Presents a range of natural and man-made disasters, detailing what caused them and the after effects.

Join the deep-sea quest for the most elusive, and most tragic, shipwreck of all time.

Life on Earth will eventually come to an end. This work focuses on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet in the future, from global warming and new Ice Ages to asteroid impact, supervolcanoes and mega-tsunami. It looks at the science behind these events and our chances of survival.

This book looks at the most significant natural and man-made disasters in world history, from those almost lost in the mists of time, such as the Great Flood and the extinction of the dinosaurs, through earthqukes, volcanoes, plagues, genocides, shipwrecks and train crashes.

This is a fully revised and updated edition of the comprehensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the present day.

The peaceful life of a village in Wiltshire is suddenly shattered by a disaster which strikes without reason or explanation, leaving behind it a trail of misery and horror. A yawning, bottomless crack spreads through the earth, out of which creeps a fog that resembles no other. Whatever it is, it must be controlled; for wherever it goes it leaves behind a trail of disaster as hideous as the tragedy that marked its entry into the world. The fog, quite...

John Withington's book is an epic journey through the annals of the disastrous things that have marked human history. Part I covers the major natural calamities, floods, plague, famine, volcanic eruptions, & hurricanes. Part II describes in detail the greatest man-made disasters, war & invasion, persecution & massacre, & riots & terrorism.

A 12-year-old boy endeavours to save his friends and family as the Titanic heads for disaster.

Recounts the history of the ill-fated cruise liner and the night of it's tragic sinking.

Follows the changing relationships and ethics of a group of seventeen-year-old teenagers as they prepare for the Earth to be destroyed by an asteroid.