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1001 Questions Answered About Earthquakes, Avalanches, Floods, and Other Natural Disasters

by Barbara Tufty
$8.90
1001 Questions Answered About Earthquakes, Avalanches, Floods, and Other Natural Disasters
1001 Questions Answered About Earthquakes, Avalanches, Floods, and Other Natural Disasters

Comprehensive guide to natural disaster curiosities.

If you find yourself fascinated by the untamed power of nature, this book can satiate your quest for knowledge. Barbara Tufty does a commendable job breaking down complex phenomena into digestible answers that both inform and captivate. With visual aides to enrich your understanding, it's like having a miniature encyclopedia dedicated to nature's most dramatic events.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

1001 Questions Answered About Earthquakes, Avalanches, Floods, and Other Natural Disasters

by Barbara Tufty
$8.90
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ISBN: 9780486236469
Authors: Barbara Tufty
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date of Publication: 1978-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Nature
Related Topics: Natural History, Environment, Popular Science, Nature
Goodreads rating: 2.5
(rated by 4 readers)

Description

This book answers 1001 questions about all kinds of natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, avalanches, landslides, floods, droughts, fires, and animal plagues. A very informative, readable book. 18 photographs, 23 line drawings.
 

Comprehensive guide to natural disaster curiosities.

If you find yourself fascinated by the untamed power of nature, this book can satiate your quest for knowledge. Barbara Tufty does a commendable job breaking down complex phenomena into digestible answers that both inform and captivate. With visual aides to enrich your understanding, it's like having a miniature encyclopedia dedicated to nature's most dramatic events.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.