Sewell, Kenneth (Kenneth R.)
Summary: Discusses the mysterious sinking of the U.S. submarine USS Scorpion near Hawaii in 1968, involving the sinking of a Soviet sub months earlier, secret codes confiscated from a U.S. intelligence ships by North Korea, and a government cover-up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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Summary: Explores the phenomenon through which people become resourceful and altruistic after a disaster and communities reflect a shared sense of purpose, analyzing events ranging from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Hurricane Katrina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2010
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Summary: Collects speeches, memos, and other documents written for the possibility of failure in wars and foreign relations throughout American history, left unsaid and unpublished due to turn of events and sudden changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2000
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Summary: One man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war, in one second, a war based upon an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) weapon that will send America back to the Dark Ages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2006
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Summary: The incredible story of a flood of near-biblical proportions-its destruction, its heroes and victims, and how it shaped America's natural-disaster policies for the next century. Fourteen states in all, along with every major and minor river east of the Mississippi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2013
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Summary: "A gripping new history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood--the deadliest flood in U.S. history--from NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker. Central Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889: After a deluge of rain--nearly a foot in less than twenty-four hours--swelled the Little Conemaugh River, panicked engineers watched helplessly as swiftly rising waters threatened to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Summary: "From rural Alaska to coastal Florida, a vivid account of Americans working to protect the places they call home in an era of climate crisis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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Summary: "The date is April 27, 1865. You are crammed onboard the steamboat Sultana with more than 2,000 passengers. Many of them are soldiers heading home after the Civil War. You're cruising on the Mississippi River when a massive explosion rips through the ship. Do you dive into the water to save yourself or stay onboard to help the survivors? Will you try to swim for shore or wait for help to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020