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Shelter from the Storm: Repairing the National Emergency Management System after Hurricane Katrina

Shelter from the Storm: Repairing the National Emergency...
Author: William L. Waugh ISBN: 9781412941327 Format: Paperback	$167.00
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Black November: The Carl D. Bradley Tragedy

Black November: The Carl D. Bradley Tragedy
Author: Andrew Kantar ISBN: 9780870137839 Format: Paperback	$44.75
On November 18, 1958, when the lime-stone carrier, Carl D Bradley broke up during a raging storm on Lake Michigan,... Read More >>

From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management: Lessons for the Gulf Coast from Flooding in Other Places in the Last Sixty Years

From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management:...
Author: James P Kahan , Mangjie Wu ISBN: 9780833039842 Format: Paperback	$52.80
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Stormy Weather: Katrina and the Politics of Disposability

Stormy Weather: Katrina and the Politics of Disposability...
Author: Henry A. Giroux ISBN: 9781594513299 Format: Paperback	$79.99
Shows how the tragedy and suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina signals a much larger crisis in the United... Read More >>

Stormy Weather: Katrina and the Politics of Disposability

Stormy Weather: Katrina and the Politics of Disposability...
Author: Henry A. Giroux ISBN: 9781594513282 Format: Hardback	$441.00
Shows how the tragedy and suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina signals a much larger crisis in the United... Read More >>

Handbook of Disaster Research

Handbook of Disaster Research
Author: Havidan Rodriguez , W.A: Anderson ISBN: 9780387323312 Format: Hardback	$762.96
This timely Handbook is based on the principle that disasters are social constructions and focuses on social science... Read More >>

Operation Dragon Comeback: Air Education and Training Command's Response to Hurricane Katrina

Operation Dragon Comeback: Air Education and Training...
Author: Bruce A Ashcroft , Joseph L Mason ISBN: 9780160767791 Format: Paperback	$125.40
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A History of World Agriculture: From the Neolithic Age to the Current Crisis

A History of World Agriculture: From the Neolithic Age...
Author: Marcel Mazoyer , Laurence Roudart ISBN: 9781844073993 Format: Paperback	$82.99
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Disaster Response and Homeland Security: What Works, What Doesn't

Disaster Response and Homeland Security: What Works,...
Author: James Miskel ISBN: 9780275992118 Format: Hardback	$84.00
Examines the effects operational failures after hurricanes Agnes, Hugo, Andrew, and Katrina have had on America's... Read More >>

Introduction to International Disaster Management

Introduction to International Disaster Management
Author: Damon P Coppola ISBN: 9786610708116 Format: Electronic book text	$385.18
Written from a global perspective on risk, hazards, and disasters, Introduction to International Disaster Management... Read More >>

After The Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of Hurricane Katrina

After The Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning...
Author: David Dante Troutt ISBN: 9781595581167 Format: Hardback	$60.59
Talks about current affairs/African American Studies/legal studies. Read More >>

There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina

There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race,...
Author: Gregory Squires (Professor of Sociology, George Washington University, USA) , Chester Hartman ISBN: 9780415954877 Format: Paperback	$88.99
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Hospital Preparation for Bioterror: A Medical and Biomedical Systems Approach

Hospital Preparation for Bioterror: A Medical and Biomedical...
Author: Joseph H McIsaac, III ISBN: 9786610707553 Format: Electronic book text	$575.52
Organized along functional lines, patient flow, medical specialty, and infrastructure, Hospital Preparation for... Read More >>

There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina

There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race,...
Author: Gregory Squires (Professor of Sociology, George Washington University, USA) , Chester Hartman ISBN: 9780415954860 Format: Hardback	$336.00
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Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11

Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11
Author: Maureen Grolnick ISBN: 9780807747155 Format: Paperback	$39.00
Presents the stories of what happened in New York City schools on 9/11. The accounts in this work reveal the amazing... Read More >>

Path Of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms

Path Of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans...
Author: John McQuaid , Mark Schleifstein ISBN: 9780316016421 Format: Hardback	$52.00
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Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903

Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903...
Author: Nat Brandt , Perry Duis ISBN: 9780809327218 Format: Paperback	$47.39
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Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America

Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster...
Author: Ted Steinberg (Professor of History and Law, Professor of History and Law, Case Western Reserve University) ISBN: 9780195309683 Format: Paperback	$33.95
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Healing Katrina: Volunteering in Post-Hurricane Mississippi

Healing Katrina: Volunteering in Post-Hurricane Mississippi...
Author: Timothy H Warneka ISBN: 9780976862734 Format: Paperback	$52.67
Could you head off alone to help with one of the largest disasters in U.S. history? That's exactly what counselor... Read More >>

Storm P/B

Storm P/B
Author: Barbara Barbieri McGrath ISBN: 9781580891738 Format: Paperback	$26.27
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the coastlines of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It was a... Read More >>

God in the Raging Waters: Stories of Love and Service Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

God in the Raging Waters: Stories of Love and Service...
Author: Paul Blom , Kathryn Haueisen ISBN: 9780806653174 Format: Paperback	$31.65
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused enormous damage and loss of life in the Gulf Coast region in late summer and... Read More >>

Island in the Storm: Sullivan's Island and Hurricane Hugo

Island in the Storm: Sullivan's Island and Hurricane...
Author: Jamie W. Moore , Dorothy Perrin Moore ISBN: 9781596291430 Format: Paperback	$39.57
On the night of September 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo slammed into the South Carolina coast at Sullivan's Island--north... Read More >>

How to Organize for Safety: The Step-By-Step Guide to Emergency and Disaster Preparedness

How to Organize for Safety: The Step-By-Step Guide to...
Author: Consuelo, S. Meux PhD ISBN: 9780976455011 Format: Undefined	$42.11
How to plan and organize grab and go kits, water, family cookbook, and other supplies for emergencies... Read More >>

Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now

Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters...
Author: Irwin Redlener ISBN: 9780307265265 Format: Hardback	$63.36
Redlener, who founded and directs the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, applies his expertise to an incisive... Read More >>

Island in the Storm: Sullivan's Island and Hurricane Hugo

Island in the Storm: Sullivan's Island and Hurricane...
Author: Jamie W Moore , Sister Dorothy Moore ISBN: 9781540204141 Format: Hardback	$84.45
"On the night of September 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo slammed into the South Carolina coast at Sullivan s Island north... Read More >>

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