Natural disasters Books
Johns Hopkins University Press The Great Fire of Rome
Book SynopsisA thrilling and momentous account of the Great Fire of Rome and how a modern city arose from its embers. Peril was everywhere in ancient Rome, but the Great Fire of 64 CE was unlike anything the city had ever experienced. No building, no neighborhood, no person was safe from conflagration. When the fire finally subsidedafter burning for nine days straightvast swaths of Rome were in ruins. The greatest city of the ancient world had endured its greatest blow. In The Great Fire of Rome, Joseph J. Walsh tells the true story of this deadly episode in Rome's history. He explains why Rome was such a vulnerable tinderbox, outlines the difficulties of life in that exciting and dangerous city, and recounts the fire's aftermath and legacya legacy that includes the transformation of much of ancient Rome into a modern city. Situating the fire within the context of other perils that residents of Rome faced, including frequent flooding, pollution, crime, and dangerously shoddy construction, he highTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue I Perils of Life in Rome II Inferno III The Day After IV Neropolis V Legacy Appendix A. Sources Appendix B. Proposed Timeline of the Great Fire Notes Suggested Further Reading Index
£19.95
Scribner Book Company Wildfire Days
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£23.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster Risk
Book SynopsisEspecially in an era of rapid global environmental change, questions and issues about and around natural hazards and disasters are dizzying in their complexityâand urgency. Answering the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of this fast-moving area, and its vast and multidisciplinary corpus of scholarly literature, Disaster Risk is a new title from the acclaimed Routledge series, Critical Concepts in the Environment. Edited by a trio of expert researchers, this new collection of major works embraces a wide variety of methodological traditions to bring together in four volumes the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship. The collection enables users to accessâand to make sense ofâthe most important research and practice. It provides a synoptic view of all the key issues, current debates, and controversies.Disaster Risk is fully indexed and includes comprehensive introductions, newly written by the editors, which place the collected materials in their historical and intellectual context. It is an essential reference collection and is destined to be valued by scholars and studentsâas well as policy-makers and practitionersâas a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.Å Å Å Disaster Risk is edited by three leading scholars in the field: Ben Wisner, formerly Director of International Studies at California State University at Long Beach, with a long career before that in research and teaching. He is presently engaged in full-time research and writing and has recently completed a four-year project for the United Nations University on defining and managing urban social vulnerability to disasters in six megacities (Johannesburg, Tokyo, Manila, Mumbai, Mexico City, and Los Angeles). The other co-editors of this Routledge Major Works collection are J. C. Gaillard of the University of Auckland, New Zealand; and Ilan Kelman, based at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, Norway.
£1,140.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Earths Natural Hazards and Disasters
Book SynopsisNatural hazards are present in every part of planet Earth. Sometimes a natural event such as extreme weather, a volcanic eruption, earthquake or disease outbreak turns into a disaster for humans, the environment, and the economy. Earth's Natural Hazards and Disasters is a textbook for undergraduates that challenges students to think critically about disasters. It explains the science behind natural events and explores how to understand risk and prepare for disasters. About this volume: Covers hazards in the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere Explains the science of hazards in accessible terms Detailed case studies of specific disasters for each type of natural event Explores data-based risk mitigation strategies Discusses the roles of scientists, public officials, and the general public in hazard management The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and spac
£100.80
Hodder & Stoughton The Day It Finally Happens
