Real Disasters

The New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller, the first in a scorching series about a beautiful young sports rehab specialist who can't fight her attraction to a dangerously sexy underground fighter. Remington Tate has a bad-boy rep in and out of the ring, a granite-hard body, and a raw, animal...

🔥 25 True Survival Stories That Defy Belief 🔥 🌍 Lost in the wild. Trapped at sea. Buried alive. And yet… they survived. 📖 Lost but Alive is a gripping collection of real-life survival stories—tales of people who should have never made it out alive. Through sheer willpower, instinct, and unbreakable resilience, they did the impossible. Inside, you’ll discover: ✅ A lone hiker who fell into a canyon and waited days for rescue. ✅ A sailor stranded in open water, surviving on rainwater and fish. ✅ A plane crash victim who trekked through the Amazon for weeks. ✅ The only...

ENGINEERING DISASTERS: Real Stories of Collapses, Breakdowns, and Horrible Blunders Unbelievable - but completely true - engineering failures shaped America in ways most people never learn about. From bridges that snapped without warning to dams that burst in the night, this book uncovers the real moments when bold ideas, rushed designs, and ignored warning signs collided with catastrophe. These weren’t just broken machines - they were disasters that toppled towers, wrecked factories, flooded communities, and forced engineers to rebuild the nation’s safety rules from the ground up. ...

“When Trust Turns to Tragedy” Every day, we put our lives in the hands of medical professionals. We trust that the surgeon holding the scalpel, the doctor reading our charts, and the nurse administering medication are competent, careful, and committed to our well-being. Most are. But sometimes, that trust is betrayed — not by malice, but by something more dangerous: negligence, ego, burnout, or systematic failure. Medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States, yet many of these cases remain buried in sealed settlements and quiet courtroom deals. The ...

THE I ESCAPED SERIES DOESN'T JUST HOOK READERS - IT CREATES THEM. What we do differently: We drop you straight into the most intense moment from page one, then backtrack to show how our characters got there - all while weaving in real historical facts that make you feel like you're actually living through a disaster. "A suspenseful survival series based on famous historical events. Verdict: excellent." - School Library Journal Fifteen-year-old Sam is thrilled to be riding a rickety train on a family vacation in Egypt when a fire erupts in one of the cars. Smoke and sparks begin to spread, ...

In the best-selling tradition of The Devil in the White City, award-winning author Brian Hicks tells the explosive story of the Morro Castle, the elegant luxury liner that burned off the coast of New Jersey on September 7, 1934. The captain died under mysterious circumstances seven hours before his ship caught fire off the New Jersey coast.

Hely Sanders, future pédopsychiatre, est une jeune femme au caractère bien trempé. Pendant deux semaines, Hely et Jayce devront former un binôme hors du commun et surtout, apprendre à se supporter l'un et l'autre, sans quoi leur moyenne générale chutera considérablement. Entre humour et tensions insoutenables, lequel d'entre eux craquera le premier ?

The cage is not there to keep them in. It is there to keep you out. We go to the park to see the monsters. We press our faces against the glass and laugh at the lions, secure in the belief that the moat is wide enough and the wall is high enough. We trust the engineers. We trust the locks. But nature does not sign contracts. MAULED: Zoo Attacks peels back the safety curtain to reveal the terrifying reality of what happens when the barrier fails. This is not a collection of accidents. It is a chronicle of the moment when the apex predator reclaims its territory. From the polar bear pits of ...

This original audiobook considers one of the most extraordinary scientific and political stories of our time: how in the 1980s a handful of scientists came to believe that mankind faced catastrophe from runaway global warming, and how today this has persuaded politicians to land us with what promises to be the biggest bill in history. Christopher Booker interweaves the science of global warming with that of its growing political consequences, showing how just when the politicians are threatening to change our Western way of life beyond recognition, the scientific evidence behind the global warming theory is being challenged like never before.

