books about: devastation

books about: devastation

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Devastation

Transformers: Devastation (Transformers)

Simon Furman, E.J. Su, ...

IDW Publishing, 2008

Puh-lenty of DEVASTATION!
Finally, we find out just what the heck has been going on for the last 4 TBs and there aren't any disappointments. The ending is fabulous and leaves you thirsty for more. If the scribes for the movie sequel need ideas--this has lots of great material to use, heh heh.

Devastation on the Delaware: Stories and Images of the Deadly Flood of 1955

Mary A. Shafer

Word Forge Books, 2005

An Amazing Account of the '55 Flood
Mary Shafer's book Devastation on the Delaware is the amazing result of years of research and emotional commitment. Written to commemorate the August, 1955, Delaware River Valley Flood, the book takes the reader on a "roller-coaster ride" through those days of death ...

Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and Its Devastation; Revised Edition

Susan Forward, Craig Buck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988

From the Publisher
"Incest was once called the ultimate taboo. Today we realize that it is a reality with which millions cope on a daily basis. In this insightful and sensitive book, Dr. Susan Forward, bestselling author of Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them and renowned ...

The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account

Bartolomé de Las Casas

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

An important book
This book is a must read for anyone studying early colonial history, especially that of the Spanish colonies. While biased by the political and theological positions of the author, it remains an important first hand account of the period.

Secret Six: Six Degrees of Devastation

Gail Simone

DC Comics, 2007

As Crazy as They Wanna Be
While I enjoyed the Villains United (Countdown to Infinite Crisis) mini-series (featuring the debut of the "Secret Six" anti-heroes), I felt that the "Infinte Crisis"-mandated beats cut into some of the characterization and stopped the story short. Gail Simone returned ...

Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation

Jonathan Lear

Harvard University Press, 2008

An alternative to the Ghost Dance
In a time when any and everything can be pulled out from under one due to devastating political and cultural de-evolution, a growing and decadent mass media driven delusion and the bulk of wealth being in the hands of a small percentage of soulless idiots, this book ...

Forbidden Love with a Married Man: E-mail Diaries

Dennis Schleicher

AuthorHouse, 2006

Fabulous, Shocking and totally Riviting!
I find the author to have been totally brave to have opened his soul. My heart melted and I became mesmerized by his honesty. I look forward to the second installment of this story. I'd like to see more of this authors work in the future. This book would make an ...

Devastation and Renewal: An Environmental History of Pittsburgh and Its Region (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ)

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005

Every city has an environmental story, perhaps none so dramatic as Pittsburgh's. Founded in a river valley blessed with enormous resources-three strong waterways, abundant forests, rich seams of coal-the city experienced a century of exploitation and industrialization that degraded and obscured the natural environment to a horrific degree. ...

Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation ofAppalachia

Erik Reece

Riverhead Trade, 2007

a call to action
Erik Reece's Lost Mountain is a classic of beautifully written, heartfelt reporting that calls on all American citizens to confront the outrage of mountaintop removal. His book demonstrates, once again, how corporate power will destroy people, nature, culture and the ...

F5: Devastation, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado Outbreak of the 20th Century

Mark Levine

Miramax, 2007

Really Great Read
F5 is a really good non-fiction book that reads like the best type of fiction -- action, adventure, thriller, family drama. It's the true-life accounts of what many people lived through in April 1974, when the US suffered the deadliest outbreaks of tornadoes on ...

2005 Complete Guide to the Hurricane Katrina Disaster: Federal Reports, Government Response, Science Reports, ...
U.S. Government

Progressive Management, 2005

This electronic book on DVD-ROM provides a unique and comprehensive collection of American government documents on the heartbreaking Hurricane Katrina disaster of August ? September 2005, which created an incredible human catastrophe and devastation in Louisiana (especially New Orleans), Mississippi, and Alabama. Katrina will likely be recorded ...

Tsunami: A Document of Devastation

de.MO, 2005

GROUNDBREAKING BOOK !
This is an extraordinary undertaking. The size of this book might seem too big but once you have it spread open on you dining table you will appreciate it and understand it as the size allows the photographs to deliver the power of the destruction of a tsunami wave. ...

Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury : Devastation, Hope, and Healing

William J. Winslade

Yale University Press, 1999

great at being what it is
While obvious that there was never an intent or attempt to delve into the technical details of treating TBIs, this book is amazingly well written so that it achieves precisely what was inteded: a readable and relatable journey through the recovery process. The use of ...

Overview Series - Hurricane Katrina: Devastation on the Gulf Coast (Overview Series)
Debra A. Miller

Lucent Books, 2006

In 2005, the Gulf Coast of the United States was pummeled by one of the biggest hurricanes ever to hit the country. Hurricane Katrina struck close to New Orleans, damaging its flood barriers and almost destroying the entire city. This selection tells the dramatic story of this monster storm. (20020201)

The Burning : Sheridan's Devastation of the Shenandoah Valley

John L. Heatwole

Howell Press Inc., 1998

A People's History Extraordinaire
About 15 years ago I traveled to Shenandoah County to learn about my ancestors and what had happened to them during the Civil War. No lover of history or ancestor hunter could have had better fortune than I: I found friendly and helpful relatives and I found structures ...