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Bestselling historian
Douglas Brinkley, a
professor at Tulane
University, lived through
the destruction of Hurricane
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Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
A true story of catastrophe
and survival at sea, Fatal
Forecast is a spellbinding
moment-by-moment account of
seventy-two hours in the
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Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
Hurricane Katrina shredded
one of the great cities of
the South, and as levees
failed and the federal
relief effort proved
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A Field Guide to Wildflowers : Northeastern and North-Central North America (Peterson Field Guides)
Grouped by color and by
plant characteristics, 1,293
species in 84 families are
described and illustrated.
Included here are all the
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- The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
- Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
- Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
- A Field Guide to Wildflowers : Northeastern and North-Central North America (Peterson Field Guides)
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