TY  - BOOK
AU  - Withington,John
TI  - Disaster!: a history of earthquakes, floods, plagues, and other catastrophies 
SN  - 160239749X : HRD
AV  - D24 .W54 2010
U1  - 909 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Skyhorse Pub.
KW  - Disasters
KW  - History
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - World history
N1  - Includes index; Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Tsunamis -- Floods -- Storms -- Other extreme weather and a mysterious poisoning -- Plagues -- Other diseases -- Famine -- War and invasion -- Murder by the state -- Rebellions, riots, and terrorism -- Fires -- Explosions and mass poisonings -- Stampedes, collapses, and mass panics -- Shipwrecks -- Train crashes -- Air crashes -- Other transport disasters
N2  - Explores numerous environment, biological, and man-mad disasters, from Noah's flood and a hailstorm that killed 246 people to the Black Death and twentieth-century genocides
ER  -