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" Natural disasters / "
Lee Davis.
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BL
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1004504
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b758874
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| Main Entry
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Davis, Lee, (Lee Allyn)
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Natural disasters /\ Lee Davis.
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| Edition Statement
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New edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts On File,, [2008]
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, ©2008
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Facts on File science library
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xvi, 464 pages, 8 pages of plates :: illustrations (some color) ;; 29 cm.
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0816070008
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: 0816070016
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: 9780816070008
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: 9780816070015
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-432) and index.
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| Contents
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Avalanches and landslides -- Earthquakes -- Famines and droughts -- Floods -- Plagues and epidemics -- Cyclones -- Hurricanes -- Ice storms and snowstorms -- Tornadoes -- Storms -- Typhoons -- Volcanic eruptions and natural explosions.
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| Abstract
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Discusses more than five hundred natural calamities that have devastated humanity and changed history, including hurricanes, earthquakes, famines and droughts, floods, plagues and epidemics, and volcanic eruptions. Simultaneous.
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Natural disasters.
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Natural disasters.
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Natural disasters.
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| Dewey Classification
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904/.5
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GB5014.D38 2008
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