title: Disastrous History of the World: Chronicles of War, Earthquake, Plague and Flood
author:  John Withington 
description: Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2010-11-1 Pages: 393 Publisher: little brown Tsunamis. earthquakes. floods. bird flu. internationalterrorism - the world seems to get more dangerous by the day Ordoes it John Withingtons disturbing yet fascinating new bookdescribes the worst. things that have happened on Earth from thedawn of man to the present day Part One chronicles all the majornatural calamities -.. floods and earthquakes. volcanic eruptions. hurricanes and typhoons. plague and famine Part Two describes incompelling detail the greatest man-made disasters - war andinvasion. air raids. massacres. riots and terrorism. fires andexplosions. shipwrecks. and air and train crashes. John Withingtontakes the reader on an epic journey through the annals of thenastiest things to have afflicted mankind. Out of all this horror. he has somehow fashioned a compulsively readble and e...
zlib_text: #  A Raucous Time
  
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  By Julia Hughes
  
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  For Bubba: With the hope he never forgets how to fly.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Celtic Cousins' Adventures. Stories to enjoy time after time after time.
  
  Book 1: A Raucous Time – An ancient diary holds the key to a legendary lost
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  Editor: Mervyn Walker, Talon Press.com. © Julia Hughes, 2014.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chapter One
  
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  In October 1216 a humanitarian disaster unfolded: An entire army took a short
  cut across the mud flats of an estuary; unaware that five rivers emptied into
  the estuary, unaware that the ocean's tide was shortly to turn. In less time
  than it takes to watch a play or prepare a meal, over a thousand souls
  perished under clear skies on that late autumn afternoon. The frantic neighing
  of horses and the screams of men were lost beneath the crash of thunderous
  waves. Amongst those listening from the shores of the River Wash, was John,
  King of England, last surviving son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine,
  ruler