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Kingfisher Knowledge: Natural Disasters by Andrew Langley Pdf
The headlines are full of catastrophic events around the world—a sobering reminder of nature's awesome power. Now readers can investigate the scientific facts behind earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, droughts, wildfires, tornadoes, and much more in this comprehensive, authoritative paperback.
Kingfisher Knowledge is a groundbreaking series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Using lively, engaging text and state-of-the-art digital artwork, the series covers an immense range of subjects in impressive depth and is a major educational resource. KFK: Natural Disasters details the most catastrophic events, whether man-made or natural, that have shocked the world since history began - monster waves, booming avalanches, terrorist attacks, the Titanic and many more.
Praise for the previous edition:"The author's straightforward, informative writing style makes this book easily readable by secondary school and college students."-BooklistFrom the Black Plague that spread across Europ
The World of Disasters by Ned Halley,Jonathan Stroud Pdf
Read about terrible events that have shaken the world throughout history. With coverage of natural catastrophes as well as those caused by human actions, you will find this book a real eye opener
Recent catastrophic natural events in our region and in other parts of the world such as tsunamis, cyclones and earthquakes are a reminder of nature's power and people's willingness to be generous with humanitarian aid in the wake of such devastation. This book focuses on the major types of natural disaster.
Disaster Risk: Knowledge and wisdom by Ben Wisner,J. C. Gaillard,Ilan Kelman Pdf
Especially in an era of rapid global environmental change, questions and issues about and around natural hazards and disasters are dizzying in their complexity - and urgency. This four-volume set answers the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense if this fast-moving area, and its vast and multidisciplinary corpus of scholarly literature
Describes the processes and effects of floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters, and includes an experiment and a list of related Web sites.
Gotcha Good! by Kathleen A. Baxter,Marcia Agness Kochel Pdf
This fifth Gotcha! book, aimed at public and school librarians and teachers, discusses well-reviewed and kid-tested nonfiction titles for third through eighth grade readers published in 2005-2007 with a few extra oldies but goodies added in. Chapters are built around the high- interest topics kids love. Irresistible book descriptions and book talks guide librarians and teachers to nonfiction books kids want to read. New features include numerous booklists to copy and save (similar to the bookmarks in Gotcha for Guys!) and profiles and interviews of some innovative authors such as Sally Walker, Kathleen Krull, Catherine Thimmesh, Steve Jenkins, Ken Mochizuki, and others. Grades 3-8. This fifth Gotcha! book, aimed at public and school librarians, as well as elementary and middle school teachers, discusses well-reviewed and kid-tested nonfiction titles for third through eighth grade readers published in 2005-2007 with a few extra oldies but goodies added in. Chapters are built around the high-interest topics kids love as the authors provide irresistible book descriptions to guide librarians and teachers to nonfiction books kids will want to read. Features include numerous booklists that can be copied and saved (similar to the bookmarks in the authors' Gotcha for Guys!), as well as profiles and interviews of some innovative nonfiction authors such as Sally Walker, Kathleen Krull, Catherine Thimmesh, Steve Jenkins, Ken Mochizuki, and others. Grades 3-8.
With dramatic images and first-hand survivor stories - plus the latest facts and figures - this series takes you up close with the world's most devastating disasters. Each book covers a disaster from both the scientific and human side, capturing the impact and emotion through primary source quotations and photographs.
