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[2014]., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: F Tar (SER) Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival. Read their incredible stories: The Children's Blizzard, 1888 The Titanic Disaster, 1912 The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919 The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 The Henryville Tornado, 2012"--
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-- Five epic disasters[2014]., Scholastic Inc Call No: 363.34092 53 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: I survived : true storiesSummary Note: "From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival. Read their incredible stories: The Children's Blizzard, 1888 The Titanic Disaster, 1912 The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919 The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 The Henryville Tornado, 2012"--
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2022., W.W. Norton & Company Call No: 808.1 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Expanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On Being Studios, Poetry Unbound offers immersive reflections on fifty powerful poems. In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama's appealing, unhurried reflections. With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, Ó Tuama considers each poem's artistry and explores how its meaning can reach into our own lives"--
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-- 10 lessons for a post pandemic world2020., W. W. Norton & Company Call No: HI-INT 303.4 ZAK Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form of ten "lessons," covering topics from natural and biological risks to the rise of "digital life" to an emerging bipolar world order, Zakaria helps readers to begin thinking beyond the immediate effects of COVID-19. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World speaks to past, present, and future, and, while urgent and timely, is sure to become an enduring reflection on life in the early twenty-first century"--
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By McCoy, John2011., Gale Call No: 909 CRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Top stories seriesSummary Note: Provides overviews of ten key news events from 2010, including the Chilean miners' rescue, the Gulf oil spill, the earthquake in Haiti, and more, and discusses their consequences.
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c2008., Reader's Digest Call No: 909.82 HAR Middle School Library Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)
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c2008., Reader's Digest Call No: 909.82 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines 180 historically and culturally momentous events in politics, war, science, sports, and the arts, spanning over sixty years from 1939 to 2005, including the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the moon landing, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the September 11 attacks on the United States.
