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Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) By Joanna L. Dyl, Paul S. Sutter (Foreword by), Paul S. Sutter (Editor) Cover Image
Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) (Hardcover)
By Joanna L. Dyl, Paul S. Sutter (Foreword by), Paul S. Sutter (Editor)
$50.00
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Humanitarians in Hostile Territory: Expeditionary Diplomacy and Aid Outside the Green Zone By Peter W. Van Arsdale, Derrin R. Smith Cover Image
Humanitarians in Hostile Territory: Expeditionary Diplomacy and Aid Outside the Green Zone (Hardcover)
By Peter W. Van Arsdale, Derrin R. Smith
$117.50
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Humanitarians in Hostile Territory: Expeditionary Diplomacy and Aid Outside the Green Zone By Peter W. Van Arsdale, Derrin R. Smith Cover Image
Humanitarians in Hostile Territory: Expeditionary Diplomacy and Aid Outside the Green Zone (Paperback)
By Peter W. Van Arsdale, Derrin R. Smith
$46.19
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew By Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward, Robert Crippen (Foreword by), Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) (Epilogue by) Cover Image
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew (Paperback)
By Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward, Robert Crippen (Foreword by), Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) (Epilogue by)
$18.99
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital By Sheri Fink Cover Image
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Paperback)
By Sheri Fink
$20.00
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Skywalks: Robert Gordon’s Untold Story of Hallmark’s Kansas City Disaster By R. Eli Paul Cover Image
Skywalks: Robert Gordon’s Untold Story of Hallmark’s Kansas City Disaster (Hardcover)
By R. Eli Paul
$34.95
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Lannan Selection) By Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator) Cover Image
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Lannan Selection) (Hardcover)
By Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator)
$29.00
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At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth By Madeline Ostrander Cover Image
At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth (Hardcover)
By Madeline Ostrander
$28.99
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The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters By Juliette Kayyem Cover Image
The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters (Hardcover)
By Juliette Kayyem
$29.00
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SAS Urban Survival Handbook: How to Protect Yourself Against Terrorism, Natural Disasters, Fires, Home Invasions, and Everyday Health and Safety Hazards By John "Lofty" Wiseman, Don Mann (Foreword by) Cover Image
SAS Urban Survival Handbook: How to Protect Yourself Against Terrorism, Natural Disasters, Fires, Home Invasions, and Everyday Health and Safety Hazards (Paperback)
By John "Lofty" Wiseman, Don Mann (Foreword by)
$17.99
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Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds (Survival Stories, True Stories) By Michael Tougias Cover Image
Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds (Survival Stories, True Stories) (Paperback)
By Michael Tougias
$19.99
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The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER By Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by) Cover Image
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER (Hardcover)
By Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by)
$27.00
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