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Ring of Fire: An Encyclopedia of the Pacific Rim’s Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes

The author examines natural disasters around the Pacific Rim throughout history together with scientific data context to produce enlightening―and highly readable―entries.• Features approximately 100 alphabetically arranged entries with insights into specific disasters, technology, key geographic features of the area, significant people, cultural beliefs, and more• Includes a general introduction and overview of the geography and tectonic activity in …

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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, Updated and Expanded Edition (2 Volume Set)

From roasted babies to vanishing hitchhikers to housewives in football helmets, this exhaustive and highly readable encyclopedia provides descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, examines legend themes, and explains scholarly approaches to the genre. Revised and expanded to include updated versions of the entries from the award-winning first edition, this work provides additional entries on …

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