“Adventure books are my personal favorites. 'The Endurance,' a story about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctica expedition, or 'Into Thin Air,' Jon Krakauer's personal account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, are two notables.” TwoBookStoriesAirAdventureAccountsDisasterEnduranceLegendaryEverestExpeditionsThin AirAntarcticaMt EverestAdventure BooksShackleton Author:Dean Karnazes
“Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts. The fact of being on the record makes it appear continuous and ubiquitous whereas it is more likely to have been sporadic both in time and place.” Has BeensFactsSeemsRecordsAccountsDisasterSporadic Book:A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Source: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
“If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.” IfsThinkingWellsBigsCareAgeLife IsAccountsDon't CareDisasterI Don't CareBank Accounts Author:Warren Buffett
“A bronze plaque read: GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS Dan made a face. "Get a load of the guy with the funny name." "I think that's Pliny the younger, the famous Roman writer," Amy supplied. She bent down to read the English portion of the tablet. "Right. In A.D. 79, Pliny chronicled the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It's one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of a major disaster." Dan yawned. "Doesn't this remind you of the clue hunt? You know–you telling me a bunch of boring stuff, and me not listening?” ThinkingKnowsMadeFacesGuyNamesStuffListeningMajorsDestructionAccountsBoringDisasterBunchPortionsLoadBentClueHuntsAmyBronzeTabletsEruptionPompeiiEyewitnessesFunny Name Book:The Medusa Plot Source: The Medusa Plot