In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events.

When a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, two survivors trapped inside respective establishments that metaphorically represent paradise and hell wonder if any of their loved ones have survived, while the outside world is overcome by gene-spliced life forms.

Examines the issue of disaster relief and natural disasters from a variety of international perspectives.

Describes specific occurrences of natural disasters such as meteor impacts, landslides, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes, and their impact on human history.

Hoping to connect with others who also had a lost night they can’t remember, Pallas, after receiving a tip on her podcast, travels to a small college town to explore an abandoned asylum where she helps her mysterious tipster investigate a murder that is connected to them both.

The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.
When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into "the Metropolis of the World."...

Seen through the diary of Jacob, an Amish farmer trying to protect his family and his way of life, the book examines the idea of peace in the face of deadly chaos when an Amish community in Pennsylvania is caught up in the devastating aftermath of a catastrophic solar storm and the subsequent collapse of modern civilization.

A leading seismologist examines the worlds greatest natural disasters and the lingering effect they have had on human lives, including Pompeii, the California floods of 1862 and more recent events, including the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and the 2017 American hurricane season.

Introduces earthquakes, their causes, and the damage they do; describes how scientists can determine that an earthquake is coming; and provides advice on preparation and survival.