books about: earthquakes

books about: earthquakes

books:

Earthquakes

Volcanoes! Mountains of Fire (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)

Eric Arnold

Random House Books for Young Readers, 1997

volcanoes mountains of fire
I think that this is a good book and I know that this is a good book. The part I like about it is when the volcano erupts.The part I don't like about it is when people died.I would recommend this to a 4th grade reader and I would have preferred for it to have more ...

Nature in a Nutshell for Kids: Over 100 Activities You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less

Jean Potter

Jossey-Bass, 1995

A MUST for Home Educator's
I am a Home Educating mother of two. We have gone through literally dozens of Science books, some with sensational full color. However, this black and white back-to-basics book "Nature in a Nutshell for Kids" has been a knock-out with my kids! It's simple and the ...

Earthquake in the Early Morning (Magic Tree House #24) (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Mary Pope Osborne

Random House Books for Young Readers, 2001

Earthquake in the early morning
I like this book because it is interesting. It keeps you wondering whats going to happen next. It is also very funny. So you might want to read this book.

Little Earthquakes

Jennifer Weiner

Pocket Star, 2006

Wonderment!
I loved this book!!!! it reminded me of sex in the city but with babies.... i am a mother of 3 with no life so i found myself envying these women who became and remained friends with their children.

Dynamics of Structures (3rd Edition) (Prentice-Hall International Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering ...

Anil K. Chopra

Prentice Hall, 2006

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Dynamics of Structures (3rd Edition) (Prentice-Hall International Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics)

The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why

Amanda Ripley

Crown, 2008

Best book of the year. Fascinating read. Impossible to put down.
As a practicing doctor and author (Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely: Making Intelligent Choices in America's Healthcare System), I don't have a lot of free time to read for pleasure, so when I read a book, it's got to be great. This is one of those books. Much ...

Amazing Grace

Danielle Steel

Delacorte Press, 2007

Characters to really root for!
In this novel, Danielle Steel has created several genuine characters who really deserve your attention and admiration. The storylines are interesting and you won't find any two characters with the same set of problems to face and deal with. Yet each character faces ...

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (Prentice-Hall International Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering ...

Steven L. Kramer

Prentice Hall, 1996

good references
This book is good for graduate level. It contains lots of principles and applications in this field. References listed in the book are very useful as a starting point in geotech research.

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

Simon Winchester

HarperCollins, 2005

Eclectic excursion through history and science
This is four intertwined topics in one book, which means that you get either a highly informative amalgamation or a confusing muddle, depending on your personal taste. I'm inclined toward the former assessment, although I preferred Winchester's writing in his earlier ...

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.)

Simon Winchester

Harper Perennial, 2005

Fascinating, interesting, but wordy.
This is a generally well-written account of the famous volcanic eruption which was one of the first such major events to take place after the development of worldwide communication technology. The author has been criticized for including details - many details - about ...

The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?

David Bentley Hart

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005

Excellent Treatise of the Problem of Evil
On the first day of my vacation with my family, I just read The Doors of the Sea by David Bentley Hart (Eerdmans, 2005). I could not it put down. I recommend it to any reader who wants to delve deeper into the problem of evil. Hart wrote this wonderful little treatise, ...

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes

Jay Feldman

Free Press, 2005

Writing About An Earthquake While The Walls Are Shaking (from Ahadada Books)
Well, speaking of earthquakes...this is one book that I've meant to review for quite a while and now, with a typhoon set to arrive at any moment, we'll begin. Jay Feldman has written a fascinating study of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811--1812 which takes us ...

The Hammer of Eden

Ken Follett

Fawcett, 1999

Ken Follett - hammer of Eden
A very interesting, and quite novel, approach to mystery writing. Ken Follet is one of my favorite authors who never fails to create interesting characters, establish great tension and suspense, and leave you with a few surprises. This was a very interesting read.

Gardens of Water: A Novel

Alan Drew

Random House, 2008

"Many horrible things happen in the world," I, too, wish I had someone to blame for them."
The 1999 Mamara earthquake, approximately 7.6 in magnitude, struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999 at about 3:01am local time. Even though the event only lasted for thirty-seven seconds, the event ended up killing up to forty-five thousand people and left ...

Volcanism

Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

Springer, 2005

The best book on volcanoes that I have ever read.
As a glance at some of my other reviews may indicate, I am very interested in nearly all aspects of volcanoes and volcanology. This is by far the best book that I have ever read on the general subject. The photography is in four-color format and is about the best ...