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Taylor & Francis Ltd Indonesia and the Politics of Disaster
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Hurricane Andrew Ethnicity Gender and the Sociology of Disasters
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Droughts
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Taylor & Francis Floods
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Taylor & Francis Natural Disasters and Cultural Change
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing
Book SynopsisThe number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global economic growth rate per capita is twice its 1960s value. Does this mean economic growth is independent of the impacts of natural disaster? Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World is the first book to acknowledge the full implications of globalization for disaster and development. The contributors to this book fully examine: global processes and how they might affect disaster risk at the global scale. links between international issues - such as diplomatic relations, the growth of non-governmental organizations and the health of the international insurance industry - and disaster risk the interaction of these large scale forces with local conditions through case study analysis of individual disaster events. In his revealing work, author Pelling mTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. Paradigm of Risk Part II: Global Processes and Environmental Risk 2. Does Global Environmental Change cause Vulnerability to Disaster? 3. Changes in Capitalism and Global Shifts in the Distribution of Hazard and Vulnerability 4. Gender, Disaster and Development 5. Disasters, Costs and Adaptation in Developed and Developing Countries Part III: International Exchange and Vulnerability 6. Changing Actors: NGOs and the Private Sector 7. Disaster Diplomacy 8. The Insurance Industry: Can it Cope with Catastrophe? Part IV: Local Contexts and Global Pressures 9. The Social Construction of Disaster in UK and Egypt 10. Prevention or Cure for Catastrophic Events? Landslide at La Josefina, Ecuador 11. Community Level Disaster Mitigation: The Philippines 12. Flood Management and Regime Change in The Netherlands and Bangladesh 13. Unresolved Development Challenges: The Marmara Earthquake, Turkey 14. Ecological Reconstruction of the Upper Yangtze River, China Part V: Conclusion 15. Emerging Concerns
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Human Rights and World Trade Hunger in International Society New International Relations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster and Development
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster and Development
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rebuilding Local Communities in the Wake of Disaster Social Recovery in Sri Lanka and India
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Taylor & Francis Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Recovering from Earthquakes Response Reconstruction and Impact Mitigation in India
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Taylor & Francis Natural Disasters and Cultural Change One World Archaeology Paperback
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Taylor & Francis Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster Resiliency
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Taylor & Francis Chernobyl Routledge Revivals
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Taylor & Francis Disaster Diplomacy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Planning for the Unplanned
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Taylor & Francis Planning for the Unplanned
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Military Legacies A World Made By War Global Realities
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster Planning Structural Assessment Demolition and Recycling
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Living with Hazards Dealing with Disasters An Introduction to Emergency Management An Introduction to Emergency Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Living with Hazards Dealing with Disasters An Introduction to Emergency Management
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Taylor & Francis Disaster Relief in the Asia Pacific
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Policing the Pandemic
Book SynopsisPolicing the Pandemic explores how police agencies in United Kingdom and the United States have adjusted to their changing environments, both during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and later, when the restrictions have been relaxed and the societies have begun to develop their new normal.Combining interviews and surveys of police officers and police administrators from the United Kingdom and the United States, this book provides a systematic and empirically based account of these changes and elaborates on the lessons for the future. The book offers insight into organizational and operational changes brought on by the pandemic, including the changes in their workload, enforcement activities, and administrative changes. It examines police perceptions of, and compliance with, pandemic-related changes, any potential COVID-19-related training, and the frequency with which they used various responses when observing violations of COVID-19 regulations and laws. It also focus
