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2018., Orenda Books Call No: SC Fic Joh Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A little lie ... a seismic secret ... and the cracks are beginning to show... In a reimagined contemporary Edinburgh, in which a tectonic fault has opened up to produce a new volcano in the Firth of Forth, and where tremors are an everyday occurrence, volcanologist Surtsey makes a shocking discovery. On a clandestine trip to The Inch - the new volcanic island - to meet Tom, her lover and her boss, she finds his lifeless body, and makes the fatal decision to keep their affair, and her discovery of his corpse secret. Desperate to know how he died, but also terrified she'll be exposed, Surtsey's life quickly spirals into a nightmare when someone makes contact - someone who claims to know what she's done..."--Publisher's description.
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c2005., Juvenile, Kids Can Press Call No: 551.21 D687i Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Get up close and personal with some of the world's most dangerous volcanoes through the eyes of volcano researcher Donna O'Meara.
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2004, c2003., Perennial Call No: 551.21 W759k Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism.
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[2008]., Adult, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Letters Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1945, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat.