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The Perfect Storm:

A True Story of Men Against the Sea

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9.7
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  • 2

    Rising Tide:

    The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

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    9.6
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  • 3

    Shake, Rattle and Roll : The World's Most Amazing Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Other Forces

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    9.5
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  • 4

    After Disaster : Agenda Setting, Public Policy and Focusing Events

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    9.5
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  • 5

    The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea

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    9.5
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  • 6

    Everything in Its Path

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    9.5
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  • 7

    Rescue in the Pacific:

    A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm

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    9.2
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  • 8

    Rising Tide:

    The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

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    9.2
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  • 9

    Five Fires:

    Race, Catastrophe, and the Shaping of California

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    8.9
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  • 10

    Perils of a Restless Planet:

    Scientific Perspectives on Natural Disasters

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    8.9
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  • 11

    Fire, Faults, & Floods : A Road & Trail Guide Exploring the Origins of the Columbia River Basin

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    8.7
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  • 12

    Nights of Ice

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    8.7
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  • 13

    Volcanoes : Fire from the Earth

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    8.7
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  • 14

    The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea

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    8.6
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  • 15

    Volcanoes

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    8.5
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  • 16

    The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896:

    Being a Full History of the Most Terrifying and Destructive Tornado in the History o

    Current rating
    8.4
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  • 17

    Rescue in the Pacific:

    A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm

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    8.0
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  • 18

    The Perfect Storm

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    7.9
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  • 19

    Restless Earth

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    7.9
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  • 20
    Devastation, the World's Worst Natural Disasters

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    7.9
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