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Viral Times
Book SynopsisThis book explores the relationship between COVID-19 and AIDS. It considers both how the earlier HIV pandemic informed our engagement with COVID-19, as well as the ways in which COVID-19 has changed how we remember and experience AIDS.Individual sections focus on sexual and intimate relationships, inequalities and injustice, the progressive biomedicalisation of the response (in the absence of a vaccine or effective treatment or cure), and professional, practitioner and community perspectives on the pandemics. The authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds including public health, nursing, law and legal studies, political studies, and the humanities and social sciences. The book contains contributions by established writers such as Dennis Altman, Shalini Bharat, Tim Dean, Deborah Lupton, Shubhada Maitra, Pauline Oosterhoff and Michael Tan, as well as chapters by Chris Ashford and Gareth Longstaff, Bernard Kelly, Dean Murphy and Kiran Pienaar, and Theodore (ted) Kerr.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Pandemics Public Health and the Regulation of
Book SynopsisThis book examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has engendered a new and challenging environment in which borders drawn around people, places, and social structures have hardened and new ones have emerged.Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, borders closed or became unwelcoming at the international, national, sub-national, and local levels. Debate persists as to whether those countries and territories that tightly managed their borders, like New Zealand, Australia, or Hong Kong, got it right' compared to those that did not. Without doubt, a majority of those who suffered and died throughout the pandemic have been those from vulnerable populations. Yet on the other hand, efforts taken to manage the spread of the disease, such as through border management, have also disproportionately affected those who are most vulnerable. How then is the right balance to be struck, acknowledging, too, the economic and other imperatives that may dissuade governments from taking public healthTable of ContentsI. INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction Colleen M. Flood, Y.Y. Brandon Chen, Raywat Deonandan, Sam Halabi, and Sophie Thériault II. HISTORIES, CONTESTS, AND COMMUNICATION OF BORDERS AS PUBLIC HEALTH TOOLS 2. The Essential Art of Communication about Balance in Border Closures Raywat Deonandan 3. The Wolf and the Sheepfold: Borders, Containment, and Contested Discourses of Public Health in the Great Influenza Pandemic Era Esyllt Jones 4. Bordering and the Fallacy of Disease Directionality: Ebola, SARS-CoV-2 and Africa’s Confidence Deficit with Global Public Health Chidi Oguamanam 5. Towards Reimagining the IHR Article 43 on Travel Restrictions Lisa Forman & Roojin Habibi III. BORDER AND MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS AS PUBLIC HEALTH TOOLS WITHIN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES 6. Management of the European Union’s (Internal and External) Borders during the COVID-19 Pandemic Tamara Hervey, Alexandra Fyfe & Vincent Delhomme 7. Public Health Evidence for Provincial Border Management Brenda J. Wilson 8. First Nations, COVID-19, and the Implications of Spatial Restrictions in a Settler Colonial Context Eva Ottawa, Florence Robert & Sophie Thériault IV. BORDER MEASURES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 9. Border Controls as Part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Siouxsie Wiles 10. Borders within Borders within Borders: A Legitimate Approach to Controlling the First Two Years of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Australia Stephen Duckett 11. The United States Response to COVID-19: A Patchwork of Border Regulations Katherine Ginsbach 12. Brazilian Discriminatory Border Control Policy Based on ‘Health Restrictions’ During COVID-19 Pandemic Fernando Aith V. BORDER CONTROLS, MIGRANTS, AND REFUGEES 13. Pandemic Pathways to Permanent Residence Audrey Mackli 14. Spouses of the Pandemic: Data, Racism, and Mental Health Wei William (“Will”) Tao VI. VACCINE PASSPORTS: CIVIL LIBERTIES, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH 15. Vaccine Refusals and Freedom of Religion: A Moving Target in a Pandemic Age Carissma Mathen 16. A Brief History of the Science of Vaccine Passports and What the Future Holds Kumanan Wilson 17. Rights Discourse and Canadian Debate Over Vaccine Passports Bryan Thomas 18. Mobility Restrictions, Human Rights, and the Legal Test of Proportionality Jeff King VII. VACCINE PASSPORTS: PRIVACY CLAIMS & TECHNOLOGY FIXES AND FAILURES 19. Pandemic-Fighting Technologies? Lessons