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Experience the visceral science and history of natural disasters as the solid ground fractures beneath your feet. Whether you are commuting or seeking an immersive educational escape, this suspenseful exploration of our restless planet will leave you breathless. Journey from the chaotic sensory...

Transform natural disaster anxiety into confident preparedness with this calm, accessible guide to earth science. Whether you live in an active seismic zone or simply want to understand the dramatic forces shaping our planet, this reassuring journey demystifies the earth's crust. Listen during...

Master the awe-inspiring science of natural disasters as humanity battles the violent forces of plate tectonics. Perfect for your daily commute, this intense listening experience reveals how solid ground becomes a destructive weapon driven by shifting faults and deep seismic waves. Expand your...

Master the earth science behind natural disasters and extreme weather with this empowering, anxiety-free audio experience. Perfect for your daily commute or family learning time, this calm exploration demystifies the terrifying unpredictability of our planet. Discover the fascinating mechanics...

The first indication of the prolonged terror that followed the 1906 earthquake occurred when a ship steaming off San Francisco's Golden Gate "seemed to jump clear out of the water." This gripping account of the earthquake, the devastating firestorms that followed, and the city's subsequent reconstruction vividly shows how, after the shaking stopped, humans, not the forces of nature, nearly destroyed San Francisco in a remarkable display of simple ineptitude and power politics.

A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It’s a road trip full of surprises. Earthquakes. You...

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look...

An astonishing transformation over the last 20,000 years has seen our planet changed from a frigid wasteland into the temperate world within which our civilization has grown and thrived. This dynamic episode in our planet's history, right at the close of the Ice Age, saw not only a huge temperature hike but also the Earth's crust bouncing and bending in response to the melting of the great ice sheets and the filling of the ocean basins - dramatic geophysical events that triggered earthquakes, spawned tsunamis, and provoked a series of eruptions from the world's volcanoes.

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...

Over the past few years, devastating tsunamis off the coast of the Indian Ocean have killed hundreds of thousands of people. Even more alarmingly, scientists predict that these tsunamis, as well as a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, will be striking with even greater frequency and may eventually threaten Hawaii, California, and Oregon.

The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the...