A New Hochelagan Burying-ground Discovered at Westmount on the Western Spur of Mount Royal, Montreal, July-September, 1898 by Lighthall, W. D., 1857-1954 (William Douw)

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Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers

“…. -- Arrival at the Pacific ocean, 1805 / Lewis and Clarke -- The sources of the Mississippi, 1806 / Pike, Z. M. -- Manila in 1842 / Wilkes, C. -- The ascent of Mount Tyndall / King, C. -- The grand cañon…”
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Volcanic hazards, risks and disasters

Table of Contents: “…Global distribution of active volcanoes -- Basaltic lava flow hazard -- Impacts from volcanic ash fall -- Volcanic ash hazard and aviation risk -- Pyroclastic density current hazards and risk -- Lahars at Cotopaxi and Tungurahua Volcanoes, Ecuador: highlights from stratigraphy and observation records and related downstream hazards -- In situ volcano monitoring: present and future -- Using multiple data sets to populate probabilistic volcanic event trees -- Operational short-term volcanic hazard analysis: methods and perspectives -- Human and structural vulnerability to volcanic processes -- Cost : benefit analysis in volcanic risk -- Volcanic risks and insurance -- Extreme volcanic risks 1: Mexico City -- Extreme volcanic risks 2: Mount Fuji -- Volcanic gas and aerosol hazards from a future laki-type eruption in Iceland -- Explosive super-eruptions and potential global impacts -- Integration of European volcano infrastructure -- Integrated monitoring of Japanese volcanoes -- Integrating efforts in Latin America: Asociación Latinoamericana de Volcanologia (ALVO)…”

Sacrifice zones the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States by Lerner, Steve

Table of Contents: “…Lawrence Island, Alaska : Yupik Eskimos face contaminated water and traditional food supplies near former U.S. military bases -- Greenpoint, New York : giant oil spill spreads beneath Brooklyn neighborhood -- An ongoing puzzle : disease clusters possibly caused by multiple sources of pollution -- Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter -- Conclusion.…”

A history of Palestine, 634-1099 by Gil, Moshe 1921-

Table of Contents: “…The episode of the Temple Mount and the return of the Jews to Jerusalem -- 2: Islam strikes roots. …”

The Air Force and the great engine war by Drewes, Robert W. 1942-

Handbook of solid waste management

Original sin? revising the revisionist critique of the 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore by Ramakrishna, Kumar