Book SynopsisA speculative glimpse at the numerous possibilities of how the world will end and what happens when it does, written by VICE journalist Mike PearlTrade ReviewBrilliantly anxiety affirming...Thanks to Mike Pearl, I can now claim my constant feeling of dread is based on expert interviews and careful scientific research. * Zach Weinersmith, coauthor of Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything *A deeply entertaining-if occasionally horrifying-imagining of a world where the unlikely has become the reality. * Joshua Piven, author of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook *The Day It Finally Happens got my brain buzzing with stories that bring together fantasy and reality. The well-researched speculations induce daydreams and nightmares and mark Mike Pearl as one of his generation's most interesting writers. * Alec Ross, New York Times bestselling author of The Industries of the Future *In his fascinating book The Day It Finally Happens journalist Mike Pearl, who admits almost gleefully that he suffers from generalized anxiety disorder and extended stretches of panic, imagines the future and is shocked by what he foresees. Think Woody Allen meets Alvin Toffler. Just as Toffler's Future Shock set a standard for crystal ball gazing decades ago, Pearl's mighty oak of a book gives us a sobering, and at times humorous, assessment of what's on today's horizon. When you present a litany of dire statistics, as Pearl often does, it's wise to preserve a sense of humor. Pearl has that in abundance. He's a funny guy, but with a serious side. I came away from The Day It Finally Happens bubbling with new information, and hopeful-but not certain-of a better future. * Charles Panati, author of Panati’s Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody *The Day It Finally Happens is unlike anything I've ever read. It's a bit like losing yourself in a thrumming kaleidoscope of our favorite hypothetical futures, which range from looming hellscapes to our most durable dreams-but you'll be surprisingly well-informed when you finally come to in the present. Sharp, comic, blunt, and justifiably anxious, Pearl is the ideal tour guide to what lies ahead. You'll probably find yourself, as I did, flipping to the next scenario, and the next, long past any sane hour of the night. Pearl's investigations into the worlds of tomorrow are never anything less than engrossing. * Brian Merchant, bestselling author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone *Alternately reassuring and hair-raising, The Day It Finally Happens uncovers surprising answers to all those 'What if?' questions that keep us up at night. It's like peering through a crack in time at what lies ahead and feeling yourself unable to take your eyes away. Trust Mike Pearl to be your intrepid guide to the future. * David Feldman, author of Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? and Why Do Fish Sleep? *I was floored by the detail in this survey of looming doom. Whether you intend to survive the cataclysm or merely drown passively in a tsunami of fire you should be versed in every one of these scenarios. Remember to keep a small bag packed! * John Roderick, host of the Omnibus Project Podcast, an apocalypse primer *
£9.99
Workman Publishing Land on Fire: The New Reality of Wildfire in the
Book Synopsis“This comprehensive book offers a fascinating overview of how those fires are fought, and some conversation-starters for how we might reimagine our relationship with the woods.” —Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Wildfire season is burning longer and hotter, affecting more and more people, especially in the west. Land on Fire explores the fascinating science behind this phenomenon and the ongoing research to find a solution. This gripping narrative details how years of fire suppression and chronic drought have combined to make the situation so dire. Award-winning nature writer Gary Ferguson brings to life the extraordinary efforts of those responsible for fighting wildfires, and deftly explains how nature reacts in the aftermath of flames. Dramatic photographs reveal the terror and beauty of fire, as well as the staggering effect it has on the landscape.
£22.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change and Flood Risk Management:
Book SynopsisClimate Change and Flood Risk Management discusses and problematises the integration of adaptation to climate change in flood risk management.The book explores adaptation to climate change in relation to flood risk events in advanced industrial states. It provides examples of how flood risk management, disaster and emergency management, and adaptation to climate change may intersect in a number of European and Canadian cases.Taken together, the studies show that integration of adaptation in flood risk and emergency management may differ strongly - not only with risk, but with a number of institutional and contextual factors, including capacities and priorities in the specific municipal cases and within a national and wider context.The book will be relevant to researchers involved with adaptation to climate change and those involved with comprehensive planning in relation to it. It will also be of interest to academics within the fields of environmental studies and the environmentally-oriented social sciences.Contributors: J. Åkermark, E.C.H. Keskitalo, M. Massie, M.G. Reed, P. Scholten, D. Shrubsole, M. Turunen, J. Vola, G. Vulturius, T. Vuojala-MaggaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction. Local Organisation to Address Flood Risks: Possibilities for Adaptation to Climate Change? E. Carina H. Keskitalo 2. Adaptive Capacity Building in Saxony: Responses in Planning and Policy to the 2002 Flood Gregor Vulturius and E. Carina H. Keskitalo 3. Flood Risks Along the Torne River between Sweden and Finland E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Jenny Åkermark and Joonas Vola 4. A History of Flood Management Strategies