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Born.A.Reader
A Night to Remember | Walter Lord
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In honor of today being the 112th anniversary of that fateful day, a small selection of my #Titanic books.
This ship has fascinated me since I was a child. 🚢

rubyslippersreads Great collection! 1w
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Monica5
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4.5 ⭐ I just don't think anyone beats Erik Larson in nonfiction telling today. I always find his books fascinating and end up learning things I never did. Isaac's Storm is no different. It is about the deadliest hurricane to ever hit America. It happened 105 years before Katherine, in 1900 in Galveston, Texas. The hurricane killed thousands and demolished the city. Some say had it not been for the hurricane, Galveston may have been as ⬇️

Monica5 big as Houston and as important. Larson looks at a meteorologist Isaac Cline and the deadliest hurricane. It seems in those days, men had thought that they had reached the limits of science and that they were immune to nature's power. A very compelling, vivid true story of life and death.

#audiobook #nonfiction #bookspinbingo #readaway2024
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majkia
The Rift | Walter Jon Williams
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April already! My #Roll100

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Decalino Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota books were like nothing else I've ever read. I still think about that world on a regular basis. Hope you enjoy the ride! 4w
majkia @Decalino Oooooo. Sounds good! 4w
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Rachiiebookdragon
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A very informative book, about this very upsetting event in history,
I can't believe that next year it will be 20 years since it happened.

Library book 📖

4/5

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BC_Dittemore
Ghosts of the Tsunami | Richard Lloyd Parry
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While Richard Lloyd Parry could have easily written a book to match the scale of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, he chose to focus his attention elsewhere: an elementary school where 74 students and 10 teachers died due to negligence. As the title suggests, there is a supernatural element to this tale but it is minor and underdeveloped. The first-hand accounts of the historic tragedy are what makes this a truly harrowing read.

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keithmalek
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keithmalek
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(Continued)...honor and lives on under the strain of intolerable guilt.

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Bookzombie
Alive | Piers Paul Read
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“I just like cannabilism.” - me
“There‘s a Facebook status” - my husband

I don‘t do FB so I‘m sharing with all of you. 😂

**He secretly thinks I will eat him if necessary.

Bookzombie Context: I was explaining that I want to see the latest movie about the rugby players who crashed in the Andes in 1972, Society of Snow. I digressed into talking about reading Alive in HS and then made that statement. 1mo
Ruthiella Totally understand! I like reading what a YouTuber coined as “disaster woman narrative” about women on the edge, making bad decisions. My own life is much more sedate. 1mo
vivastory 😂 😂 1mo
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Bookzombie @Ruthiella Thanks! My life is also much more sedate. 😄 1mo
Reggie Lololol. When the lists for major book awards come out, I‘ve never read any of them. BUT when you put up the cannibal post, I‘ve only not read 3 of these. 1mo
Bookzombie @Reggie lol! I‘m the same about all the major book awards. 1mo
FlowerFairy I‘ve read five of these. So I guess I‘ll join you in the dinner party. 🤣 1mo
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KCofKaysville
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Detailed description of the disaster following quake and fire of April 18, 1906 in San Francisco. There were a lot of blowing up of buildings during the fire and shooting of civilians, but it did bring people together for a while no matter the differences of class or race.

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BkClubCare
Ghosts of the Tsunami | Richard Lloyd Parry
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#Audiobaking #iLovePie #BananaCreamPie #WiaN #Wian2024 category: Natural Disaster

Wow - this is so good. Devastatingly sad, super-intriguing on the ghosts part!

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