from COVID-19 for the Pandemics of the Future Vivek Krishnamurthy & Myka Kollmann 20. Verification Theatre at Borders and in Pockets Michael Veale VIII. BOUNDED VULNERABILITIES: LONG-TERM CARE, PRISONS, PSYCHIATRIC CARE INSTITUTIONS, AND HOMELESSNESS 21. The Paradox of Protecting the Vulnerable: An Analysis of the Canadian Public Discourse on Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic Martine Lagacé, Caroline D. Bergeron, Tracey O’Sullivan, Samantha Oostlander, Pascale Dangoisse, Amélie Doucet & Philippe Rodrigues-Rouleau 22. Of Governmental Priorities, Human Rights, and Social Control: Prison Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Adelina Iftene 23. Extending the Boundaries of the Psychiatric Hospital: The Use and Misuse of Psychiatric Coercion during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Quebec and Ontario Emmanuelle Bernheim 24. Punishing Mobility: Curfews and Homelessness in Quebec during the COVID-19 Pandemic Véronique Fortin & Céline Bellot IX. ACCESS TO SERVICES, CARE, AND MEDICAL NECESSITIES 25. Bodies Across Borders: A History of Cross-Border Travel for Abortion Services in Poland and Canada Christabelle Sethna & Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula 26. Borders Drawn Across Bodies: Advocating for Maternal Health in Times of Crisis Sarah J. Lazin 27. Keeping Border Restrictions Light Enough to Travel: A Humanitarian Perspective on Canada’s Border Control Measures During COVID-19 Jason Nickerson & Joseph Belliveau 28. "Where You Live Shouldn’t Determine Whether You Live": Canada and the Line Between Rhetoric and Reality in Global COVID-19 Vaccine Access Adam R. Houston X. BORDERS, BOUNDARIES, AND THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL HEALTH LAW 29. Cross-Border Mobility of Persons and Goods during Pandemics: Exposing Normative Duality in International Law Pedro A. Villarreal 30. Modeling Approaches to Borders, Geography and Infectious Diseases David Fisman 31. Advancing a Risk-Based Approach to Border Management during Public Health Emergencies of International Concern Kelley Lee, Julianne Piper & Jennifer Fang 32. Global Health Law: Overcoming the Shortfall in Human Resources Tim G. Evans & Priyanka Saksena 33. Conceptual and Tangible Borders under a Revised International Health Regulations or New International Pandemic Agreement Sam Halabi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Perspectives on Drought and Famine in Nigeria
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster and Reconstruction
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Disasters
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Disasters provides the first comprehensive review of the role played by international human rights law in the prevention and management of natural and technological disasters.Each chapter is written by a leading expert and offers a state-of-the-art overview of a significant topic within the field. In addition to focussing on the role of human rights obligations in disaster preparedness and response, the volume offers a broader perspective by examining how human rights law interacts with other legal regimes and by addressing the challenges facing humanitarian organizations. Preceded by a foreword by the International Law Commissionâs Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, the volume is divided into four parts: Part I: Human rights law and disasters in the framework of public international law Part II: Role and application of human rights law in dTrade Review'This collection of essays is not the first enquiry on the subject-matter of international disaster law (IDL), but it is a very welcome addition to a more and more well-grounded branch in the panorama of international law practice and scholarship. The book under review brings a breath of fresh air into the debate, by addressing the issue of disasters through the human rights law lens in a comprehensive way.'--Mariangela La Manna Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies Table of ContentsForeword, Eduardo Valencia Ospina Part I: Human Rights Law and Disasters in the Framework of Public International Law 1.Introduction, Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani, Emanuele Sommario, Federico Casolari, Giulio Bartolini 2. A Taxonomy of Disasters in International Law, Giulio Bartolini 3. R.I.P 'R2P': On the Controversial Responsibility to Protect Doctrine and Why it Adds No Value to Disasters, Karen Da Costa 4. Assistance to Disaster Victims in an Armed Conflict: The Role of International Humanitarian Law, Sarah Williamsn and Gabrielle Simm Part II: Role and Application of Human Rights Law in Disaster Settings 5. A Right to International (Humanitarian) Assistance in Times of Disaster: Fresh Perspectives from International Human Rights Law, Marlies Hesselman 6. The Human Rights Approach of the International Law Commission in its Work on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters, Ronan McDermott 7. Limitation and Derogation Provisions in International Human Rights Law Treaties and Their Use in Disaster