Global surfari is an inspiring and informative guide to major surfing destinations and lesser-known spots around the world.
Author Ian Robertson provides a comprehensive, authoritative guide to the new tsunami design provisions of Standard ASCE/SEI 7-16 using a series of detailed examples based on prototypical buildings.
Written in an inspirational style with an instructive DVD, the series aims to help you to stop thinking about a sport and just get out there and do it.
In this fascinating history of extreme ocean waves, Smith covers such headline stories as the 2004 tsunami and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as incidents that are less well-known but equally startling.
Describes the causes and disastrous effects of tidal waves, as well as a history of the most devastating ones around the world.