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The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666
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Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria
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Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them
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Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina
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Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill
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Hollywood Fire/Rescue and Beach Safety Department: Commemorative Book 1924-2008
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Inside the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
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All the News Unfit to Print: How Things Were... and How They Were Reported
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Historic Photos of New Jersey
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Hell on Land Disaster at Sea: The Story of Merrill's Marauders and the Sinking of the Rhona
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Wall of Flame: The Heroic Battle to Save Southern California
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Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops
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Farewell, Titanic: Her Final Legacy
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Stranded in the Sky: The Untold Story of Pan Am Luxury Airliners Trapped on the Day of Infamy
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Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned
Original price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many animals had to fend for themselves because their owners lost them or were unable to care for them. In P...
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The Hollywood Book of Extravagance: The Totally Infamous, Mostly Disastrous, and Always Compelling Excesses of America's Film and TV Idols
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Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
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The Storm Tide
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Historic Photos of Grand Rapids
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Dishing Hollywood: The Real Scoop on Tinseltown's Most Notorious Scandals
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Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago
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USS Lake Champlain: CV/CVA/CVS-39
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Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects
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USS Maryland (BB-46)
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