Quake

Author : Gail Langer Karwoski
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781561456109

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Quake! by Gail Langer Karwoski Pdf

A boy and his dog navigate dangerous rubble, prejudices, and survival in this riveting fictional account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. It's before daybreak in San Francisco on April 18, 1906. Mourning the loss of his mother, thirteen-year-old Jacob Kaufman slips out of the cramped boarding house where he lives with his immigrant father and little sister Rosie. Why couldn't Papa just let him keep the stray dog—the one thing that has made him happy in months? But he forgets all his frustrations when the ground beneath his feet begins to rumble. Buildings collapse, and the street splits wide open as Jacob runs for safety from a devastating earthquake. With just his dog, he embarks on a perilous search for shelter, food and water, and missing loved ones while grappling with his Jewish traditions and fighting prejudices against a new Chinese friend. In Gail Langer Karwoski's stirring fictional account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, young readers will relive the drama of the actual event and its devastating aftermath. An author's note carefully separates fact from fiction, giving young readers a glimpse into one of the worst earthquakes in modern history.

Author : Auour Jonsdottir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 194834016X

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Aftershocks by Auour Jonsdottir Pdf

Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Aftershocks is a haunting novel-in-translation about Saga, a woman who comes to after an epileptic seizure on a sidewalk along busy Miklabraut Street. Her three-year-old son is gone. The last thing she remembers is a double-decker bus that no one else can confirm seeing. Over the following days, Saga's mind is beset by memories and doubts. What happened before her seizure? Who can she trust? And how can she make any sense of her emotions when her memory is so fragmented? Hailed as Audur Jonsdottir's "best-written novel so far," Aftershocks is a shocking and revelatory exploration of the blurred lines between fact and fiction, reality and imagination, and where mother ends and child begins.

Author : Alex Kropp
Publisher : High Interest Publishing Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1926847237

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Quake by Alex Kropp Pdf

12-16 yrs.

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307424648

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After the Quake by Haruki Murakami Pdf

Set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, the mesmerizing stories in After the Quake are as haunting as dreams and as potent as oracles. An electronics salesman who has been deserted by his wife agrees to deliver an enigmatic package— and is rewarded with a glimpse of his true nature. A man who views himself as the son of God pursues a stranger who may be his human father. A mild-mannered collection agent receives a visit from a giant talking frog who enlists his help in saving Tokyo from destruction. The six stories in this collection come from the deep and mysterious place where the human meets the inhuman—and are further proof that Murakami is one of the most visionary writers at work today.

Author : Linda Buckley-Archer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416915294

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The Time Quake by Linda Buckley-Archer Pdf

While sinister Lord Luxon makes himself at home in twenty-first century Manhattan, Peter and Kate, aided by Gideon, pursue The Tar Man through the streets of eighteenth-century London, when history is at its tipping point.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Earthquake hazard analysis
ISBN : UOM:39015085436023

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Is a Powerful Quake Likely to Strike in the Next 30 Years? by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Earthquake prediction
ISBN : UCSD:31822024184798

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Major Quake Likely to Strike Between 2000 and 2030 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Claude Walker
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462070367

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The New Madrid Quake Chronicles by Claude Walker Pdf

In December 1811, a series of quakes rocked the area near New Madrid, Missouri, a settlement on the Mississippi River. Sparsely populated by French fur-traders, a dwindling number of Native Americans and newly-arrived European immigrants, the region rumbled for weeks. Rivers ran backwards. Gaseous crevasses in the earth gaped, swallowing people and buildings. While "The New Madrid Quake Chronicles" is a story of a natural calamity, it is also a parable about the imprint a disaster can leave on any family for generations. The reader meets survivors of the Great Quake from two great families headed by Shawnee leader Blue Turtle and German exile Blas Baur, whose descendents share special quake-sensing abilities. Their stories are lyrically told: mighty rivers meeting, mightier tectonic plates clashing. Historical fiction, family saga and military-political history with a touch of seismic sci-fi, "The New Madrid Quake Chronicles" is a cautionary tale. If an 1811-sized quake hit New Madrid today, an estimated 3,500 residents would die. It would leave 730,000 homeless and 2.6 million without power. Most bridges over the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers would fall. Experts agree that a big one will likely strike again in the New Madrid Seismic Zone; how prepared will we be?

