Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.

"A 38-year-old American interior designer based in London and her independent-minded 74-year-old architect mother; a British investment banker in New York to see his ex-wife and young children; a resident ER doctor who experienced Hurricane Sandy when she was a medical student; two young men, 21-year-old NYU students; their friends; and others are thrust together when a major hurricane descends upon New York City and wreaks unimaginable chaos and...

The Last Man (1826) is a dystopian novel by Mary Shelley. Dedicated to the recently deceased Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, The Last Man was controversial upon publication and was immediately suppressed by British authorities. Resurrected by dedicated critics and readers, the novel is now recognized as a pioneering work of science fiction and as the first work of dystopian literature to be published in English. The ambitious and semi-autobiographical...

The apocalyptic history of humanity over the next 500 years was revealed to the author, a longtime member of the distinguished Planetary Society, by a mysterious alien messenger sent from the deep future. This thrilling novel of adventure, romance, exploration and existential war is set both on Earth and across the entirety of the Milky Way Galaxy. The novel contains new physics and formulas. It has a dramatic and suspenseful climax with an optimistic...

En 2111, los europeos habían construido una gigantesca presa que iba desde Gibraltar al norte de África. De esta manera, se consiguió desecar el mar Mediterráneo, que pasó a llamarse Valle del Nuevo Mediterráneo. En este inmenso valle prodigaba la agricultura y las industrias, y vivían millones de personas. Sin embargo, un técnico sismógrafo, se dio cuenta de que en pocas semanas habría un gigantesco terremoto en la zona de Gibraltar que...

It was a warm spring evening in the country home where Beth and Marie shared their lives with dogs, cats, cows, chickens, and many beautiful birds flittering in the trees. Beth sat under a huge oak tree and relaxed after chores were done, animals fed, and the evening light fading. Marie had left that morning with her brother to visit family up north. Beth was planning to catch up at home, with HAM radio operators, spend some quality time fishing in...

A young art critic is forced to endure the wrath of Wolf Larsen, captain of the sealing-schooner that rescues him after a shipwreck.

In the wake of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, three lives converge despite persecution from the Ku Klux Klan, a bare-knuckle boxing match gone wrong, and the recovery efforts of the American Red Cross.

Based on a true story

The hurricane of 1900, America's worst natural disaster, left the island city of Galveston in ruins. Thousands perished, including all ninety-three children at the Sisters of the Incarnate Word orphanage—except

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Stories include:1:11 Epistaxis-Actual vampires don't need fangs in order to feed.2:22 Starlight, Starbright-An astronaut defies orders not to return to Earth, but he does anyway…with dire consequences.3:33 Rescue-Two detectives go in search of thirteen missing children and the person responsible for their disappearances.4:44 Forecast-A bizarre weather phenomenon envelopes a city.5:55 Firewood-He was warned about going into the...

"Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit and pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child's life with only seconds to spare. In that moment, Frank's own life is transformed. Not quite knowing why, Frank sidesteps the law, when, instead of turning Ian over to the Red Cross, he takes the...