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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
32 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Smog is in today s headlines regularly, with vivid photographs of hoards of people wearing masks as they commute. There aren t many things that acutely threaten the human ecosystem like smog, as the death tolls of the London, Donora, Shanghai, and Meuse Valley disasters show. This is an unfortunately topical book, chronicling several historic episodes some lasting days, some years through both focused text and powerful sidebars showing real statistics....
Author
Series
Rainbow magic. Earth fairies volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
65 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The air on Rainspell Island is thick with smog. Isabella the Air Fairy wants to return the island's fresh ocean breezes and sparkling blue skies. But she can't do anything without her wand!" --
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a...
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