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Food Policy: Integrating health, environment and society

Food Policy: Integrating health, environment and society...
Author: Tim Lang (Professor of Food Policy, City University, London, UK) , David Barling (Senior Lecturer, Centre for Food Policy, City University, London, UK) ISBN: 9780198567882 Format: Paperback	$186.95
Food policy has long been viewed as an essential part of the public health agenda, but this book identifies the... Read More >>

Guidebook for Supporting Economic Development in Stability Operations

Guidebook for Supporting Economic Development in Stability...
Author: Professor Keith Crane , Olga Oliker ISBN: 9780833046345 Format: Paperback	$83.16
This guidebook is designed to help U.S. Army personnel more effectively use economic assistance to support economic... Read More >>

The First Responders: The Untold Story of the New York City Police Department & Sept 11, 2001

The First Responders: The Untold Story of the New York...
Author: Anthea Appel ISBN: 9781882918256 Format: Paperback	$72.60
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, two hijacked jetliners crashed into the Twin Towers. Within minutes of the... Read More >>

Drift Smoke: Loss and Renewal in a Land of Fire

Drift Smoke: Loss and Renewal in a Land of Fire
Author: David J. Strohmaier ISBN: 9780874177800 Format: Paperback	$57.95
Addresses our ambivalence about fire and the realities of loss to it. This book examines the process of renewal... Read More >>

Spill

Spill
Author: Stan Jones , Stan Jones ISBN: 9780980082586 Format: Paperback	$47.39
Twenty years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, sixty-two men and women share personal stories of... Read More >>

Administration and the Other: Explorations of Diversity and Marginalization in the Political Administrative State

Administration and the Other: Explorations of Diversity...
Author: Kyle Farmbry ISBN: 9780739119105 Format: Hardback	$171.60
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Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies

Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies...
Author: Arnold M. Howitt , Herman B. Leonard ISBN: 9780872895706 Format: Paperback	$316.00
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Return To Equilibrium: The Proceedings of the 7th Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Conference

Return To Equilibrium: The Proceedings of the 7th Rocky...
Author: George W. Doherty ISBN: 9781932690866 Format: Paperback	$79.07
This work contains the proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute's annual Disaster... Read More >>

Disaster and Human History: Case Studies in Nature, Society and Catastrophe

Disaster and Human History: Case Studies in Nature,...
Author: Benjamin Reilly ISBN: 9780786436552 Format: Paperback	$131.87
Natural disasters have played an integral role in human history. Pandemic diseases have affected multiple generations... Read More >>

Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country: How to Save Your Home, Business, and Life

Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country: How to Save Your...
Author: Peter Yanev , Andrew C T Thompson ISBN: 9780811861830 Format: Paperback	$52.67
In this updated and expanded third edition, seismic engineer Peter Yanev and risk management consultant Andrew Thompson... Read More >>

Building Community Resilience to Natural Disasters through Partnership: Sharing Experience and Expertise in the Region

Building Community Resilience to Natural Disasters through...
Author: United Nations ISBN: 9789211205534 Format: Paperback	$66.00
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Not One Drop

Not One Drop
Author: Riki Ott , Paul Carvalho ISBN: 9781603581929 Format: Mixed media product	$105.47
This DVD/book package should be read and viewed by everyone concerned with crimes against man and nature; about... Read More >>

Emergency Preparedness for Libraries

Emergency Preparedness for Libraries
Author: Julie Todaro ISBN: 9780865871663 Format: Hardback	$224.40
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Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty

Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land...
Author: Mark Winne ISBN: 9780807047316 Format: Paperback	$35.00
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Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World

Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery...
Author: Richard F. Mollica ISBN: 9780826516411 Format: Paperback	$52.67
In these personal reflections on his thirty years of clinical work with victims of genocide, torture, and abuse... Read More >>

Optimisation of Disaster Forecasting and Prevention Measures in the Context of Human and Social Dynamics

Optimisation of Disaster Forecasting and Prevention...
Author: I. Apostol , D. L. Barry ISBN: 9781586039486 Format: Hardback	$440.88
Addresses a wide range of disaster-management regimes. This book discusses monitoring and the assessment of health... Read More >>

Beyond Relief: Food Security in Protracted Crises

Beyond Relief: Food Security in Protracted Crises
Author: Luca Alinovi , Günter Hemrich ISBN: 9781853396601 Format: Paperback	$46.45
Using concrete examples, Beyond Relief demonstrates how food security means different things in different contexts... Read More >>

Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program

Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program...
Author: Committee to Assess the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program , Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment ISBN: 9780309125277 Format: Paperback	$93.72
The US Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for managing and operating some of the nation's largest and most critical... Read More >>

The Hungry Voice

The Hungry Voice
Author: Christopher Morash ISBN: 9780716530343 Format: Paperback	$86.99
Brings together poems written between 1845 and 1850 by the men and women who lived through those terrible years.... Read More >>

Transplanting the Great Society: Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace

Transplanting the Great Society: Lyndon Johnson and...
Author: Kristin L. Ahlberg ISBN: 9780826266477 Format: Undefined	$124.08
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Danger's Disciple

Danger's Disciple
Author: Sam Hall ISBN: 9781596636453 Format: Paperback	$52.67
Sam Hall, author of Counter-Terrorist, in which he share some of his earlier experiences including busting drug... Read More >>

Last Call: Sweat, Tears, and Beers: Thirty Years at the Firehouse

Last Call: Sweat, Tears, and Beers: Thirty Years at...
Author: Charles E Rice ISBN: 9781880977286 Format: Paperback	$52.80
In the period from 1970 to 2000 volunteer fire departments saw a sudden, dramatic change in their mission, from... Read More >>

Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World

Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World
Author: George Haddow (Principal, Bullock & Haddow LLC, Senior Fellow, Disaster Resilience Leadership Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA) , Kim S Haddow (National Communications Director, Sierra Club) ISBN: 9781856175548 Format: Paperback	$137.15
Communications is key to the success of disaster mitigation, response and recovery. This book covers terrorist incidents,... Read More >>

Climate Resilient Cities: A Primer on Reducing Vulnerabilities to Disasters

Climate Resilient Cities: A Primer on Reducing Vulnerabilities...
Author: Neeraj Prasad , Federica Ranghieri ISBN: 9786611959777 Format: Electronic book text	$158.35
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Bioethics

Bioethics
Author: Howard B Radest ISBN: 9781282494442 Format: Electronic book text	$211.17
This book benefits from the emergence of bioethics as it has evolved from its clinical roots to address policy,... Read More >>

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