in Canada Revisited Dan Shrubsole 5. Policy Change and Policy Learning for Enhanced Flood Policies at Local, Subnational and EU Level Gregor Vulturius 6. Cumberland House in the Saskatchewan River Delta: Flood Memory and the Municipal Response, 2005 and 2011 Merle Massie and Maureen G. Reed 7. Experiences with an Arctic River – Flood Prevention in the Town of Ivalo Terhi Vuojala-Magga and Minna Turunen 8. Flooding and the Carrot River Watershed Source Water Protection Plan, Saskatchewan: Civic Engagement and Causal Stories Merle Massie 9. Dutch Approaches to Flood Risks: Developments in Integrative Water Management and the Synchronization of Public and Private Agendas for Climate Adaptation in the Netherlands Peter Scholten 10. Conclusion: Flood Management and Adaptation – Viewing Flood Events in Context E. Carina H. Keskitalo Index
£116.00
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd An Imperial Disaster: The Bengal Cyclone of 1876
Book SynopsisThe storm came on the night of 31 October. It was a full moon, and the tides were at their peak; the great rivers of eastern Bengal were flowing high and fast to the sea. In the early hours the inhabitants of the coast and islands were overtaken by an immense wave from the Bay of Bengal -- a wall of water that reached a height of 40 feet in some places. The wave swept away everything in its path, drowning around 215,000 people. At least another 100,000 died in the cholera epidemic and famine that followed. It was the worst calamity of its kind in recorded history. Such events are often described as 'natural disasters'. Kingsbury turns that interpretation on its head, showing that the cyclone of 1876 was not simply a 'natural' event, but one shaped by all-too-human patterns of exploitation and inequality -- by divisions within Bengali society, and the enormous disparities of political and economic power that characterised British rule on the subcontinent. With Bangladesh facing rising sea levels and stronger, more frequent storms, there is every reason to revisit this terrible calamity. An Imperial Disaster is troubling but essential reading: history for an age of climate change.Trade Review'A book which should be widely read... It demystifies the official disclaimer that these are 'natural calamities' for which the administration is not responsible, exposing how the British colonial administration's policies in nineteenth century Bengal destroyed the coastal environment that led to the devastating cyclone of 1876.' -- Sumanta Banerjee'Kingsbury’s book holds lessons from the past for a climate-changed world … meticulously researched … this thoroughly engaging book should be required reading for historians of South Asia, environmental historians and scholars of disaster studies. Written with an acute sensitivity and historically rich, it is a story of the present as much as a story of the past.’ -- Economic & Political Weekly'Kingsbury's book is a searing indictment of the British Raj' -- The Journal of Asian Studies'In the age of the Anthropocene, An Imperial Disaster complicates the distinctions usually made between natural and human disasters. This meticulously researched and lucidly presented account of the late nineteenth century Bengal cyclone, will be as relevant to historians of the Indian subcontinent as it will be to scholars thinking about Hurricane Katrina or the Australian wildfire.' -- Rochona Majumdar'A well-written, very readable book, based on many official records and newspapers. It is full of telling details and anecdotes and emphasises the official failures, neglect, misinformation, damaging ideology, and personal ambition of colonial rule during the 1870s.' -- Peter Robb'Narrated in beautiful prose and based on scrupulous scholarship, with an unerring eye for the apposite quotation, 'An Imperial Disaster' is microhistory at its best. It lays bare the imperial and human context of a natural disaster and reveals, equally shockingly, how no substantive lessons were learnt from it.' -- Dr Chandrika Kaul'Lucidly argued and meticulously referenced... the story of colonial apathy, greedy landlords and the ruthless laissez-faire policy of the state is vividly rendered against a background where thousands perished due to drowning and disease. The study is an important contribution to the economic and environmental history of India.' -- Vinita Damodaran
£23.75
Linden Publishing Co Inc California Disasters 1800-1900: Firsthand
Book SynopsisIt was another time. Deadly earthquakes, steamboat explosions, floods, train wrecks, and other tragedies were a part of everyday life in nineteenth-century California. Yet, the men and women of the day licked their wounds, mourned their dead, picked up the pieces, and plunged ahead to build a great prosperous new state that took its place in the forefront of our great Union. This is their stories, in their own words. First-person accounts of the major 19th century California catastrophes. Includes scores of contemporary period photographs and other illustrations.
£15.29
Trolley Books Katrina: Personal Objects
Book SynopsisA catalogue of personal effects of those killled in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 showing the horror of the tragedy via its minutest details.