Feel Unprepared for Emergencies? Learn How to Protect Your Family—Even If You’re on a Budget, Live in a Small Space, or Are Starting from Scratch. When the power goes out, store shelves are empty, or a storm rolls in with no warning… will your family be ready? If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of prepping—unsure where to start, what to buy, or whether you even can prepare in your current home—you’re not alone. Most preparedness advice feels like it’s made for hardcore survivalists or people with deep pockets and rural land. But this book is different. Prepper’s ...

In 1986, more people watched “The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vault” than the Superbowl. More people watched the two-hour live event than David Frost’s interview with Richard Nixon. Both events were high-wire, high-reward, high-disaster broadcasts. Geraldo Rivera had been fired from ABC after fifteen years and the live broadcast from Chicago of Al Capone’s vault was to be his comeback. On April 21, 1986, at nine fifteen Eastern, Geraldo gave the signal at the midpoint of the show to blow open the subterranean vault with dynamite and reveal to the world the great secrets of Al Capone...

"I will do anything to make her MINE." —Remington Tate In the international bestseller REAL, the unstoppable bad boy of the Underground fighting circuit finally met his match. Hired to keep him in prime condition, Brooke Dumas unleashed a primal desire in Remington “Remy” Tate as vital as...

Christchurch, New Zealand. September 2010. A sleeping city becomes a city under siege. In the early hours of the morning came the noise of a freight train and a ferocious shaking the likes of which this South Island city had never before experienced. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake came without warning or prejudice and transformed a city forever, setting off a string of devastating events that were to have a lifelong impact on all who experienced them. This is a personal account of the lasting effects of that day and the effects of all the earthquakes that were to follow. This is the story of ...

A Historical Nonfiction book set in Cape Cod, New England during the mid-19th to early 20th century. *Tragic Shipwrecks of Cape Cod* whisks readers to the storm-lashed coastlines of Cape Cod where the throes of nature and human courage clash in gripping, unforgettable tales. This harrowing compilation unveils a grim litany of maritime disasters from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. Each chapter immerses readers in the visceral, haunting experiences faced by sailors and rescue teams as they confront the brutal elements of the sea. **Detailed Accounts of Shipwrecks and Survivals:** Within ...

New York Times bestselling author Katy Evans expands upon the intense love story begun in Real and Mine—this time from Remington “Riptide” Tate’s point of view. Underground fighter Remington Tate is a mystery, even to himself. His mind is dark and light, complex and enlightening. At...

The fourth story in the bestselling new adult series that began with Real, Mine, and Remy featuring Brooke's best friend, Melanie, and the man she can't resist. Brook Dumas found Remington Tate in REAL, and now it’s her best friend Melanie’s turn to find the man who makes her heart sing...

A deeply moving romance based on the Boxing Day tsunami of December 2004. From HarperCollins and Harlequin author Becky Wicks... At twelve-years-old, Isla and Ben are strangers until their family vacations in Thailand bring them together. In the days that follow, their rare connection blossoms into something magical, framed by the shimmering ocean. But on Boxing Day morning, a giant tsunami tears through their paradise, leaving them both missing, presumed dead. For over twenty years they’ve lived separate lives, haunted by the same disaster, never knowing the other survived. But when a ...

Can love really conquer all?—Book Six in Katy Evans’s breakout New York Times bestselling series that began with REAL. Maverick “The Avenger” Cage wants to rise to the top and become a legend in the ring. Though he keeps his identity well guarded, he’s known on the fighting circuit as...

She’s in for the ride of her life… All Deirdre wants to do is trail ride. Her modest, rural neighborhood is a horsewoman’s dream—despite rumors that it’s haunted by the horseback-riding Black Witch of Fairy Glen. For Deirdre, those rumors have always been handy for keeping outsiders out. But now, something very real—and much more sinister—is menacing her personal paradise. A real-estate mogul wants to build fireproof mega-mansions on the ridgeline, bulldozing through Fairy Glen to get to the top. Does he have anything to do with the dead bodies showing up around the ...

You’ve seen the headlines: Womanizing billionaire player! Watch out! Stay away! We were just two strangers. Facing a forbidden attraction, a chemical connection. Neither of us expected or wanted it to amount to more. But I had never been drawn to a guy the way I was drawn to this one: my...