Showing titles in Disaster Relief

A lethal mix of natural disaster, dangerously flawed construction, and reckless human actions devastated San Francisco in 1906 and New Orleans in 2005...the poor, the elderly, and the medically infirm were disproportionately among the thousands who perished. In Recovering Inequality, Steve Kroll-Smith builds a convincing case that disaster recovery and the reestablishment of social and economic inequality are inseparable.

In one week, a house and marriage violently disintegrate. Alone raising an infant in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Julie is surrounded by the rubble of her life - stripped bare by love and loss. Suddenly a single mother, Freed's prose captures the love and adoration for her daughter, the indomitable spirit of her New England family and her father's unwavering devotion. Touching ties survive even the most powerful surge Mother Nature delivers.

Getting married in a refugee camp is a tricky business. It's a world without rules, where the value of money changes by the day, rumors and gossip are everywhere, and tragedy is a constant backdrop. A Syrian Wedding tells the true story of Mohammad and Amneh, a young couple who are navigating this treacherous landscape as they try to prepare for what should be the happiest day of their lives.

Wie gerecht kann eine Welt in der Klimakrise sein? Der Klimawandel trifft uns nicht alle gleich. Friederike Otto liefert anhand von acht extremen Wetterereignissen konkrete Beispiele, was die wirklichen Ursachen sind, wer besonders betroffen ist und vor allem: Was Klimagerechtigkeit tatsächlich bedeutet und was dafür noch getan werden muss.

Nach uns eine bessere Welt? Eine Hitzefront liegt über Europa. Waldbrände geraten außer Kontrolle. Menschen fliehen in Notunterkünfte. Durch die Städte ziehen Demonstrierende. Doch in all dem Chaos geht auch das normale Leben von Didrik, Melissa, André und Vilja weiter – vier Menschen, die um ihre Zukunft kämpfen. Gegenwärtig wie nie erzählt Jens Liljestrand eine packende Geschichte zur drängenden Frage unserer Zeit.

This audiobook attempts to answer as many of those questions as possible through an informal, narrative style. It focuses on the overall experience and the feelings and emotions of the people going through it rather than just on facts and figures. It covers every aspect of the Titanic saga from inception and construction to the recent rediscovery of the ship. It also examines the impact of the disaster on society and culture.

Kiwi nurse-midwife, Barbara Walker - who spent 20 years working for international aid agencies - shares her dramatic, heart-rending, and inspiring stories of the situations she faced and the people she sought to help. From the Sakeo One Refugee Camp in Thailand, where she cared for those fleeing Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia in a make-shift bamboo-framed field hospital, to her last placement in Mozambique that ended due to a death threat, Barbara’s Christian faith gave her strength and kept her focused.

All They Will Call You is the harrowing account of "the worst airplane disaster in California's history", which claimed the lives of 32 passengers, including 28 Mexican citizens - farmworkers who were being deported by the US government. Outraged that media reports omitted only the names of the Mexican passengers, American folk icon Woody Guthrie penned a poem that went on to become one of the most important protest songs of the 20th century. 

When terrorists attack, tornadoes make homes disappear, or hurricanes have communities tumbling like building blocks, our hearts weep for those in need. With insight into a world most people are unaware of, Debbie McKinney brings us along on the true story of her volunteer adventures. Travel with her through both uplifting and emotionally challenging experiences.

El 31 de diciembre de 2019 China informó a la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sobre la aparición de varios casos de neumonía de causa desconocida en Wuhan, ciudad de la provincia de Hubei. El 23 de enero se cerró Hubei. El 31 de enero la OMS decretó la emergencia sanitaria global. Después de que el máximo organismo a nivel mundial de la salud declarase la aparición de esta pandemia global y los periodistas, gobernantes y políticos —aunque no todos— la aceptaran sin rechistar, las preguntas, angustiosas, se sucedieron sin respuesta.

Um erro técnico soviético gerou o maior desastre nuclear da História, transformando segredos de Estado em crise global. Ideal para acompanhar seu trajeto diário, esta imersão investigativa e tensa reconstrói a noite fatídica em que a humanidade perdeu o controle sobre a própria...

Un insabbiamento politico e un fatale errore tecnologico innescano il disastro nucleare che ha segnato la storia. Questo saggio storico ti trasporta nell'oscura e tesa atmosfera dell'Unione Sovietica degli anni Ottanta, offrendo un ascolto immersivo perfetto per trasformare i tuoi tragitti...

湿地帯という脆弱な自然環境と奴隷制による過酷な分断が、いかにしてジャズという魂の音楽を生み出したのか、アメリカ南部300年の歴史を辿るドラマチックなノンフィクション。毎日の通勤時間や夜の静かなリラックス...

核の脅威という極限の危機管理において、恐怖に呑まれず生存確率を最大化する実践的なサバイバル術を鮮明に描き出します。予測不可能な有事に備え、毎日の通勤や家事の時間を活用して冷静な判断軸を養いたいと願う...

Découvrez comment le jazz, l'esclavage et les crues dévastatrices ont forgé l'histoire poignante de cette cité rebelle. Idéale pour enrichir votre trajet quotidien ou pour une écoute immersive, cette fresque vous plonge au cœur d'un environnement marécageux particulièrement hostile. La...

Rescue of the Bounty is the harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty—the tall ship used in the classic 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty—which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. On Thursday, October 25, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful...

A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out to sea in one of the world's most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and...

In October 1958 in Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest mine on the planet collapsed, killing hundreds of coal miners. Long after hope was gone, diggers found a dozen men walled-in, alive, and, two days later, six more. The fantastic rescue received global coverage, the first of the television...

Catastrophe weaves together compelling stories and potent lessons learned from the calamitous Halifax explosion—the worst non-natural disaster in North America before 9/11. Written from a scholarly perspective but in a journalistic style accessible to the general listener, this book explores how the explosion influenced later emergency planning and disaster theory.

It is the mid-22nd century, a time in which humankind has reached a point of no return with respect to the destruction of its habitat on Earth. The only ray of hope is the Human Resiliency Program—a conglomeration of government sponsored efforts to preserve human life until such time as the Earth is able to recover.