£15.30
Time Inc Home Entertaiment Time: Nature's Extremes: Earthquakes, Tsunamis
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£16.99
Pegasus Island on Fire The Extraordinary Story of a
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£10.99
University of New Orleans Press Please Forward: How Blogging Reconnected New
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£999.99
The Perseus Books Group Haiti After the Earthquake
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed New York Times and IndieBound bestseller: "Farmer's passionate book bring(s) Haiti's appalling tragedy back to the world's attention" --Foreign Affairs
£999.99
Waterford Press Ltd Hurricane Survival: Prepare for & Survive a
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£7.73
Arcadia Publishing Columbus and the Great Flood of 1913
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£999.99
Sasquatch Books Get Ready!: How to Prepare for and Stay Safe
Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to getting ready for and staying safe after a major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest. FEMA recommends being prepared for two weeks of self-sufficiency after it occurs, and this handbook will show you how with clear, informative, and easy-to-implement steps.Recent seismic activity has made national headlines and underscored the fact that the Cascadia fault line off the coast of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California is overdue for a major earthquake. And when it happens, living conditions could be akin to those in the mid-nineteenth century. This handbook covers the supplies you need to stay safely in place, including water, food (and food prep), first aid, sanitation, health and hygiene needs, shelter and bedding, and light/fire. It also includes lists of what to purchase and how to store it, as well as simple excercises to gain confidence in perfoming necessary tasks. Learn what to do during and immediately after an earthquake, how to develop a reunification plan, and how to communicate when basic infrastructure is down. It also addresses the particular concerns of those living in coastal areas (the tsunami zone) as well as those outside of the severe impact zone. It covers long-term ways to stay safe without modern conveniences and a crash course in survival techniques should the quake happen before all preparations are complete. Get Ready! presents information in clear, practical, and managable steps, equipping the reader with the skills to care for themselves and their loved ones should a major earthquake hit. And when it does, the internet will not be an option, making this reference handbook invaluable. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you need Get Ready!
£999.99
Skyhorse Publishing The Hurricane Preparedness Handbook
Book SynopsisDon’t wait until it’s too late. Prepare now!We’ve all seen the ruin that a hurricane can bring. No one can stop a hurricane, but proper preparation can limit damage, protect long-term finances, and even save lives. The Hurricane Preparedness Handbook is an invaluable, step-by-step guide for everyone who lives in a region threatened by these terrifying storms. Here is advice on:Understanding the category warning systemBuying the right insuranceProtecting your home from an oncoming stormChoosing and using an electrical generatorProper provisioning and use of food and waterDealing with a storm’s aftermathAnd much more!There is no substitute for experience and expert advice, and this easy-to-store, easy-to-use handbook offers everyone a chance to learn from the past and prepare for the future. No one should go through a hurricane without first reading this book.
£10.99
America Through Time Abandoned After the Storm: Hurricane Michael
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£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing USA This Is Wildfire: How to Protect Yourself, Your
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£999.99
Murphy & Moore Publishing Earth's Natural Hazards and Disasters
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£108.10
Murphy & Moore Publishing Tsunamis and Hurricanes: Effects and Mitigation
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£999.99
States Academic Press Prediction and Monitoring of Tropical Cyclones
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£103.95
States Academic Press Tsunami: Modeling and Hazard Assessment
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£106.72
Callisto Reference Natural Hazards and Disaster Management
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£101.18
Callisto Reference Flood Modeling, Prediction and Mitigation
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£97.02
Callisto Reference Phenomena, Long-Term Effects and Mitigation of
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£110.08
Callisto Reference Remote Sensing Technologies for Monitoring and
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£115.91
Chicago Review Press Soul of the Hurricane: The Perfect Storm and an
Book Synopsis"Soul of the Hurricane is a remarkable debut from a singular storyteller.” —David Isay, Peabody Award–winning creator of StoryCorps Nelson Simon didn’t want to sign up as a last-minute crew member to transport a Norwegian schooner from Brooklyn to Bermuda. But one thing led to another, and there he was. He told himself that it would be a sort of pleasure cruise: a week in the Gulf Stream with a gourmet chef on board, some down time on a tropical island, then a quick flight home. What did it matter that he had practically no sailing experience? The eight other crew members had plenty—they just needed an extra pair of hands. What could possibly go wrong? It was October 1991, and the ship was Anne Kristine, the oldest continuously sailing vessel in the world. What awaited them was Hurricane Grace, the southern end of what came to be known as the “Perfect Storm.”Soul of the Hurricane tells an unlikely tale that