Cover of The Unthinkable

The Unthinkable

who survives when disaster strikes and why

by Amanda Ripley

2008 304 pages eng

It lurks in the corner of our imagination, almost beyond our ability to see it: the possibility that a tear in the fabric of life could open up without warning, upending a house, a skyscraper, or a civilization. Today, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurr…

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