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America’s Great Storm: Leading Through Hurricane Katrina

America’s Great Storm: Leading Through Hurricane Katrina

When Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi on August 29, 2005, it unleashed the costliest natural disaster in American histo......more

Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America’s Deadliest Rock Concert

Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America’s Deadliest Rock Concert

On February 20, 2003, the deadliest rock concert in U.S. history took place at a roadhouse called The Station in West Wa......more

Voices of Angels: Disaster Lessons from Katrina Nurses

Voices of Angels: Disaster Lessons from Katrina Nurses

New Orleans nurses speak out about the storm. When thousands fled in the face of Hurricane Katrina, nurses stayed at the......more

Disaster Emergency Management: The Emergence of Professional Help Services for Victims of Natural Disasters

Disaster Emergency Management: The Emergence of Professional Help Services for Victims of Natural Disasters

Survival in times of disaster is a question of utmost importance to both the victims of those events and to the professi......more

Three Famines

Three Famines

This is the story of three terrible famines. The first is an Gorta Mor, the great hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846......more

Disasters of Ohio’s Lake Erie Islands

Disasters of Ohio’s Lake Erie Islands

Beautiful and deadly, the Lake Erie islands off the coast of Ohio have seen their fair share of disasters. The Victory H......more

Accepting Assistance in the Aftermath of Disasters: Standards for States Under International Law

Accepting Assistance in the Aftermath of Disasters: Standards for States Under International Law

Disasters have a devastating effect on the lives of people. It is of essential importance that the response to a disaste......more

Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch earthquakes

Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch earthquakes

After the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook Canterbury, New Zealand on September 4, 2010, the news media were quick to......more

Dispatches from Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten

Dispatches from Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten

Why are Kazakhstan and Montana the same place? asks one chapter of Kate Brown s surprising and unusual journey into the......more

Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy; Library Edition

Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy; Library Edition

Rescue of the Bounty is the harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty-the tall ship used in the classic 1962 f......more

Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy

Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy

Rescue of the Bounty is the harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty--the tall ship used in the classic 1962 ......more

Southern California Surf Music, 1960-1966

Southern California Surf Music, 1960-1966

Dick Dale & the Del-Tones began holding weekend dances at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, California, in the summer o......more

Tram Disasters: British and Foreign Tram Crashes and Accidents

Tram Disasters: British and Foreign Tram Crashes and Accidents

PETER TUFFREY has always been fascinated by trams, just as other people are captivated by racing cars, vintage automobil......more

Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

A gripping, suspenseful page-turner (Kirkus Reviews) with a fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller ......more

A History of Connecticut’s Deadliest Tornadoes: Catastrophe in the Constitution State

A History of Connecticut’s Deadliest Tornadoes: Catastrophe in the Constitution State

The Wallingford tornado of 1878 took less than two minutes, but it killed at the rate of one person per second. Twisters......more

Hawai’i Tsunamis

Hawai’i Tsunamis

This book s stories and images invite readers to honor and learn from those lost in tragic tsunami events. Each person h......more

Disaster’s Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival: Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation

Disaster’s Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival: Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation

Many facets of disasters generate interest among scholars and practitioners. However, a vital area of disaster research ......more

Collective Conviction: The Story of Disaster Action

Collective Conviction: The Story of Disaster Action

Collective Conviction tells the story of Disaster Action, a small charity founded in 1991 by survivors and bereaved peop......more

Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond

Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond

In March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of northern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and ......more

Introduction to International Disaster Management

Introduction to International Disaster Management

Introduction to International Disaster Management, Third Edition, continues to serve as the leading comprehensive overvi......more

Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina

Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina

A panoramic social history of hurricanes in the Caribbean The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much......more

Critical Urban Infrastructure Handbook

Critical Urban Infrastructure Handbook

Represents the State of the Art in Urban Lifeline Engineering Urban lifelines are buried or aboveground network systems ......more

Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this reg......more

Geographic Information Systems Gis for Disaster Management

Geographic Information Systems Gis for Disaster Management

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide essential disaster management decision support and analytical capabilities.......more

C2 Re-Envisioned: The Future of the Enterprise

C2 Re-Envisioned: The Future of the Enterprise

Command and Control (C2) is the set of organizational and technical attributes and processes by which an enterprise mars......more

Hinckley and the Fire of 1894

Hinckley and the Fire of 1894

Imagine a force in nature more powerful than multiple atomic bombs--that was the Great Hinckley Fire of September 1, 189......more