begins with an unexpected invitation and ends in the dead of night somewhere far from home, with a Coast Guard helicopter above and a dark, angry sea below.Trade Review"In Soul of the Hurricane Nelson Simon has written an epic page turner. In turns thrilling and lyrical, Simon's book is a meditation on beauty, courage, and loss. It is a work infused with history and heart that envelops you in its many wonders. Soul of the Hurricane is a remarkable debut from a singular storyteller." David Isay, Peabody Award--winning creator of StoryCorps" Soul of the Hurricane by Nelson Simon is a thundering memoir of extraordinary grace and character. Simon is a gifted wordsmith whose deft and concise writing style is the calm before the storm of a heart-pounding adventure that snatches the reader into a swirling rush of exhilarating emotion. This book is a well-paced masterpiece of great storytelling. Not of some heroic figure, but of someone like you or me. You are left with an awe of happenstance, and a wonder of how life unfolds as a mysterious cache of the unforeseen." Bill Mosher, founder and producer of Visionaries on PBS"With Soul of the Hurricane , accidental sailor Nelson Simon deftly weaves a compelling story about a "perfect storm" of powerful forces: Hurricane Grace, famed explorer Norman Baker, and the inexorable draw of the soul toward risk and adventure." Amy Eddings, host/producer at Ideastream Public Media"Nelson Simon's memoir reminds the reader that those who go down to the sea in ships are a complex and varied lot: skillful, determined, hapless, obsessed. Men and women who are at the mercy of accident and fate as surely as they are tossed about by wind and waves. Soul of the Hurricane is the kind of character-driven, storm-battered, seafaring yarn Joseph Conrad would have loved. Or written." Alice McDermott, author of The Ninth Hour and Charming Billy , winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction"Readers who love sea adventures will revel in the drama of this very personal narrative." Booklist"Soul of the Hurricane is a remarkable debut from a singular storyteller. " -- David Isay, Peabody Award-winning creator of StoryCorpsTable of Contents1: Water 2: Norman 3: Anne Kristine 4: Preparation 5: Departure 6: Soul of the Hurricane 7: Deeper 8: Deliverance 9: After 10: Questions The Journal Letters
£999.99
Larsen and Keller Education Handbook of Natural Hazards and Disasters
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£93.56
Bold Type Books Ignition: Lighting Fires in a Burning World
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£22.50
HarperCollins Focus When the Grid Fails: Easy Action Steps When
Book SynopsisPrepare your home and family for any catastrophe and know what to do when disaster strikes.Guide your family through life-threatening situations when they hit home with this survival guide. Learn techniques and strategies for fortifying your home against any crisis. From a downed power line to staying safe during a hurricane or being trapped in your home in a snowstorm, you’ll learn life-saving strategies and self-sufficient living. With the right tools and information, you can survive life’s most unpredictable circumstances. Survival expert Ky Furneaux (featured on Discovery’s Naked and Afraid) establishes easy action steps so your family has a step-by-step plan when things go haywire. Whether it’s environmental disaster, social upheaval, civil unrest, war, or an economic breakdown, with this guide you can confidently navigate any crisis.Learn practical preparations and smart responses to all kinds of survival situations, including: How to find and sterilize water How to keep warm if the heating cuts out, and staying cool in heat waves without A.C. How to safely store food and water for weeks and months on end First-aid instructions and treating injuries in an emergency Alternative cooking techniques when conventional methods are unavailable How to prepare for a fire, hurricane, tornado, flood, or earthquake Be self-reliant and give yourself peace of mind with the tools you need to survive even in long emergencies. Take the initiative with When the Grid Fails and be prepared for any urban crisis.
£999.99
Syrawood Publishing House Global Flood Hazard: Mapping, Forecasting and
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£105.33
Syrawood Publishing House Tsunami: Generation, Propagation, Effects and
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£115.90
Texas Tech Press,U.S. Flood on the Tracks: Living, Dying, and the
Book SynopsisThe Elkhorn River originates in north-central Nebraska and empties into the Platte River just west of Omaha. One of the first written records of the Elkhorn describes a flood. A flood hindered travel up the river by the valley's first non-Indian settlers. Decade after decade, floods have swept away mill dams, destroyed crops, drowned stock, soaked inventories, filled basements, undercut roads, washed out railroads and bridges, turned unfortunate riverside homes–even a dance hall–into unwieldy watercraft, and killed people. Everyone in the Elkhorn Valley agreed the Flood of 1944 was the worst in history. Until the deadly Flood of 2010 took the title. From a perspective unusual on the Great Plains–the problem of too much water– Flood on the Tracks offers an intimate portrait of life in the Elkhorn River Basin of northeast Nebraska. In a region often defined by aridity, rivers and their basins have provided sustenance, shelter, fertile soil, and overland highways. In many ways Plains rivers organize human lives. When they overflow, which they can be counted on to do, they disorganize them. Using Plains Indian winter counts, postcards, photographs, newspaper accounts, government records, and more, Flood on the Tracks chronicles the river's natural and human history from the Plains Indians into the twenty-first century. The Elkhorn's floods show us how the nature of disaster has changed and how Plainsfolk live–and die–with a river.
