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Author | : Jonathan M. Katz |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2013-01-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137323957 |
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On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral, authoritative first-hand account, Katz chronicles the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and how the world reacted to a nation in need. More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a monumental response totaling $16.3 billion in pledges. But three years later the relief effort has foundered. It's most basic promises—to build safer housing for the homeless, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters—remain unfulfilled. The Big Truck That Went By presents a sharp critique of international aid that defies today's conventional wisdom; that the way wealthy countries give aid makes poor countries seem irredeemably hopeless, while trapping millions in cycles of privation and catastrophe. Katz follows the money to uncover startling truths about how good intentions go wrong, and what can be done to make aid "smarter." With coverage of Bill Clinton, who came to help lead the reconstruction; movie-star aid worker Sean Penn; Wyclef Jean; Haiti's leaders and people alike, Katz weaves a complex, darkly funny, and unexpected portrait of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.
Author | : Jonathan M. Katz |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2013-01-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 023034187X |
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An assessment of how Haiti has fared after the 2010 earthquake reveals how the country continues to suffer from poverty, illness, and a broken infrastructure, assessing the factors that prevent aid from reaching people in need.
Author | : Roger Priddy |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 2011-05-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 031251106X |
Download My Big Truck Book Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the perfect book for kids who love trucks. On the big, sturdy board pages, they'll discover bright, bold photographs of all different kinds of trucks, from farm trucks to fire trucks to construction vehicles. Each has their name written underneath, so that children can learn what they're called, build their truck vocabulary, and start to develop word and picture association.
Author | : Katie C. McKenna |
Publisher | : Inkshares |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2016-10-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1941758991 |
Download How to Get Run Over by a Truck Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
People often say, “I feel like I’ve been run over by a truck.” Katie actually was. On a sunny morning bike ride in Brooklyn, twenty-four-year-old Katie McKenna was forever changed when she was run over by an eighteen-wheeler. Being crushed under a massive semi wasn’t something Katie should have survived. After ten hours of emergency surgery, she woke to find herself in a body and a life that would never be the same. In this brutally honest and surprisingly funny memoir, Katie recalls the pivotal event and the long, confusing road to recovery that followed. Between the unprepared nudity in front of her parents post-surgery, hospital happy hours, and the persistent fear that she would never walk again, Katie details the struggles she’s faced navigating her new reality. This inspiring memoir follows Katie’s remarkable journey to let go of her old life and fall in love with her new one.
Author | : Steve Viscelli |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2016-04-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520962710 |
Download The Big Rig Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn’t always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking’s labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.
Author | : Alice Schertle |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0547248288 |
Download Little Blue Truck Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.
Author | : Finn Murphy |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2017-06-06 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0393608727 |
Download The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.
Author | : Jez Alborough |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 0001983466 |
Download Duck in the Truck Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A humorous story in rhyme about a duck, who gets his truck stuck in some yucky brown muck. Suggested level: junior.
Author | : Joe Mathieu |
Publisher | : Random House Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2014-08-27 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0553509659 |
Download Big Joe's Trailer Truck Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Vehicle-obsessed boys and girls can follow Big Joe through a typical day’s work in his giant trailer truck. Detail-packed full-color illustrations will fascinate readers—especially the final two-page spread, which labels every working part of a tractor-trailer rig.
Author | : Bruce Van Natta |
Publisher | : Destiny Image Publishers |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2008-06-28 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0768498805 |
Download Saved by Angels Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Many people believe in and practice praying to the Lord, but the Bible is very clear that the Lord also speaks back to us in various ways! This book goes into detail about the 7 different ways that God speaks to us as found in the Bible, and how that applies to our lives today. It reveals to us that these 7 areas are not just the different ways that God still speaks to us, but that when looked at as a whole they are a picture of what a healthy relationship with God involves. It further shows that this kind of intimate relationship is available to all believers and that this is exactly the kind of relationship that God desires to have with each of us. Throughout the book several Biblical and personal examples are used to validate each section. The reader is also given opportunities to see how God has already been talking to them in his/her own life, and then record these examples at the end of every chapter. Each person who reads this book is challenged to grow in his/her relationship with the Lord and is given many tools to help accomplish that. This is important because when a believer has an intimate relationship with the Lord they hear His voice more clearly. The Holy Spirit is then better able to guide and empower the believer to become victorious in their daily walk.