Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson – history I knew nothing about before reading it. M
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Garrett M. Graff: The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11
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Command and Control by Eric Schlosser is about the 1980 Damascus Titan Missile explosion specifically, and more broadly about accidents involving American nuclear weapons. It’s a terrifying, but excellent read.
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Dead Wake by Erik Larson. It’s about the Lusitania
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Underground by Haruki Murakami
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One of my favorite books ever is *Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America*, by John M. Barry. I also enjoyed *The Johnstown Flood,* by David McCullough.
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Lol into thin air was my first thought. But Zeitoun is awesome
A handy man went around the aftermath of Katrina in a canoe and helped people. Really good book.
U fortunately I think the guy ended up in prison for some nasty shit. Still a good read
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The Hot Zone – almost disaster
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In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton. Read it in one sitting!
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Krakatoa by Simon Winchester – enormous volcanic eruption in Indonesia with global repercussions.
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The Worst Journey in the World, Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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The radium girls
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Any book by Michael Tougias.
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Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster.
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Young Men and Fire, by Norman Maclean.
A crew of smokejumpers vs the Mann Gulch Fire in the rugged Montana wilderness.
canaderin on
Alive by Piers Paul Read.
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“Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital” by Sheri Fink.
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In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors, by Doug Stanton.
vineyardsnail on
Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes. A medical disaster caused largely by lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry. And as bad as it was, it was almost so much worse.
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I really enjoyed *Into Thin Air* about the disastrous 1996 climbing season on Mount Everest.
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Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson – history I knew nothing about before reading it. M
Garrett M. Graff: The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11
Command and Control by Eric Schlosser is about the 1980 Damascus Titan Missile explosion specifically, and more broadly about accidents involving American nuclear weapons. It’s a terrifying, but excellent read.
Dead Wake by Erik Larson. It’s about the Lusitania
Underground by Haruki Murakami
One of my favorite books ever is *Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America*, by John M. Barry. I also enjoyed *The Johnstown Flood,* by David McCullough.
Lol into thin air was my first thought. But Zeitoun is awesome
A handy man went around the aftermath of Katrina in a canoe and helped people. Really good book.
U fortunately I think the guy ended up in prison for some nasty shit. Still a good read
The Hot Zone – almost disaster
In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton. Read it in one sitting!
Krakatoa by Simon Winchester – enormous volcanic eruption in Indonesia with global repercussions.
The Worst Journey in the World, Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The radium girls
Any book by Michael Tougias.
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster.
Young Men and Fire, by Norman Maclean.
A crew of smokejumpers vs the Mann Gulch Fire in the rugged Montana wilderness.
Alive by Piers Paul Read.
“Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital” by Sheri Fink.
In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors, by Doug Stanton.
Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes. A medical disaster caused largely by lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry. And as bad as it was, it was almost so much worse.
I really enjoyed *Into Thin Air* about the disastrous 1996 climbing season on Mount Everest.