Social impact of disasters books

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Beyond the Sea

Beyond the Sea

Author: Paul Lynch
ISBN: 9780374112431
Format: Hardback
$66.00

"""Originally published in 2019 by Oneworld, Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, and Australia""--Title page...  Read More >>

Prophesy

Prophesy

Author: L T World
ISBN: 9780997794960
Format: Paperback
$52.67

A prophet, preaching a message of death and destruction, strikes fear in the city that thrusts them into a revolution....  Read More >>

HBO's Treme and Post-Katrina Catharsis: The Mediated Rebirth of New Orleans

HBO's Treme and Post-Katrina Catharsis: The Mediated...

Author: Dominique Gendrin ,  Catherine Dessinges
ISBN: 9781498545624
Format: Paperback
$107.00

This book argues that fictional television can educate audiences on complex communities and issues long after it...  Read More >>

Risk, Power, and Inequality in the 21st Century

Risk, Power, and Inequality in the 21st Century

Author: D. Curran
ISBN: 9781349697595
Format: Paperback
$171.57

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A Walking Disaster: What Surviving Katrina and Cancer Taught Me About Faith and Resilience

A Walking Disaster: What Surviving Katrina and Cancer...

Author: Jamie Aten
ISBN: 9781599475752
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Is there a meaning to our suffering? Is hope realistic when tragedy befalls us? Is a return to normalcy possible...  Read More >>

Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission

Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine,...

Author: Stephen Puleo
ISBN: 9781250200471
Format: Hardback
$76.53

Puleo has found a new way to tell the story with this well-researched and splendidly written chronicle of the Jamestown,...  Read More >>

Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River

Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River

Author: Vicki Berger Erwin ,  James W Erwin
ISBN: 9781467143257
Format: Paperback
$63.33

During the nineteenth century, more than three hundred boats met their end in the steamboat graveyard that was the...  Read More >>

The Illustrated History of the Cherry Mine Disaster of 1909

The Illustrated History of the Cherry Mine Disaster...

Author: Jim Ridings
ISBN: 9781634992022
Format: Paperback
$65.97

""America through Time is a local and regional interest series that showcases the history and heritage of communities...  Read More >>

Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River

Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River

Author: Vicki Berger Erwin ,  James Erwin
ISBN: 9781540241979
Format: Hardback
$84.45

"During the nineteenth century, more than three hundred boats met their end in the steamboat graveyard that was...  Read More >>

Saint X

Saint X

Author: Alexis Schaitkin
ISBN: 9781250219596
Format: Hardback
$71.25

Includes book club guide with discussion questions and author question and answers.  Read More >>

Land of the Fee: Hidden Costs and the Decline of the American Middle Class

Land of the Fee: Hidden Costs and the Decline of the...

Author: Devin Fergus (Associate Professor of African American and African Studies, Associate Professor of African American and African Studies, The Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780197502808
Format: Paperback
$63.95

Land of the Fee exposes the barely visible system of fees that pervades everyday life in America, and explores how...  Read More >>

Clean Water for Developing Countries

Clean Water for Developing Countries

Author: John A Dracup (Member of Rotary Club of Santa Monica)
ISBN: 9781734352405
Format: Paperback
$56.93

"The main purpose of this book is to assist the reader in choosing the best method for providing clean and safe...  Read More >>

Order Divested

Order Divested

Author: Austin Chambers
ISBN: 9781733959360
Format: Paperback
$31.02

Part two of this 9.0 earthquake and volcano trilogy picks up right where the exciting conclusion to Tahoma's Hammer...  Read More >>

Kelly Richardson: Pillars of Dawn

Kelly Richardson: Pillars of Dawn

Author: Alistair Robinson ,  Sarah Cook
ISBN: 9783735605443
Format: Hardback
$85.00

Canadian artist Kelly Richardson (*1972) creates hyperreal landscapes. Her digitally-born works envision a scenario...  Read More >>

SHTF Survival Stories: Memories from the Balkan War

SHTF Survival Stories: Memories from the Balkan War...

Author: Selco Begovic
ISBN: 9798607541873
Format: Paperback
$65.87

There are many books out there on all the different aspects of preparedness and survival that can provide you with...  Read More >>

Early Assistance from Potentially Responsible Parties After Human-Made Disasters

Early Assistance from Potentially Responsible Parties...

Author: Nicholas M Pace ,  Lloyd Dixon
ISBN: 9781977403803
Format: Paperback
$56.76

The authors explore cases in which potentially responsible parties offered early assistance to those affected by...  Read More >>

Big Crisis Data: Social Media in Disasters and Time-Critical Situations

Big Crisis Data: Social Media in Disasters and Time-Critical...

Author: Carlos Castillo
ISBN: 9781108816946
Format: Paperback
$82.80

During natural disasters people make extensive use of social media. How can this avalanche of messages be processed...  Read More >>

Ablaze: The Story of Chernobyl

Ablaze: The Story of Chernobyl

Author: Piers Paul Read ,  Miles Meili
ISBN: 9781799771746
Format: Audio
$79.17

The best-selling author presents a heart-pounding account of the world's greatest nuclear disaster, based on sources...  Read More >>

Just After the Wave

Just After the Wave

Author: Sandrine Collette ,  Alison Anderson
ISBN: 9781609455675
Format: Paperback
$47.52

A remarkable story of destruction, resilience, love, and the invisible but powerful links that bind a family together....  Read More >>

Introduction to Crowd Science

Introduction to Crowd Science

Author: G Keith Still
ISBN: 9780367866709
Format: Paperback
$103.00

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Indonesia and the Politics of Disaster: Power and Representation in Indonesia’s Mud Volcano

Indonesia and the Politics of Disaster: Power and Representation...

Author: Phillip Drake (University of Kansas, US)
ISBN: 9780367889654
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Named after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo mudflow...  Read More >>

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