New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless westward expansion. . . an informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force." SIGNED on a special preliminary page. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Appendix, glossary, suggestions for further reading, index. xiv, 462 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0571993.

New York: Warner, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Novel of the Connecticut Circus Fire" at a matinee perfomance of the Barnum and Bailey circus, in Hartford, Connecticut in 1944, a fire which claimed 169 lives and injured more than 1000 others, mostly women and children. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-446518069.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2014). First edition - Novel for older children about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath from the viewpoint of a young girl - "Armani Curtis can think about only one thing: her tenth birthday. .. Turning ten is a big deal to Armani. It means she s older, wiser, more responsible. But when Hurricane Katrina hits the Lower Nines of New Orleans, Armani realizes that being ten means being brave, watching loved ones die, and mustering all her strength to help her family weather the storm. " 313 pp.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Definitive history of the maritime disaster caused by the collision of the ocean liner Andrea Doria with the Swedish liner Stockholm in the fog 1956 off the island of Nantucket on the Massachusetts coast. In the eleven hours before the ship sunk, 1700 people were rescued. The ill-fated voyage is recreated using interviews, court documents, memoirs and this book presents technical findings that shed new light on the causes of the disaster. Photographs, sources, index.viii, 294 pp. ISBN: 0-471-38934X.