culture and ecology. The terms ecology and culture are past separation. We are far removed from their prior historical binaric connection, and they coincide through a supplementary role to each other. Ecology and culture are unified.
Author: John Canning
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780706405460
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen J. Spignesi
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780806525587
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →More than half of the disasters chronicled are natural. These floods, storms, droughts, blizzards, famines and epidemics are fierce reminders that humankind is no match for the devastating force and fury of nature. From the Great Influenza Epidemic of WWI that took nearly 40 million lives to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, there are numerous accounts of catastrophes that could not be averted, and whose destructive power was beyond imagining.
Author: Somerville (Mass.). Public Library
Publisher:
Published: 1895
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13:
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