Discusses the causes and effects of famines throughout the modern world, including the Irish Potato Famine and the Bangladesh famine

Historical Catastrophes, Famines

Teen & Young Adult

Brown, Walter R.

Education & Reference

Addison-Wesley

Discusses avalanches and snowstorms, citing examples that constituted natural disasters. Final chapter is devoted to the science of winter storms.

Historical Catastrophes--Snowstorms & Avalanches

History

Americas

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

Accounts of eight disasters, including the attack of the Essex by a whale in 1820 and the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and the submarine Thresher in 1963.

Sea Disasters

Children's Books

Harpercollins Childrens Books

The Stuart Legacy: English Art, 1603-1714

Arts & Photography

Birmingham Museum of Art/University of Washington

Ferris wheels

Documents the history and development of the Ferris wheel from a seventeenth-century ride of Turkish origin to today's space-age designs, featuring such memorabilia as old prints, post cards, stereopticon slides, advertisements, and photographs

Ferris Wheels

Anderson, Norman

Random House Childrens Books

Describes how fireworks came to be invented, how they are made, the different kinds and their uses, and some of the disasters they have caused.

Fireworks: Pyrotechnics on Display

Anderson, Norman D.

Dodd, Mead

Introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of several kinds of lemurs whose principal home is the forest of Madagascar. Also discusses the uncertain future of these animals in the wild and what is being done to preserve them from extinction.Youngsters learn about the lemur, a relative of the monkey and ape, and how Duke University's Primate Center is studying and saving these endangered animals

Lemurs

Putnam Pub. Group

Physical science: A search for understanding

Reference

Lippincott

The Stuart legacy: English art, 1603-1714

History & Criticism

Birmingham Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press

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