£999.99
Texas Tech Press,U.S. Bad Smoke, Good Smoke: A Texas Rancher's View of
Book SynopsisFrom his home on the Texas Panhandle, John R. Erickson, rancher and author of the bestselling Hank the Cowdog series, saw firsthand the raw power of two megafires that swept across the high plains in 2006 and 2017. "These were landmark events that are etched onto the memory of an entire generation and will be passed down to the next. They made the old-time methods of fighting fire with shovels, wet gunny sacks, and ranch spray rigs a pathetic joke."Yet Bad Smoke, Good Smoke, while relating a tale of gut-wrenching destruction, also provides a more nuanced view of what is often a natural event, giving the two-sided story of our relationship with fire. Not just a first-hand account, Bad Smoke, Good Smoke also synthesizes and explains the latest research in range management, climate, and fire. Having experienced the bad smoke, Erickson tries to understand a rancher's relationship to good smoke and to reconcile the symbiotic relationship that a rancher has with fire.Evocatively chronicled, Erickson tells what it is like trying to stop the unstoppable: Bad Smoke, Good Smoke gives voice to the particular pains that ranchers must face in our era of climate change and ever more powerful natural disasters.
£21.56
Guernica Editions,Canada Surviving the Apocalypse Volume 27: Understanding
Book SynopsisAlmost daily scientists are sounding dire warnings about the effects of climate change. Our young will bear an unprecedented burden. They are eager to discover what can be done, as time slips away. But few of them – or us – are aware that global warming is but one facet of a looming planetary catastrophe. Most of the natural and social systems humans depend on for survival are also in various stages of collapse. Each failure will impact the other systems, including climate, in a series of feedback loops that can unleash a virtual tsunami of destruction, and do so far sooner than climate scientists, looking only at their own discipline, predict. The corona virus pandemic has shown how unprepared we are. Multiply its effects times 10, times 50, to get an idea of what's coming. We have entered what scientists term a "critical state," at the brink of an unstable precipice. The smallest push or pull, from any direction, could suddenly topple us. Despite the global scale of the emergency, its root causes are predominantly human and surprisingly simple. With courage to act, we can slow the devastating cascade and, perhaps, even reverse some of the worst impacts.
£999.99
Thunder Bay Press Michigan All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People
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£999.99
Fremantle Press Koombana Days
Book SynopsisThe elegant, ultra-modern S.S. Koombana arrived in Western Australia in March 1909. After only three years of Nor-West service, the ship and her entire complement disappeared in a late-summer cyclone off the Pilbara coast. The vessel has never been found and the tragedy remains unexplained. KOOMBANA DAYS is the story of the ship and of the people in whose lives she figured so large.
£35.70
Scribe Publications Fallout from Fukushima
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£16.96
Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Human Survivability Studies: A New Paradigm for
Book SynopsisThe challenges we face today are growing conspicuously broad in scale and complex in nature. Human Survivability Studies is a new transdisciplinary field born from the growing awareness of the urgent need to tackle the large-scale environmental and social issues at crisis point in the world today.Based at Kyoto University, the recently established Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability is seeking to develop leaders able to challenge global problems on a number of fronts. Each of the twenty chapters in this volume, written by academics from the Graduate School, looks at critical issues facing humanity from a different perspective, discussing new ideas and scientific methods that will form the basis of human survivability. The aim here is to outline the framework behind the ideas, methodology, and practice of this new scientific paradigm that incorporates knowledge from both the social and natural sciences.Table of Contents Figures Tables Photographs Contributors Explanation of the Network Analysis Introduction Shuichi Kawai and Koichiro Oshima Part I: The Foundations of Human Survivability Studies Introduction to Part I 1 Questioning the Basic Nature of Human Beings 2 ‘Spaceship Earth’ 3 Lessons from the History of Life 4 What Can We Learn from ‘History’? Part II: Human Survivability Studies Methodology Introduction to Part II 75 5 From a Social Science Perspective 6 From a Natural Science Perspective 7 From an Informatics Perspective Part III: Contemporary Problems and Human Survivability Studies Introduction to Part III 8 Environmental Destruction, Disaster and Climate Change 9 Ethnic, Cultural, Religious and International Conflicts 10 Poverty and Educational Inequality as a Contemporary Global Issue 11 The Threat of Infectious Disease to Humans 12 The Population Problem and the Food Problem 13 The Origin and Nature of Resources and Energy Part IV: Human Survivability Studies in Practice Introduction to Part IV 14 International Development 15 The Role of International Organizations 16 Risk Management Part V: Human Survivability Studies and Exploring the Future Introduction to Part V 17 Coexistence with Nature 18 Resolving Conflicts and Achieving Peace 19 Green Growth/Green Economy 20 Science and Trans-science Epilogue Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£77.00
