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Author | : Josephine Skylar |
Publisher | : Eight of Pentacles Publishing |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2023-01-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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When is making a new friend a terrible idea? When he’s attractive enough to potentially ruin your life. Charlie Maitland is like no other man I’ve ever met. Part computer programming nerd, part jazz musician, part doting dog dad, and one hundred percent know-it-all. Talking to him would be infuriating if it weren’t so much fun. At least while we’re arguing, I’m not thinking about how much I want him to kiss me. The problem is: I’m married. Granted, my husband is having an affair with one of our neighbors, but I’m not ready to call it quits. And I’m not going to complicate things up further by having my own affair. And Charlie? He’s too smart to get pulled into my messy situation. So we’re friends. That’s it. That’s all we’re going to be. Anything else would be a disaster...
Author | : Anthony W. Rasporich |
Publisher | : University of Calgary Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1552380912 |
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The stories told in this collection, though tragic for many, illustrate the steadfast determination and courage of people in the face of misfortune and extreme distress. From the lesser-known weed outbreaks and tornadoes to the world-wide influenza outbreak in 1918 that devastated many Calgary families, these stories focus on the human side of these disasters. It may be a heroic individual or the collective response of a community, but what is truly remarkable in these stories is the human response to the world being turned upside down by famine and disease, by flood, fire, or rock slide, by wind and cold, by dynamite or gas explosions, or even by the seemingly mundane threat of weeds upon crops. It is the resolution to continue to fight and the persistence of the human spirit and its adaptability to challenges that is the true story of a century of development in western Canada
Author | : Rebecca Solnit |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2010-08-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1101459018 |
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The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disaster Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities? In A Paradise Built in Hell, award-winning author Rebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, looking at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She examines how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities, as well as looking at the cost of the widespread myths and rarer real cases of social deterioration during crisis. This is a timely and important book from an acclaimed author whose work consistently locates unseen patterns and meanings in broad cultural histories.
Author | : Konstantin von Weberg |
Publisher | : Konstantin von Weberg |
Total Pages | : 571 |
Release | : 2022-07-11 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
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Sixteen days of hell — as a prisoner — in a godforsaken, hot and run-down Asian Police Station. The German engineer Thomas Heger is arrested during his vacation in the Philippines. What is he accused of and how do five little Filipino boys and their parents fit into the story? Are the accusations against the German justified? Where does the truth end and where does the fantasy begin? Who is the victim and who is the perpetrator? And who are the outrageous people who immediately start making money with Heger? What very special Filipino mentality does the German have to painfully learn and accept? Where do Western and Asian philosophies of life as well as customs and traditions collide? What is his experience with the police and what about accommodation at the police station? How do his family, friends and work colleagues in Germany react to the terrible story? What about his Filipino friends from the coastal village? What happens to the alleged child victims? Is Heger able to pull his head out of the noose? Embark on a Journey into Disaster and discover a very special Asian world.
Author | : Susanna M. Hoffma |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2019-10-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1789203465 |
Download Disaster Upon Disaster Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A consistent problem that confronts disaster reduction is the disjunction between academic and expert knowledge and policies and practices of agencies mandated to deal with the concern. Although a great deal of knowledge has been acquired regarding many aspects of disasters, such as driving factors, risk construction, complexity of resettlement, and importance of peoples’ culture, very little has become protocol and procedure. Disaster Upon Disaster illuminates the numerous disjunctions between the suppositions, realities, agendas, and executions in the field, goes on to detail contingencies, predicaments, old and new plights, and finally advances solutions toward greatly improved outcomes.
Author | : Gordon M. Goldstein |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : National security |
ISBN | : 0805079718 |
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11th Subejct: National Security -- United States-- 20th century.
Author | : José Andrés |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2018-09-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0062864505 |
Download We Fed an Island Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
FOREWORD BY LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA AND LUIS A. MIRANDA, JR. The true story of how José Andrés and World Central Kitchen’s chefs fed hundreds of thousands of hungry Americans after Hurricane Maria and touched the hearts of many more Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The economy was destroyed and for most people there was no clean water, no food, no power, no gas, and no way to communicate with the outside world. Andrés addressed the humanitarian crisis the only way he knew how: by feeding people, one hot meal at a time. From serving sancocho with his friend José Enrique at Enrique’s ravaged restaurant in San Juan to eventually cooking 100,000 meals a day at more than a dozen kitchens across the island, Andrés and his team fed hundreds of thousands of people, including with massive paellas made to serve thousands of people alone. At the same time, they also confronted a crisis with deep roots, as well as the broken and wasteful system that helps keep some of the biggest charities and NGOs in business. Based on Andrés’s insider’s take as well as on meetings, messages, and conversations he had while in Puerto Rico, We Fed an Island movingly describes how a network of community kitchens activated real change and tells an extraordinary story of hope in the face of disasters both natural and man-made, offering suggestions for how to address a crisis like this in the future. Beyond that, a portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to the Chef Relief Network of World Central Kitchen for efforts in Puerto Rico and beyond.
Author | : Andy Horowitz |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2020-07-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674246764 |
Download Katrina Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Winner of the Bancroft Prize Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year “The main thrust of Horowitz’s account is to make us understand Katrina—the civic calamity, not the storm itself—as a consequence of decades of bad decisions by humans, not an unanticipated caprice of nature.” —Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on August 29, 2005, but the decisions that caused the disaster can be traced back nearly a century. After the city weathered a major hurricane in 1915, its Sewerage and Water Board believed that developers could safely build housing near the Mississippi, on lowlands that relied on significant government subsidies to stay dry. When the flawed levee system failed, these were the neighborhoods that were devastated. The flood line tells one important story about Katrina, but it is not the only story that matters. Andy Horowitz investigates the response to the flood, when policymakers made it easier for white New Orleanians to return home than for African Americans. He explores how the profits and liabilities created by Louisiana’s oil industry have been distributed unevenly, prompting dreams of abundance and a catastrophic land loss crisis that continues today. “Masterful...Disasters have the power to reveal who we are, what we value, what we’re willing—and unwilling—to protect.” —New York Review of Books “If you want to read only one book to better understand why people in positions of power in government and industry do so little to address climate change, even with wildfires burning and ice caps melting and extinctions becoming a daily occurrence, this is the one.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
Author | : Laya Saul |
Publisher | : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2010-12-23 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 1612281273 |
Download Ways to Help After a Natural Disaster Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Millions of people are affected by natural disasters each year. Even in those hardest of times, there is a chance to help rebuild in positive ways. After a big loss, people may feel completely alone; but when good people step forward to come together, to lend a hand and a smile, hope shines through and brings healing to the darkest places. Starting with emergency preparedness, Ways to Help After a Natural Disaster is filled with ideas of how you can help people and communities repair and heal after a natural disaster.
Author | : Gregory Squires |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2013-01-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1136084827 |
Download There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive critical book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down on record as one of the worst in American history, not least because of the government’s inept and cavalier response. But it is also a huge story for other reasons; the impact of the hurricane was uneven, and race and class were deeply implicated in the unevenness. Hartman and. Squires assemble two dozen critical scholars and activists who present a multifaceted portrait of the social implications of the disaster. The book covers the response to the disaster and the roles that race and class played, its impact on housing and redevelopment, the historical context of urban disasters in America and the future of economic development in the region. It offers strategic guidance for key actors - government agencies, financial institutions, neighbourhood organizations - in efforts to rebuild shattered communities.