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Frank Dikotter An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 | David Darling; Dirk Schulze-Makuch Discover the mind-boggling science of the coming apocalypse! |
| D'Ann R. Penner; Keith C. Ferdinand;... This books brings together the narrated autobiographies of black New Orleanians, united by their residence in New Orleans, Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. |
Marscher, Bill; Marscher, Fran | Y.M. Yadava; J.M.M. Turner; P.... |
Brian E. Tucker; Mustafa Ozder Erdik;... Urban seismic risk is growing worldwide and is increasingly a problem of developing countries. This book focuses on recent urban earthquake safety developments ... | Gigliotti, Richard J.; Jason, Ronald Designed as a practical reference, this work describes the natural and man-made disasters that threaten businesses. It aims to help people prepare for a variety of situations - from fire... |
Naomi Klein Exposing these global profiteers, the author discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination... | |
Emma Larkin The book that provides the fullest picture yet of what life inside Burma is really like. | Bruce Hensler How the tragedies of the nineteenth-century's great municipal fires changed firefighting today |
Utpal Sandesara; Tom Wooten Offers a researched examination of the little-known, but devastating Machhu Dam disaster in India. On August 11, 1979, after a week of extraordinary monsoon rains in the Gujurat province of... | Vaclav Smil A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at global changes that may occur over the next fifty years--whether sudden and cataclysmic world-changing events or gradually unfolding trends. |
Diane Negra On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, this book examines the television coverage of September, 2005, and the manifestation of its legacy in a range of other media forms. | Mats Lundahl Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country's economic history, and seeks new prospects for economic... |