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The Great Kananaskis Flood: A Disaster That Forever Changed the Face of Kananaskis Country

The Great Kananaskis Flood: A Disaster That Forever...
Author: Gillean Daffern , Derek Ryder ISBN: 9781771601580 Format: Paperback	$44.99
The great Kananaskis flood of 2013 came with no warning. The rains started late in the afternoon of June 19 and... Read More >>

Into the Racing Sea: Great South African Rescues

Into the Racing Sea: Great South African Rescues
Author: Tony Weaver , Andrew Ingram ISBN: 9781868427284 Format: Paperback	$50.46
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NSRI, here is a collection of daring rescues filled with drama and danger.... Read More >>

Speeding Into Action: The Influence of Paramilitary Culture on Disaster Response Organizations in the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Speeding Into Action: The Influence of Paramilitary...
Author: Jeffrey D Stern Ph D ISBN: 9781541240438 Format: Paperback	$15.81
Abstract: This dissertation examines the influence of paramilitary professional cultural attributes on the speed... Read More >>

Legion Of Despair: Book Three in The Borrowed World Series

Legion Of Despair: Book Three in The Borrowed World...
Author: Franklin Horton ISBN: 9798989160327 Format: Paperback	$42.21
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Becoming an International Humanitarian Aid Worker

Becoming an International Humanitarian Aid Worker
Author: Chen Reis (Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Humanitarian Assistance Program at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, CO, USA) , Tania Bernath ISBN: 9780128043141 Format: Paperback	$105.47
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The Local Food Revolution: How Humanity Will Feed Itself in Uncertain Times

The Local Food Revolution: How Humanity Will Feed Itself...
Author: Michael Brownlee ISBN: 9781623170004 Format: Paperback	$59.99
Michael Brownlee, cofounder of the nonprofit Local Food Shift Group, issues a call for a revolutionary movement... Read More >>

Disaster Prevention Policies: A Challenging and Critical Outlook

Disaster Prevention Policies: A Challenging and Critical...
Author: Patrick Pigeon (Full Professor, Université de Savoie-Mont-Blanc, France) , Julien Rebotier (Full-time investigator, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)) ISBN: 9781785481963 Format: Hardback	$232.88
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Routledge Handbook of the Climate Change Movement

Routledge Handbook of the Climate Change Movement
Author: Matthias Dietz (University of Bremen, Germany) , Heiko Garrelts (University of Bremen, Germany) ISBN: 9781138232235 Format: Paperback	$120.00
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Disasters and the American State: How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Public Prepare for the Unexpected

Disasters and the American State: How Politicians, Bureaucrats,...
Author: Patrick S. Roberts (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) ISBN: 9781316631201 Format: Paperback	$82.80
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Educating for Sustainability in Japan: Fostering resilient communities after the triple disaster

Educating for Sustainability in Japan: Fostering resilient...
Author: Jane Singer (Kyoto University, Japan) , Tracey Gannon (University of Kyoto, Japan) ISBN: 9781138885233 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Disaster, Death and the Emotions in the Shadow of the Apocalypse, 1400–1700

Disaster, Death and the Emotions in the Shadow of the...
Author: Jennifer Spinks , Charles Zika ISBN: 9781137442703 Format: Hardback	$369.57
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Consuming Catastrophe: Mass Culture in America's Decade of Disaster

Consuming Catastrophe: Mass Culture in America's Decade...
Author: Timothy Recuber ISBN: 9781439913703 Format: Paperback	$76.43
Horrified, saddened, and angered: That was the American people’s reaction to the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina,... Read More >>

Beginner's Cow: Memories of a Volga German from Kansas

Beginner's Cow: Memories of a Volga German from Kansas...
Author: Loren Schmidtberger ISBN: 9781612481685 Format: Paperback	$52.67
-Loren Schmidtberger grew up in a Volga German community in Kansas during the Dust Bowl. He carried the legacy and... Read More >>

Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas

Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas
Author: James C Schwab ISBN: 9781611901870 Format: Paperback	$126.72
A lot has changed since APA released its first PAS Report on Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas in 1997.... Read More >>

Consuming Catastrophe: Mass Culture in America's Decade of Disaster

Consuming Catastrophe: Mass Culture in America's Decade...
Author: Timothy Recuber ISBN: 9781439913697 Format: Hardback	$236.28
Horrified, saddened, and angered: That was the American people’s reaction to the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina,... Read More >>

The Other Side of the Coin: The Comparative Evidence of Cash and in-Kind Transfers in Humanitarian Situations

The Other Side of the Coin: The Comparative Evidence...
Author: Ugo Gentilini , World Bank ISBN: 9781464809101 Format: Paperback	$79.07
People affected by humanitarian crises are in need of support, but what form of assistance is more suitable? Giving... Read More >>

1968 Farmington Mine Disaster

1968 Farmington Mine Disaster
Author: Bob Campione ISBN: 9781540200747 Format: Hardback	$84.45
Coal in the United States was discovered in the 18th century by landowners and farmers on the slopes of the hillsides... Read More >>

Citizen Survivor's Handbook

Citizen Survivor's Handbook
Author: Richard Denham , Steve Hart ISBN: 9780995452176 Format: Paperback	$29.01
Includes a foreword by best-selling author Cody Lundin. The prepper's guide with a difference Read More >>

Surviving Aberfan: The People's Story

Surviving Aberfan: The People's Story
Author: Sue Elliott , Steve Humphries ISBN: 9781786230348 Format: Paperback	$25.85
True story of surviving mine disaster Read More >>

Charlie Mike: A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home

Charlie Mike: A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their...
Author: Joe Klein ISBN: 9781451677317 Format: Paperback	$47.52
""This is the true story of two decorated combat veterans linked by tragedy, who come home from the Middle East... Read More >>

Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Southern Africa

Food Security Among Small-Scale Agricultural Producers...
Author: Josephine Phillip Msangi ISBN: 9783319363479 Format: Paperback	$448.77
The book focuses on food security highlighting the role of indigenous knowledge and scientific research in addressing... Read More >>

Survival Guide: How To Survive A Blackout And Don't Go Nuts: (Survival Guide Book, Survival Gear)

Survival Guide: How To Survive A Blackout And Don't...
Author: Robert Lock ISBN: 9781539563969 Format: Paperback	$23.63
Getting Your FREE Bonus Download this book, read it to the end and see BONUS: Your FREE Gift chapter after the... Read More >>

Reclaiming the Atmospheric Commons: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and a New Model of Emissions Trading

Reclaiming the Atmospheric Commons: The Regional Greenhouse...
Author: Leigh Raymond (Purdue University) ISBN: 9780262529303 Format: Paperback	$85.00
How the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative created a new paradigm in climate policy by requiring polluters to pay... Read More >>

Social Network Analysis of Disaster Response, Recovery, and Adaptation

Social Network Analysis of Disaster Response, Recovery,...
Author: Eric C Jones (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX, USA) , A.J. Faas (Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University, CA, USA) ISBN: 9780128051962 Format: Paperback	$211.07
Social Network Analysis of Disaster Response, Recovery, and Adaptation covers systematic social network analysis... Read More >>

Disaster Forensics: Understanding Root Cause and Complex Causality

Disaster Forensics: Understanding Root Cause and Complex...
Author: Anthony J. Masys ISBN: 9783319418476 Format: Hardback	$448.77
It opens the black box of disasters by presenting ‘forensic analysis approaches’ to disasters, thereby revealing... Read More >>

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