search for books and compare prices
earthquakes history matches 10 work(s)
displaying 1 to 10 |
at end
show results in order: alphabetically | oldest to newest | newest to oldest
Paperback:
9781780230276 | Reaktion Books, December 15, 2012, cover price $24.95
Product Description: A slight tremble shakes the room. Suddenly, a violent force rocks the house's foundation as a crack runs down the street. Earthquake! The shattering effects of these natural disasters have wreaked havoc on people around the world...read more
Library:
9781429676571 | Edge Books, January 1, 2012, cover price $27.32 | About this edition: A slight tremble shakes the room.
Product Description: A slight tremble shakes the room. Suddenly, a violent force rocks the house's foundation as a crack runs down the street. Earthquake! The shattering effects of these natural disasters have wreaked havoc on people around the world...read more
Paperback:
9781429680134 | Edge Books, January 1, 2012, cover price $8.29 | About this edition: A slight tremble shakes the room.
Hardcover:
9780521837958 | Cambridge Univ Pr, February 2, 2009, cover price $190.00
Library:
9781435828032 | Powerkids Pr, January 1, 2009, cover price $25.25 | About this edition: Kids will learn all about earthquakes in this exciting new title.
Library:
9780836891515 | Gareth Stevens Pub, July 1, 2008, cover price $31.00
Hardcover:
9780691016023, titled "Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God" | Princeton Univ Pr, March 24, 2008, cover price $26.95
The geological processes that are responsible for earthquakes and how they have had long-lasting aftereffects on human societies and cultures are explained in an account of calamitous earthquakes and their repercussions, from temblors described in the Bible to the 1906 San Francisco catastrophe to quakes in Japan in 1923 and Peru in 1970.
Hardcover:
9780691050706 | Princeton Univ Pr, December 6, 2004, cover price $49.50 | About this edition: The geological processes that are responsible for earthquakes and how they have had long-lasting aftereffects on human societies and cultures are explained in an account of calamitous earthquakes and their repercussions, from temblors described in the Bible to the 1906 San Francisco catastrophe to quakes in Japan in 1923 and Peru in 1970.
Paperback:
9780691127866 | Princeton Univ Pr, January 2, 2007, cover price $30.95
Product Description: Archaeology is playing an increasingly important role by unravelling the details of geological catastrophes during the past few millennia. The collection of papers that make up this volume address established and innovative archaeological methods and techniques, and their application to examining the impacts of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions...read more
Hardcover:
9781862390621 | Geological Society Pub House, July 1, 2000, cover price $162.00 | About this edition: Archaeology is playing an increasingly important role by unravelling the details of geological catastrophes during the past few millennia.
A 'superb cautionary tale (that) should be required reading for every Californian' (Mike Davis, author of 'City of Quartz'), 'Magnitude 8' reaches beyond the earthshaking moment to examine the mythology, culture, social implications, politics, and science of earthquakes.Offers a history of earthquakes and a guide to the San Andreas fault, along with dramatic stories of past earthquakes
Hardcover:
9780805046960 | Henry Holt & Co, October 1, 1998, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Offers a history of earthquakes and a guide to the San Andreas fault, along with dramatic stories of past earthquakes
Paperback:
9780520221192 | Univ of California Pr on Demand, October 1, 1999, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: A 'superb cautionary tale (that) should be required reading for every Californian' (Mike Davis, author of 'City of Quartz'), 'Magnitude 8' reaches beyond the earthshaking moment to examine the mythology, culture, social implications, politics, and science of earthquakes.
displaying 1 to 10 |
at end