Modern Fire Trucks: An Illustrated History from the 1980s Forward

Modern Fire Trucks: An Illustrated History from the 1980s Forward

The roles of today’s fire service have expanded to include Emergency Medical Services, Hazardous Materials, Urban Search......more

Forgotten Fires of Chicago: The Lake Michigan Inferno and a Century of Flame

Forgotten Fires of Chicago: The Lake Michigan Inferno and a Century of Flame

Chicago s war against cinder, flame and smoke did not end with the Great Fire of 1871. That conflagration was only one e......more

The Dynamics of Disaster

The Dynamics of Disaster

In 2011, there were fourteen natural calamities that each destroyed over a billion dollars’ worth of property in the Uni......more

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

Deep Down Dark is the novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo and Antonio Bande......more

Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Givers: Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Givers

Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Givers: Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Givers

Imtiaz Sooliman, a medical doctor practising in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, visited a Shaikh in Istanbul in 1992. Th......more

A History of Disaster: Atlantic Canada’s Worst Storms, Accidents, and Conflagrations

A History of Disaster: Atlantic Canada’s Worst Storms, Accidents, and Conflagrations

The threat of disaster has long been a fact of life for Atlantic Canadians, especially the countless numbers who earn th......more

Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective

Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective

Tracing a life of radical activism and the emergence of a grassroots organization in the face of disaster, this chronicl......more

The Great Irish Famine: A History in Four Lives

The Great Irish Famine: A History in Four Lives

First-hand accounts of this historic tragedy combined to create a complete and uniquely personal picture of events. Here......more

Disaster Emergency Management: The Emergence of Professional Help Services for Victims of Natural Disasters

Disaster Emergency Management: The Emergence of Professional Help Services for Victims of Natural Disasters

Survival in times of disaster is a question of utmost importance to both the victims of those events and to the professi......more

The 1924 Tornado in Lorain & Sandusky: Deadliest in Ohio History

The 1924 Tornado in Lorain & Sandusky: Deadliest in Ohio History

June 28, 1924, dawned hot and sunny, with fluffy white clouds hovering over a blue and inviting Lake Erie. For two Ohio ......more

Coping With Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949

Coping With Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949

The Jianghan plain in central China is shaped by its relationship with water. Once a prolific rice-growing region that d......more

The Open Door: Art and Foreign Policy at the RCSI

The Open Door: Art and Foreign Policy at the RCSI

The incredibly rich tapestry of medicine can never be finished. In every generation, new patterns of service develop, as......more

A Season to Remember: Faith in the Midst of the Storm

A Season to Remember: Faith in the Midst of the Storm

In Tuscaloosa, Alabama the world revolves around one thing: The University of Alabama s Crimson Tide. But on April 27, 2......more

Physical Security and Environmental Protection

Physical Security and Environmental Protection

Manage a Hazard or Threat Effectively and Prevent It from Becoming a Disaster When disaster strikes, it can present chal......more

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

PEN Literary Award Finalist On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struc......more

Air Disasters of the World

Air Disasters of the World

Even after a century of commercial air travel, and in spite of the tens of thousands of safe plane trips taken every day......more

Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami

Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami

Kirkus Best Books of the Year - Kansas City Star Best Books of the Year A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater......more

Disaster!: Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey

Disaster!: Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey

By every measure, Hurricane Sandy was a disaster of epic proportions. The deadliest storm to strike the East Coast since......more

A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue

A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue

A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller Seventy-foot......more

A Storm Too Soon

A Storm Too Soon

A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller Seventy-foot......more

Red Light to Starboard: Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster

Red Light to Starboard: Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster

Minutes before supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, before rocks ripped a huge hole in her hull and a gey......more

Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward th......more

The Esperanza Fire: Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57

The Esperanza Fire: Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57

When a jury returns to a packed courtroom to announce its verdict in a capital murder case every noise, even a scraped c......more

What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan

What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan

Recent events have taught us all that anyone, anywhere can face an emergency situation. Do you have the tools, equipment......more

Wave

Wave

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - One woman’s searing account of losing her entire f......more

Introduction to Homeland Security

Introduction to Homeland Security

Since the attacks of 9/11, billions of dollars and countless resources have been committed and expended in the attempt t......more

The Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Governance

The Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Governance

Risk is a part of life. How we handle uncertainty and deal with potential threats influence decision making throughout o......more

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