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1) Hurricanes
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Explains why hurricanes occur, how we prepare for them and also examines the history of some of the most famous.
3) Hurricanes!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to hurricanes, discussing hurricane formation, classification, weather preparedness, and the ever-evolving technology for predicting the behavior of these powerful storms.
4) Hurricanes
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Hurricanes often dominate the nightly news during August and September when some of the biggest hit the southeastern United States each year. However, hurricane season for the Western Hemisphere is officially June to November. So, what causes these huge, often destructive storms? That's what this book answers for readers!"--
6) Hurricanes!
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"In graphic novel format, text, and illustrations explain how hurricanes form, how they are named and measured, and how to stay safe during one"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Rick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know his full story. Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic and unexpectedly candid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adolescence and his dramatic ascendancy in the world of hip-hop. Born William Leonard Roberts II, Ross grew up 'across the bridge,' in a Miami at odds with the glitzy beaches, nightclubs and yachts of South Beach. In the aftermath...
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Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Alex Weakerman gets more than he bargains for when his grandfather passes away and names Alex the new manager of his hometown's scrappy independent-league baseball team.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"As a hurricane gathered in the Caribbean, blue skies covered Galveston, Texas. Scientists knew a storm was coming. But none of them were able to prepare Galveston for the force of the hurricane that hit on September 8, 1900. The water from the storm surge pulled houses off their foundations, and the winds toppled telephone poles and trees like toothpicks. And amid the chaos, Galveston's residents did all they could to rescue one another. From the...
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English
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Hurricanes menace North America from June through November every year, each as powerful as 10,000 nuclear bombs. These megastorms will likely become more intense as the planet continues to warm, yet we too often treat them as local disasters and TV spectacles, unaware of how far-ranging their impact can be. As best-selling historian Eric Jay Dolin contends, we must look to our nation’s past if we hope to comprehend the consequences of the hurricanes...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and one of the leading young environmental journalists and bloggers working today, immerses readers in the world of those who study hurricanes. What was once an arcane branch of meteorology (itself an arcane science) has become embroiled in one of the most politicized and hotly contested debates in American science: whether or not the recent hurricane disasters-culminating in Katrina-are connected...
18) Chasing catastrophe: my 35 years covering wars, hurricanes, terror attacks, and other breaking news
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From the front lines in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and other conflict zones to the base of the burning Twin Towers on 9/11 to the eye of countless hurricanes, Rick Leventhal chronicles some of the most amazing stories he's covered in his thirty-five years as a news reporter, anchor, and Senior Correspondent--with some life lessons thrown in along the way. Part memoir and part leadership manifesto, Chasing Catastrophe empowers those who are ready to...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"What if we could predict natural disasters? What do scientists know about them already, and what do they wish they knew? Dangerous Earth explores for general readers the state of the sciences that investigate volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, rip currents, and - the deadliest hazard of all - climate change and its likely local effects. Each chapter takes the reader on a tour of our understanding of one of these hazards, beginning...
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English
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"From seasoned war correspondent and professor at Columbia Journalism School, Judith Matloff, a reassuring and kick-ass book in the vein of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook for women to take on whatever the world throws at them-from hurricanes to harassment and beyond"--
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