Ooligan Press Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula
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£21.21
Apollo Publishers No Nice Girl Swears: Notes on High Society,
Book SynopsisNo Nice Girl Swears is the original, trailblazing guide to the “new etiquette,” brimming with timeless advice on style, romance, and grace, and finally back in print 90 years after its original release. Forewords by today’s editor in chief of Town & Country and the editor in chief of Vogue from 1914–1952.Heralded as the go-to guide for soon-to-be debutantes and ladies who’d recently made their debut, No Nice Girl Swears ushered in a “new etiquette” on its release in 1933, much to the shock—and delight—of the high-society crowd of jazz-age America. Today it is equal parts time capsule (how to dress for dinner on your transatlantic voyage) and timeless missive (how to ditch a date who’s had a few too many).Worldly-wise socialite Alice-Leone Moats advises on everything from style and dating to travel and party throwing, and weeds through the dos and don’ts of weddings, weekend trips, and the workplace. Her wisdom, though steeped in the charm of her time, endures: treat others—and yourself—with respect, always put your best foot forward, and don’t throw a party without champagne. It’s just good manners.This keepsake volume includes a new foreword from Stellene Volandes, the editor in chief of Town & Country, the original foreword from Edna Woolman Chase, Vogue’s editor in chief from 1914–1952, and a contextualizing preface. It encourages consideration of what etiquette rules we’d like instilled today, and shows how Moats helped usher in a world where women could speak—and act—freely.Trade Review"A book of modern etiquette for the modern debutante and sub deb, with an eye on her mother. Definitely keyed to the city and suburban communities, rather than the small town. Humor and commonsense combined in due proportion in answering such questions as: Shall I ask him in? May I call you up some time? What is the technique of being picked up? What should be done if my escort passes out on me? And so on. In addition, the author gives the latest usage in the matter of debutante parties, chaperonage (you'd be surprised!), engagements, weddings, clothes, week-end parties, and other contingencies. In good taste, and yet distinctly smart. The book itself is another experiment in colored stock—yellow this time—but since the books are to be sealed with cellophane wrappers, the prospective buyer wont know what she is getting until the purchase is made."—Kirkus Review“In spite of such reminiscent titles of 'Shall She Ask Him In?' and 'Never Speak To Strangers Unless They Speak to You,' these chapters contain serious advice—the pragmatism of it all cloaked in a flippant and humor-flecked style.”—New York TimesTable of ContentsI: No Nice Girl Swears II: Should She Ask Him In?III: You're the First Man I've Ever KissedIV: Keeping an Amateur StandingV: This Casual EraVI: May I Call You Up Sometime? VII: Out for No GoodVIII: Joining InXX: Launching a BelleX: Chaperons Do Exist XI. Between Courses XII. The Inevitable DetailsXIII. Lunches and Teas; Or, Scarcely Worth the TroubleXIV. Coming Out to MusicXV. Cutting In or Sitting OutXVI. That Certain Someone XVII. The Great StepXVIII. In a Cloud of TulleXIX. Twice Shy—?XX. Travel Broadens the MindXXI. Never Speak to Strangers Unless They Speak to YouXXII. Out of Town XXIII. Summer, Winter, SpringXXIV. An Old English CustomXXV. In a Strange BedXXVI. Pity the Poor Working GirlXXVII. Serious BusinessXXVIII. Hot FootlightsXXIX. The Hiccuping FiftiesXXX. Our Plastered Friends
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Torrey House Press Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics, and
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£13.56
Torrey House Press Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight: Sheltering
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£16.96
Scribe Us The Still-Burning Bush
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£13.60
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Sturmschaden: Modellierung Der Versicherten
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