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Black Monday
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Pages: 272
Authors: Tim Metz
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Detailed reading about the events and factors involved in the devastating stock market crash of October 19, 1987.
The Lighthouse Keeper's Catastrophe
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Authors: Ronda Armitage
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Once there was a lighthouse keeper called Mr. Grinling. At night time he lived in a small white cottage perched high on the cliffs, and in the daytime he rowed
Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
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The Cure for Catastrophe
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We can't stop natural disasters but we can stop them being disastrous. One of the world's foremost risk experts tells us how. Year after year, floods wreck peop