Settings, Emmanuele Sommario 8. States’ Failure to Take Preventive Action and to Reduce Exposure to Disasters as a Human Rights Issue, Mirko Sossai 9. Integrating Human Rights into Disaster Management: Normative, Operational and Methodological Aspects, Annalisa Creta 10. Non-State Humanitarian Actors and Human Rights in Disaster Scenarios: Normative Role, Standard Setting and Accountability, Tommaso Natoli Part III: (Categories of) Rights of Particular Significance in a Disaster Context 11. Mapping Basic Subsistence Rights in Post-disaster Scenarios, Marco Inglese 12. The Human Right to Adequate Housing in Post-Disaster Contexts, Raquel Rolnik 13. Addressing Discrimination in Disaster Scenarios: An International and EU Law Perspective, Federico Casolari 14. The Right to a Healthy Environment: Delineating the Content (and Contours) of a Slippery Notion, Giovanna Adinolfi 15. The Right to Know: The Role of Transparency, Access to Information and Freedom of Expression in Overcoming Disasters, Alice Riccardi 16. Economic and Social Rights in Times of Disaster: Obligations of Immediate Effect and Progressive Realization, Ellen Nohle and Gilles Giacca 17. Cultural Rights in the Prevention and Management of Disasters, Eleni Polymenopoulou Part IV: Protection of Vulnerable Groups in Disaster Settings 18. A Human Rights–based Vulnerability Paradigm: Lessons from the Case of Displaced Women in Post-quake Haiti, Ingrid Nifosi-Sutton 19. Indigenous Communities: From Victims to Actors of Disaster Management, Kristin Hausler 20. The Protection of Migrants in Disasters, Alice Sironi and Lorenzo Guadagno 21. Temporary Protection after Disasters: International, Regional and National Approaches, Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani 22. The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda for People Displaced by Disasters across Borders, Walter Kälin 23. Conclusions, Gabriella Venturini
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Cambridge University Press Free World
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Cambridge University Press Inland Flood Hazards
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Cambridge University Press Feeding the Ten Billion Plants and Population Growth
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Cambridge University Press Perils of a Restless Planet
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Cambridge University Press Governing after Crisis
Book SynopsisDisasters, riots and terrorist attacks pose a constant and frightening challenge to Western societies and governments. This volume explores the post-crisis investigations that take place once stability has been restored. The contributors examine the politics of who or what is to blame and the lessons that can be learned.Trade Review'Too many are unprepared to handle crisis; still more are ignorant of post-crisis dynamics. This book allows us to understand the issues involved and to choose the appropriate roadmaps in the post-event phase. Do not miss these illuminating case studies: they could - tonight or tomorrow - tip the balance between fiasco and success.' Patrick Lagadec, Director of Research, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris'This volume laudably focuses on a relatively neglected topic, the specifically political dimensions of crises and disasters. The authors also make a good case that political elites and organizations more than citizens have to be held accountable for their behavior, since they are the locus of pre-crisis policy decisions. Another worthwhile emphasis is on the differential effects of crisis management on politicians and public officials.' E. L. Quarantelli Professor Emeritus, Disaster Research Center, University of DelawareTable of Contents1. Governing after crisis Arjen Boin, Allan McConnell and Paul 't Hart; Part I. Crisis-Induced Accountability: 2. Weathering the politics of responsibility and blame: the Bush administration and its response to hurricane Katrina Thomas Preston; 3. A reversal of fortune: blame games and framing contests after the 3/11 terrorist attacks in Madrid José A. Olmeda; 4. Flood response and political survival: Gerhard Schröder and the 2002 Elbe flood in Germany Evelyn Bytzek; 5. The politics of tsunami responses: comparing patterns of blame management in Scandinavia Annika Brändström, Sanneke Kuipers and Pär Daléus; 6. Dutroux and dioxin: crisis investigations, elite accountability and institutional reform in Belgium Sofie Staelraeve and Paul 't Hart; Part II. Crisis-Induced Policy Change and Learning: 7. The 1975 Stockholm embassy seizure: crisis and the absence of reform Dan Hansén; 8. The Walkerton water tragedy and the Jerusalem banquet hall collapse: regulatory failure and policy change Robert Schwartz and Allan McConnell; 9. Learning from crisis: NASA and the Challenger disaster Arjen Boin; 10. September 11 and post-crisis investigation: exploring the role and impact of the 9/11 commission Charles F. Parker and Sander Dekker; 11. Conclusions: the politics of crisis exploitation Arjen Boin, Paul 't Hart and Allan McConnell.
