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The Johnstown Flood
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity....
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A page-turner! HIstory that reads like a novel
- By Susan K Donley on 06-17-05
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1. The Johnstown Flood
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 06-17-05
- Language: English
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The Unthinkable
- Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
- By: Amanda Ripley
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Today, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families....
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fascinating
- By Sara on 10-20-08
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2. The Unthinkable
- Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-09-08
- Language: English
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Ghosts of the Tsunami
- Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
- By: Richard Lloyd Parry
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan—by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat Darkness....
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Riveting True Story You Didn't Hear On The News
- By Kathy in CA on 07-05-18
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3. Ghosts of the Tsunami
- Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-24-17
- Language: English
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Five Days at Memorial
- Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
- By: Sheri Fink
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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After Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs....
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Five Days in Hell/Years in Purgatory
- By Cynthia on 09-15-13
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4. Five Days at Memorial
- Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 09-10-13
- Language: English
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Aid State
- Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti
- By: Jake Johnston
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
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In Aid State, Jake Johnston, researcher and writer at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, reveals how US and European capitalist goals re-enslaved Haiti under the guise of helping it....
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A must read for anyone interested in Haiti
- By Matthew Smith on 04-02-24
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5. Aid State
- Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-30-24
- Language: English
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Chernobyl
- The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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From a preeminent historian of Eastern Europe, the definitive history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster....
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Companions to Each Other
- By Tim on 06-04-19
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6. Chernobyl
- The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 05-15-18
- Language: English
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Lights Out
- A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
- By: Ted Koppel
- Narrated by: Ted Koppel
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America’s power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared....
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Too much poetry, not enough prose
- By Norman B. Bernstein on 11-27-15
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7. Lights Out
- A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
- Narrated by: Ted Koppel
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 10-27-15
- Language: English
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A Paradise Built in Hell
- The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
- By: Rebecca Solnit
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
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A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption....
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Eye opening and thought provoking
- By zachery on 10-09-15
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8. A Paradise Built in Hell
- The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 08-27-14
- Language: English
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The Emergency
- A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
- By: Thomas Fisher
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Fisher
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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As an emergency room doctor working on the rapid evaluation unit, Dr. Thomas Fisher has about three minutes to spend with the patients who come into the South Side of Chicago ward where he works before directing them to the next stage of their care....
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Meh
- By chel_c42 on 03-29-22
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9. The Emergency
- A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Fisher
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-22-22
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Prepper's Survival Guide
- Mastering 11 Steps to Disaster Readiness and Thriving Off-Grid, From Psychological Prep to Skill Mastery, Even if You’re a Complete Beginner
- By: Endure Elite
- Narrated by: Ron AAlgar Watt
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
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Emergency preparedness goes beyond stockpiling; it's about a comprehensive plan and skill development. If you've never prepped before, this guide provides a clear roadmap to make daunting tasks manageable.
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I'm drawn in like a moth to a candle.
- By Gabriel Torreblanca on 06-08-24
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10. The Ultimate Prepper's Survival Guide
- Mastering 11 Steps to Disaster Readiness and Thriving Off-Grid, From Psychological Prep to Skill Mastery, Even if You’re a Complete Beginner
- Narrated by: Ron AAlgar Watt
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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Dark Tide
- The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
- By: Stephen Puleo
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Around noon on January 15, 1919, a group of firefighters were playing cards in Boston's North End when they heard a tremendous crash....
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INTERESTING STORY - ABOUT 2x TOO LONG
- By The Louligan on 09-07-14
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11. Dark Tide
- The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-13-13
- Language: English
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Critical Hours
- Search and Rescue in the White Mountains
- By: Sandy Stott
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Sandy Stott, the "Accidents" editor at the journal of the Appalachian Mountain Club, delivers both a history and a celebration of the search and rescue workers who save countless lives in the White Mountains....
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History of Search and Rescue Operations on White Mt.
- By Ronda on 03-07-19
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12. Critical Hours
- Search and Rescue in the White Mountains
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 02-28-19
- Language: English
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Trillion Dollar Triage
- How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic - and Prevented Economic Disaster
- By: Nick Timiraos
- Narrated by: Nick Timiraos, Peter Ganim
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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By February 2020, the U.S. economic expansion had become the longest on record. Unemployment was plumbing half-century lows. Stock markets soared to new highs....
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Hard to listen. Mostly an anti Trump book.
- By NL on 04-17-22
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13. Trillion Dollar Triage
- How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic - and Prevented Economic Disaster
- Narrated by: Nick Timiraos, Peter Ganim
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-01-22
- Language: English
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Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
- By: Susan Stranahan, David Lochbaum, The Union of Concerned Scientists, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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On March 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward the Japanese coast and the aging and vulnerable Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors....
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Internal workings of the NRC
- By Eduards J. Vucins on 05-11-14
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14. Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-11-14
- Language: English
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The Big Truck That Went By
- How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
- By: Jonathan M. Katz
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jonathan M. Katz
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle one....
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This story angered and cheered inside me
- By rifenbc on 03-01-19
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15. The Big Truck That Went By
- How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jonathan M. Katz
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-05-13
- Language: English
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A Storm Too Soon
- A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue
- By: Michael J. Tougias
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster,survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller....
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Great story ruined by a horrible narrator.
- By Zoltan on 01-08-16
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16. A Storm Too Soon
- A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Series: True Rescue Series, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-29-14
- Language: English
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The Flight 981 Disaster
- Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth
- By: Samme Chittum
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole....
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Fill fill fill...
- By Rodney on 02-15-22
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17. The Flight 981 Disaster
- Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-03-17
- Language: English
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The Battle for Paradise
- Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich "Puertopians" are locked in a struggle over how to remake the island. Author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of politics and capitalism seek to undermine the nation's resilient vision for a recovery....
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- By carol j pridgeon on 06-08-18
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18. The Battle for Paradise
- Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Release date: 06-05-18
- Language: English
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The Great Quake
- How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
- By: Henry Fountain
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history....
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Fascinating to hear the full story
- By Debby A Davis on 08-18-17
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19. The Great Quake
- How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 08-08-17
- Language: English
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On the Burning Edge
- A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It
- By: Kyle Dickman
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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On June 28, 2013, a single bolt of lightning sparked an inferno that devoured more than 8,000 acres in Northern Arizona....
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Be on the fire line, and in their heads.
- By Desiree May on 04-29-16
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20. On the Burning Edge
- A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 05-12-15
- Language: English
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