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Series
Fierce earth volume Series 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Featuring footage from the BBC and other natural history archives, the Fierce Earth series showcases the power of nature's fury. This episode focuses on monsoon season. The team follows the path of the monsoon across India until they reach a village thought to be the wettest place in the world; Leah Gooding explores how locals handle the rain. Dougal Jerram traverses a waterfall and explores the cave system created by torrential rains.
2) Avalanches
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about avalanches, from what causes them to what effects they have on humans."--
Pub. Date
[2011], c2003
Language
English
Description
Avalanches are the only natural disasters that are almost always caused by their unwitting victims. And since avalanches can be manipulated, they are also the only natural force that has been harnessed as a weapon of war. This video examines every aspect of the awesome phenomenon called "white death.?
Author
Series
I survived volume 22
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Wellington snow slide of 1910 was-and still is-the deadliest avalanche in America's history. Lauren Tarshis's story of one child surviving the frozen nightmare pounds with page-turning action and heartwarming hope. The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some...
Author
Series
McKettrick romances volume 10
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Lizzie McKettrick is homeward bound with her fiancé, Whitley Carson, when their train is derailed, leaving passengers stranded on Christmas Eve. While Whitley is concerned only with himself, a handsome doctor enlists Lizzie's help treating injured passengers. Soon Lizzie realizes that Christmas truly is a season of miracles--and love.
6) Avalanche
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"After an avalanche hits, a group of skiers in the Rocky Mountains must survive Mother Nature and a life-threatening injury to one of their members in order to make it out of the mountains and find help"--
Author
Series
Claude books (Alex T. Smith) volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Claude and his best friend, Sir Bobblysock, go to the Snowy Mountains where they throw snowballs, learn to ski, and more until Claude's loud voice starts an avalanche, trapping Sir Bobblysock and the only Mountain Rescue person under a huge pile of snow.
9) One by one
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn't sound like the worst problem in the world. Especially when there's a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers...each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech...
10) Avalanche!
Author
Series
Survivor diaries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan are tested to the extreme when faced with a powerful avalanche while skiing in Wyoming's Grand Teton mountains. Includes survival tips from the National Avalanche Center and U.S. Forest Service.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of The Last Season and Fearless, comes an extraordinary new book in the vein of Into the Wild, the story of the legendary snowboarder Craig Kelly and his death in the 2003 Durrand Glacier Avalanche-a devastating and controversial tragedy that claimed the lives of seven people. On January 20, 2003, a thunderous crack rang out and a 100-foot-wide tide of snow barreled down the Northern Selkirk Mountains in British...
12) Downhill
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
14) Avalanches
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Discusses avalanches, including safety tips to help save lives.
15) Barry
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.
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