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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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A fictional story based on a real-life event, Pandas' earthquake escape describes the adventures of a mother panda, LiLing, and her one-year old cub, Tengfei, as they escape a panda reserve following an earthquake. Can be used to teach children about earthquakes, animal survival, and a mother's instinct to protect her child. Includes For Creative Minds section.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally...
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"Meredith White was one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and alienated her from her family. For the last fifteen years, Meredith has been living alone in San Francisco with two trusted caretakers. Then, on a muggy late summer day, a massive earthquake strikes Northern California, plunging the Bay Area into chaos. Without a moment's hesitation, Meredith invites her stunned and shaken neighbors...
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Junior tells the games he played in his mind during the eight days he was trapped in his house after the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Includes author's note about Haitian children before the earthquake and her own children's reactions to the disaster.
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Español
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No, la ciencia no puede pronosticar un terremoto en particular. La sismología -esa ciencia híbrida en la que confluyen la física, la geología, el análisis de riesgos- ha buscado explicar cómo se desatan los movimientos en la corteza terrestre para, entre otros objetivos, saber cuándo y dónde ocurrirán esas sacudidas, pero hasta hoy no existe un método confiable para predecir temblores. Susan E. Hough presenta en esta obra los principales...
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Magnitude 8 is the archetypal natural disaster defined. To understand the cataclysmic earthquake that will tear California apart one day, Philip L. Fradkin has written a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San Andreas Fault, the world's best-known tectonic landscape. The author includes vivid stories of earthquakes elsewhere: in New England, the central Mississippi River Valley, New York City, Europe, and the Far East. Always,...
10) Under fire
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When Rachel Flores' tumultuous relationship with Major Liam McCabe ended abruptly, she refocuses her energy onto her career. She plans to forget Liam and live a peaceful life supplying therapy dogs for recovering military vets-until a patient reveals a traitorous plot within the epicenter of military intelligence. Rachel finds herself ensnared within a web of danger, and only one man can help her ...
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Chillán 1939. Catástrofe, memorias y patrimonialización rememora el hecho histórico que determinó un momento de inflexión en la historia urbana de la ciudad de Chillán. El terremoto de 1939 es revisitado en este libro a través de fotografías, prensa y relatos de sobrevivientes, desde las memorias personales al patrimonio material. La reconstrucción de la memoria de la ciudad es comprendida desde una perspectiva patrimonial, que se presenta...
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Alwyn Scarth is the author of numerous books, including Savage Earth (HarperCollins), Vulcan's Fury, and La Catastrophe.
The volcano that has fascinated scientists, writers, and poets for two millennia
Capricious, vibrant, and volatile, Vesuvius has been and remains one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes. In its rage, it has destroyed whole cities and buried thousands alive. In its calm, its ashes have fertilized the soil, providing for the...
13) On Borrowed Time
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The Big One and what we can do to get ready for it.
Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But, while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a zone that can produce the world's biggest earthquakes and tsunamis. In the eastern part of the continent, small cities and large, from Ottawa to Montréal to New York City, sit in active earthquake zones. In fact, more...
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Este libro recoge los testimonios de varios supervivientes del terremoto que arrasó buena parte de Nepal el pasado 25 de abril. Relatos donde la destrucción, el desconcierto, el dolor y la pérdida desembocan en un rayo de esperanza.
Un punto de reunión de voces y miradas dispares sobre un mismo suceso, experiencias distintas vividas en un mismo país a una misma fatídica hora. Un racimo de reflexiones sobre lo que supone sobrevivir a un desastre...
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Español
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Muchos han creído que la Atlántida es una historia de ficción creada por Platón. Bien, pues Platón no fue el primero en escribir sobre ella. Hemos encontrado un documento mucho más antiguo. Fue escrito en el año 9619 AC, alrededor de 9250 años antes de los escritos de Platón. Además, hemos reunido evidencias científicas y arqueológicas suficientes para constatar que la Atlántida fue real. Y hemos hallado sus restos. Organizamos la evidencia...
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El autor presenta los hechos y datos ordenados cronológicamente, analiza y contrasta las fuentes consultadas y da cuenta de impactantes relatos de quienes fueron testigos o presenciaron las consecuencias de tales sucesos; asimismo, confirma la ocurrencia de 3304 eventos sísmicos, entre "recios", "medianos", "ligeros", "regulares" y "débiles" durante el periodo materia de la investigación.
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Français
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Considérée dans son ensemble, la France présente un caractère de symétrie depuis longtemps remarqué. Son contour ne s'éloigne pas beaucoup de celui d'un hexagone régulier et, de ses six ctés, trois sont des frontières maritimes, pendant que deux autres, les Pyrénées et les Alpes sont montagneuses. Seule, sa frontière du Nord-Est, de Belfort à Dunkerque, est ouverte. Ces circonstances tiennent à ce que, malgré la très grande diversité...
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Español
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Este libro recoge los descubrimientos bibliográficos sobre los terremotos y los presenta ordenados cronológicamente, con la intención de que repercutan en favor de la redefinición de los parámetros que se emplean para establecer la intensidad de los movimientos telúricos. Al mismo tiempo, busca contribuir a la sensibilización de la población ante la eventualidad de un sismo y sus consecuencias.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Explore how volcanoes are formed and what causes an eruption in this fascinating Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring bright, vivid photos, explanatory diagrams, informational text, and stimulating facts, this fascinating title engages readers in the scientific and natural causes behind volcanoes and their eruptions.
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You don't have to take a trip to the thermal pools of Iceland or the black beaches of Hawaii to discover what's so hot about volcanoes. Warm up instead with a copy of What's So Hot About Volcanoes?, a new book by volcanologist Wendell Duffield. Lively discussions introduce readers of all ages to the creative power of volcanoes, explaining the reasons behind where they form, what they look like, and when they explode. Think of a volcano as a safety...
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