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Paradise Built in Hell (09 Edition)
Paradise Built in Hell (09 Edition)
by Rebecca Solnit
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"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years." -Bill McKibben The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion,... (read more)

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Heat Wave : a Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (02 Edition)
Heat Wave : a Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (02 Edition)
by Eric Klinenberg
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On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over... (read more)

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The Big Truck That Went by: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
The Big Truck That Went by: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
by Jonathan M. Katz
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On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere struck Haiti. Rescuers and aid workers rushed to save lives as the world pledged more than $15.3 billion for relief and reconstruction. Yet nearly three years later... (read more)

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Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
by Neil Strauss
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Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. "I've started to... (read more)

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History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader (International Humanitarian Affairs)
History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader (International Humanitarian Affairs)
by Kevin M Cahill, M.d. (edt)
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The International Humanitarian Affairs Reader is a compilation of the most important chapters in the ten volume series published on this topic by Fordham University Press. Each chapter selected has been edited to delete dated material; where appropriate,... (read more)

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Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation #15: Silent Violence: Food, Famine, and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria
Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation #15: Silent Violence: Food, Famine, and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria
by Michael J Watts
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Why do famines occur and how have their effects changed through time? Why are those who produce food so often the casualties of famines? Looking at the food crisis that struck the West African Sahel during the 1970s, Michael J. Watts examines the... (read more)

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Katrina's Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America (Rutgers Studies on Race and Ethnicity)
Katrina's Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America (Rutgers Studies on Race and Ethnicity)
by Keith Wailoo
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Katrina's Imprint highlights the power of this sentinel American event and its continuing reverberations in contemporary politics, culture, and public policy. Published on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the multidisciplinary volume reflects... (read more)

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Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti
Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti
by Amy Wilentz
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The Rainy Season, Amy Wilentz's award-winning 1989 portrait of Haiti after the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier, was praised in the New York Times Book Review as “a remarkable account of a journalists transformation by her subject.” In her... (read more)

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Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead
Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead
by Robert Brockway
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Just when you thought you'd accepted your own mortality... Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody is bringing panic back. Twenty illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing 
essays reveal the chilling and very real experiments, dangerous emerging... (read more)

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Introduction To Emergency Management (4TH 11 Edition)
Introduction To Emergency Management (4TH 11 Edition)
by George Haddow
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Learn about the discipline of emergency management as it has developed over the past six decades, including the rapid evolution of the field since the turn of the century. Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola bring the ideal combination of practical and academic... (read more)

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Three Famines: Starvation and Politics
Three Famines: Starvation and Politics
by Thomas Keneally
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Through the lens of three of the most devastating food crises in modern history—the Górta Mor of British-ruled Ireland, the great famine of British-ruled Bengal in 1943, and the string of famines that plagued Ethiopia during the 1970s... (read more)

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A Nation Forsaken: EMP: The Escalating Threat of an American Catastrophe
A Nation Forsaken: EMP: The Escalating Threat of an American Catastrophe
by F. Michael Maloof
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There have been warnings from scientists and other experts for years that the Nation's electrical grid system and other critical infrastructures that have an almost complete dependency on electricity and electronic components are highly vulnerable to an... (read more)

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So Others May Live: Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death
So Others May Live: Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death
by M Laguardia Kotite
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Dramatic, compelling, downright unbelievable accounts of the Coast Guard's often unsung heros.... (read more)

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The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why
by Amanda Ripley
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Discover how human beings react to danger-and what makes the difference between life and death Today, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us... (read more)

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Catastrophe: Risk and Response
Catastrophe: Risk and Response
by Richard A Posner
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Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated. Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, voraciously replicating nanomachines, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a... (read more)

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Catastrophe in the Making: the Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow (09 Edition)
Catastrophe in the Making: the Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow (09 Edition)
by William R. Freudenburg
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When houses are flattened, towns submerged, and people stranded without electricity or even food, we attribute the suffering to “natural disasters” or “acts of God.” But what if theyre neither? What if we, as a society, are... (read more)

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Helping Families and Communities Recover from Disaster: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
Helping Families and Communities Recover from Disaster: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
by Ryan P. (edt) Kilmer
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The mental health needs of many Hurricane Katrina survivors remain largely unmet-and disproportionately so for marginalized, disenfranchised segments of the affected population. The present volume examines key lessons learned and offers a blueprint for... (read more)

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Technology in Emergency Management
Technology in Emergency Management
by John C. Pine
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Technology plays a vital role in the effectiveness of a management plan during an emergency. Emergency Management Technology not only provides a detailed overview of the technology used, it also clearly explains how the technology is applied in the field.... (read more)

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The Pocket Disaster Survival Guide: What to Do When the Lights Go Out
The Pocket Disaster Survival Guide: What to Do When the Lights Go Out
by Harris J. Andrews
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Whether it’s a hurricane bearing down on a home near the coast or a power line downed in a snowstorm near a car, are you prepared for these situations? This slim handbook will provide you with all the information you need to ensure that you, your... (read more)

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The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities
The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities
by Robert D. Bullard
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