Author : Henry Fountain
Publisher : Crown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101904077

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The Great Quake by Henry Fountain Pdf

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history—the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega—and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place. At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2. earthquake—the second most powerful in world history—struck the young state of Alaska. The violent shaking, followed by massive tsunamis, devastated the southern half of the state and killed more than 130 people. A day later, George Plafker, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, arrived to investigate. His fascinating scientific detective work in the months that followed helped confirm the then-controversial theory of plate tectonics. In a compelling tale about the almost unimaginable brute force of nature, New York Times science journalist Henry Fountain combines history and science to bring the quake and its aftermath to life in vivid detail. With deep, on-the-ground reporting from Alaska, often in the company of George Plafker, Fountain shows how the earthquake left its mark on the land and its people—and on science.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Earthquake prediction
ISBN : UCR:31210010703658

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Quake Forecasting--an Emerging Capability by Anonim Pdf

Author : Roger Musson
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781137106995

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The Million Death Quake by Roger Musson Pdf

For centuries, Californians and the Japanese have known that they were at risk of catastrophic earthquakes, and prepared accordingly. But when a violent 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti in 2010, hardly anyone knew the island nation was even at risk for disaster, and, tragically, no one was prepared. Over 300,000 people died as buildings that had never been designed to withstand such intense shaking toppled over and crushed their inhabitants. Now, scientists warn that it won't be long before a single, catastrophic quake kills one million people - and that it is going to strike right where we least expect it. In this groundbreaking book, renowned seismologist with the British Geological Survey Roger Musson takes us on an exhilarating journey to explore what scientists and engineers are doing to prepare us for the worst. With riveting tales of the scientists who first cracked the mystery of what causes the ground to violently shake, Musson makes plain the powerful geological forces driving earthquakes and tsunamis, and shows how amazing feats of engineering are making our cities earthquake-proof. Highlighting hotspots around the world from Mexico City to New York this is a compelling scientific adventure into nature at its fiercest.

Author : Dr. Bhojraj Dwivedi
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171827772

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The Astrological Analysis of Earth Quake by Dr. Bhojraj Dwivedi Pdf

Author : Susan Hough
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780295747378

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The Great Quake Debate by Susan Hough Pdf

In the first half of the twentieth century, when seismology was still in in its infancy, renowned geologist Bailey Willis faced off with fellow high-profile scientist Robert T. Hill in a debate with life-or-death consequences for the millions of people migrating west. Their conflict centered on a consequential question: Is southern California earthquake country? These entwined biographies of Hill and Willis offer a lively, accessible account of the ways that politics and financial interests influenced the development of earthquake science. During this period of debate, severe quakes in Santa Barbara (1925) and Long Beach (1933) caused scores of deaths and a significant amount of damage, offering turning points for scientific knowledge and mainstreaming the idea of earthquake safety. The Great Quake Debate sheds light on enduring questions surrounding the environmental hazards of our dynamic planet. What challenges face scientists bearing bad news in the public arena? How do we balance risk and the need to sustain communities and cities? And how well has California come to grips with its many faults?

Author : Mark Wheaton
Publisher : Severn House Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448304387

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The Quake Cities by Mark Wheaton Pdf

A woman tries trying to find her way home in a world decimated by earthquakes, but there are people determined to stop her and harvest her DNA. Alice wakes up in the Los Angeles Quake Zone in 2025 having no idea how she got there. As her memories slowly return, she finds she's being hunted by several armed groups intent on capturing her alive. At the same time, Este, a survivor of the quakes that destroyed Los Angeles, makes a living as a pathfinder for salvage teams in the city. Este rescues Alice from her pursuers and learns there is something not quite right about her, Alice is convinced it is 2003. Aided by Este's occasional boyfriend Wilfredo and her dog Casey, Este and Alice try to evade those chasing Alice and discover why they value her so highly, all while trying to reunite her with her family as the earthquakes around the world grow worse.

Author : Patrick Carman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062086013

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Quake by Patrick Carman Pdf

Set in a cinematic world where telekinetic powers dominate, Quake is the pulse-pounding finale to an epic story of love and revenge for fans of I Am Number Four and The Maze Runner. Faith and Dylan may have stopped the Quinns from destroying the Western State the last time but now the twins have joined forces with Hotspur Chance—the lethal mastermind behind Intels and pulses—and there’s no telling what he is capable of now. Caught in the middle of a deadly war, Faith and Dylan fight in hair-rising battles while their Intel friend Hawk works to discover the secrets of the States. But the answers Hawk finds are bigger and more mind-altering than anyone expected…and if Faith and Dylan want to finish what they started, they will need to harness their pulses in a way no one has ever done before. Can Faith and Dylan’s love save the world with a quake that is big enough to change the course of history?