Best History Books about Disasters

1
Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
di David Von Drehle
1,212 utenti
34 recensioni
3.9
5 Members
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2
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
di Simon Winchester
4,138 utenti
122 recensioni
3.8
5 Members
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3
Hiroshima (Expanded edition)
di John Hersey
1,966 utenti
37 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
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4
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
di Erik Larson
4,065 utenti
136 recensioni
4
4 Members
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5
Alive: the story of the Andes survivors
di Piers Paul Read
2,369 utenti
64 recensioni
4
4 Members
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6
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
di Douglas Brinkley
851 utenti
19 recensioni
4
3 Members
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7
Aria sottile
di Jon Krakauer
14,065 utenti
313 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
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8
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917
di Laura M. Mac Donald
443 utenti
21 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
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9
To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire
di David Cowan
236 utenti
12 recensioni
½ 4.4
3 Members
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10
The Johnstown Flood
di David McCullough
2,259 utenti
72 recensioni
4
3 Members
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11
Collasso: come le società scelgono di morire o vivere
di Jared M. Diamond
12,207 utenti
183 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
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12
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
di Stewart O'Nan
584 utenti
26 recensioni
4
2 Members
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13
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
di John M. Barry
1,421 utenti
26 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
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14
The Children's Blizzard
di David Laskin
1,687 utenti
76 recensioni
4
2 Members
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15
Titanic. La vera storia
di Walter Lord
2,975 utenti
63 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
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16
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
di Sheri Fink
1,523 utenti
168 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
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17
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
di Stephen Puleo
737 utenti
32 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
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18
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
di Jay Feldman
326 utenti
14 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
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19
Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
di Denise Gess
229 utenti
10 recensioni
3.8
Member
Helcura
20
Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874
di Karen Sawislak
23 utenti
Member
eromsted
21
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
di Chris Rose
618 utenti
27 recensioni
4.2
Member
hipdeep
22
Preghiera per Černobyl'
di Svetlana Alexievich
2,333 utenti
78 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
23
102 minuti
di Jim Dwyer
1,364 utenti
50 recensioni
4.1
Member
dara85
24
Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
di R. A. Scotti
501 utenti
12 recensioni
4
Member
ABVR
25
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
di Gary Krist
319 utenti
11 recensioni
4
Member
Helcura
26
Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster
di Karen Tintori
97 utenti
3 recensioni
4
Member
Helcura
27
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert
di John Barylick
87 utenti
13 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
28
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
di Simon Winchester
2,276 utenti
66 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
29
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
di Daniel James Brown
342 utenti
14 recensioni
4.2
Member
Helcura
30
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
di Michael Punke
81 utenti
3 recensioni
4
Member
Helcura
31
A un soffio dalla fine
di Beck Weathers
463 utenti
17 recensioni
3.2
Member
Helcura