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Cambridge University Press A Mental Healthcare Model for Mass Trauma Survivors ControlFocused Behavioral Treatment of Earthquake War and Torture Trauma Cambridge Medicine Hardcover
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Cambridge University Press Mental Health and Disasters
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Social Protection During Times of Crisis
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Cambridge University Press Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague
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Cambridge University Press The Sociology of Disruption Disaster and Social Change
Book SynopsisAs a consequence of disruption and disaster, cooperation among members of a collective is refocused on matters such as status, membership and the formation of coalitions. Hendrik Vollmer investigates the ways in which disruption transforms social order in an analysis that will engage, among others, readers interested in sociological theory.Trade Review'This is sociological theory at its best: insightful, rigorous and readable. Vollmer does not merely draw our attention to the importance of disruption and repair, demonstrating that rules are constituted by exceptions, and not the other way around, but teases out regularities in the processes by which social order emerges and then is realized to have disappeared. Required reading.' John Levi Martin, University of Chicago, and author of The Explanation of Social Action'A highly original approach to the often unnoticed 'bottom-up' mechanisms of social change. The range of applications includes organizational stress, disasters and warfare.' Uwe Schimank, University of BremenTable of Contents1. Confronting disruptions: the nexus of social situations; 2. Framing situations, responding to disruptions; 3. The social order of punctuated cooperation; 4. Organizational stress, failure and succession; 5. Violence and warfare; 6. Elaborating the theory.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Survival Mom
Book SynopsisSuitable for moms who know that the well-being of their brood relies on them, this book provides the information you need to know about food storage, water and sanitation, fuel and energy, medical preparedness, communication protocols and more. It allows us to see that being proactive in the face of uncertainty isn't paranoid.Trade Review"In this impressively comprehensive manual, suburban mom Bedford helps readers learn about, prepare for, and respond to all manner of disasters...Bedford's matter-of-fact yet supportive tone will keep the willies at bay." -- Publishers Weekly "Given the recent prevalence of floods, tornadoes, and power outages, this book comes at a good time. Bedford... discusses how to handle emergencies, from purifying water and storing food to making lists of financial records and establishing a safe room. [R]eaders... would do well to prepare." -- Library Journal "Lisa Bedford's Survival Mom is a much needed resource of practical preparedness and survival knowledge that anybody (even 'Survival Dads') will find an indispensable addition to their self-reliance library!" -- Ed Corcoran, Editor, Survivalist Magazine "Lisa Bedford has given every family an upbeat and useful step-by-step guide to getting through these alarming times. Hurrah for Survival Mom." -- Lew Rockwell, editor, lewrockwell.com "This 'stockpiled guide' to self-sufficiency emergency preparedness is a wealth of information for both the novice and seasoned 'survival mom'!" -- Roxanne L. Griswold, Co-Owner, Ready Made Resources/Founder, Ready Made Woman Blog + No Candidate "Well-referenced, with fresh insights, Survival Mom is funny and well-written." -- Don Aslett, author of Is There Life After Housework? "Lisa Bedford's book, like her blog, is full of up-to-date, useful information from reputable sources. Survival Mom is a good read, and has a place in any prepper/survivalist library." -- Leon Pantenburg, author of survivalcommonsense.com "Lisa Bedford explains preparedness not just as a long term goal for the future, but as an everyday lifestyle for today. This manual is a great read for anyone concerned about their own well-being and security, and that of their loved ones." -- Paul M. Munsen, President, Sun Ovens International "Lisa Bedford has written an outstanding book! Survival Mom is chock full of valuable tips and perspectives that had never crossed my mind, showing me how valuable the female perspective is when it comes to prepping and survival! This book is a keeper!" -- Matthew Stein, author of When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival "After you become a mom, your head often swims with 'what-ifs.' But you can ease your mind with a little preparation, says Lisa Bedford, blogger and author of Survival Mom : How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios." -- USA Weekend
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc We Fed an Island
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Moment I Met You
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Termination Shock
Book SynopsisNew York Times BestsellerFrom Neal Stephenson—who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash—comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics.“Stephenson is one of speculative fiction’s most meticulous architects. . . . Termination Shock manages to pull off a rare trick, at once wildly imaginative and grounded.” — New York Times Book ReviewOne man—visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. R. Schmidt, Ph.D.—has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as “elemental.” But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied?Ranging from the Texas heartland to the Dutch royal palace in the Hague, from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert, Termination Shock brings together a disparate group of characters from different cultures and continents who grapple with the real-life repercussions of global warming. Ultimately, it asks the question: Might the cure be worse than the disease?Epic in scope while heartbreakingly human in perspective, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative adventure.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Termination Shock
Book SynopsisNew York Times BestsellerFrom Neal Stephenson—who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash—comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics.“Stephenson is one of speculative fiction’s most meticulous architects. . . . Termination Shock manages to pull off a rare trick, at once wildly imaginative and grounded.” — New York Times Book ReviewOne man—visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. R. Schmidt, Ph.D.—has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as “elemental.” But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied?Ranging from the Texas heartland to the Dutch royal palace in the Hague, from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert, Termination Shock brings together a disparate group of characters from different cultures and continents who grapple with the real-life repercussions of global warming. Ultimately, it asks the question: Might the cure be worse than the disease?Epic in scope while heartbreakingly human in perspective, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative adventure.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Wuhan Diary
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