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Brought to you by Penguin. Wreckers sinks the old narratives of imperialism, revealing the violent, chaotic and improvised reality of empire-building from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. While figures such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are celebrated for...

A tremendous upheaval is coming this century: with every degree of temperature increase, roughly a billion people will be pushed outside the zone in which humans have lived for thousands of years. While we can and should do everything we can to mitigate the impact of climate change, the brutal truth is that huge swathes of the world are becoming uninhabitable. Mass migration will remake the world in the 21st century, either by accident, or design—and as Royal Society Science Prize-winning science journalist Gaia Vince shows us, far better the latter.

After is an astounding, inspiring, and exciting account of America in the first year of the September 12th era. Based on 347 on-the-record interviews and revelations from memos of government meetings, court filings and other documents, award winning journalist Steven Brill takes us inside the...

In Design Any Disaster, certified emergency manager and master business continuity practitioner Patrick Hardy reveals the secrets of disaster preparedness that helped him build the largest and most successful small business and family disaster planning company in the world. He explains why: You should never, ever "remain calm" during a disaster, 99% of all disaster plans are a complete waste of time, and fancy disaster equipment and supplies actually leave you less prepared.

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 'An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics' - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a...

How the very things we create to protect ourselves, like money market funds or anti-lock brakes, end up being the biggest threats to our safety and wellbeing. We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster -- yet we keep having car crashes, floods, and financial crises...

The riveting true story of one of Canada’s worst mining disasters, told in the voices of the men who survived it Foreword by Anne Murray They said it was the world’s deepest and most dangerous coal mine. That claim was probably correct. What is certain is that in October 1958, the Dominion...

This audiobook will help you to prepare well for disaster. Preparedness needs adequate knowledge and understanding, as well as careful planning and proper execution in order to be successful. Nobody wants to get all the hard work done only to find out that you got the wrong supplies or it wasn't enough to tide you and your family through the critical days. This book will also show you how to best prepare without too much strain on your budget. Find out all these and more in this two-in-one box set.

When phones go silent, networks fail, and the internet disappears, communication becomes one of the most critical lifelines in any emergency. Emergency Communications and HAM Radio is a practical, eye-opening guide to how amateur radio helps bridge the gap when modern systems break down. This book takes readers inside the real role of ham radio during disasters, showing why it remains one of the most dependable backup communication tools available. From storms, wildfires, and power outages to large-scale infrastructure failures, it explains what happens when conventional communication ...

A practical, all-encompassing guide to disaster preparedness, from avalanches and blackouts to pandemics and wildfires. An emergency room physician and U.S. Air Force veteran, Dr. Torres, aka “Dr. Disaster,” has spent his career on the front lines, saving lives in all sorts of disasters...

A heroic doctor’s unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine. ‘A brilliant insight into the forgotten heroes at the sharp end of humanitarian emergencies.’ Jon Snow, Channel 4 News This is a story of tireless hard work and astonishing bravery. Tony...

Gail Sheehy traveled to Middletown shortly after the disaster and began in-depth interviews with many of the bereaved.

Middletown, America was written as the year progressed, following parallel and intertwining stories of selected individuals and their families. A mother who was doubly bereft when she lost her only son as he tried to fill the shoes of her absentee husband; the sole survivor in an office of 67 people who escaped the 88th floor of Tower 2 seconds before the floor was decimated.

SIG SWANSTROM and DAVID CRAWFORD help us wrap our minds around why we need to make our emergency preparations a top priority. In the process, they show us how to get ready for a tomorrow that will likely look very different from today. Similar to his bestselling novel 'Lights Out,' CRAWFORD's novelette 'Ready to Roll' which is included in this volume, is a heart pounding fiction story based on a credible threat. It is also a riveting reminder that grave danger can strike suddenly. We must be vigilant, and we need to be ready. SIG SWANSTROM, author of 'God, Guns, and Guts,' has extensive ...

If you want to continue your lifestyle AND make smart money moves, then The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide is the book for you. Saving money and profiting means understanding the many aspects of life where problems can strike, and this book will be your guide. In the face of disaster it is better to plan than panic. A bulletproof plan will protect you from the disastrous surprise of a mishap-from shakeups in the stock market to the next oil crisis to fires and floods.

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.

September 2024: Hurricane Helene wipes North Carolina towns off the map. Roads were closed for weeks. Cell towers died. Families left stranded. May 2021: A single compromised password shuts down the Colonial Pipeline. Half of the East Coast fuel supply is gone. Desperate people hauled gasoline home in plastic sacks. February 2021: The Texas power grid fails mid-winter. Pipes burst. Natural gas lines froze. Hundreds dead. Many Americans never thought things could get this bad so fast. Most people believe modern civilization makes us safer because of bigger infrastructure, faster ...

Wildfire Resilience: Protecting Communities, Homes, and Businesses in an Era of Climate Change is an urgent and indispensable guide for navigating a world increasingly shaped by the forces of nature. This comprehensive ebook dives deep into the multifaceted challenges posed by wildfires, offering practical, actionable strategies to safeguard what matters most—your home, your business, your community, and the environment we all share. A Beacon of Hope in an Age of Escalating Wildfire Risk As climate change intensifies, wildfires are no longer confined to remote forests; they are impacting ...

When Survival Isn't About Having the Most Gear: It's About Being the Most Adaptable Jasper Cole thought he had disaster preparedness figured out. After 25 years of stockpiling supplies, learning skills, and making plans, he was ready for anything. Or so he believed, until a devastating ice storm, a neighborhood brawl, and a series of humbling lessons from his Uncle Frank showed him what "survival of the fittest" really means. The Survival of the Fittest in SHTF challenges everything you think you know about preparedness. Through raw, honest storytelling, Jasper shares the hard truths he ...

I live in a place that looks just like yours. Lawns trimmed on Saturdays. Kids riding bikes until dinner. Garage doors that hum open at the push of a button. A fridge full of food we assume will stay cold. Phones that stay charged. Heat that comes on when it is cold. Air conditioning that kicks in when it is hot. We are surrounded by systems that work so well, so consistently, that we forget they can stop working at all. Until they do. Extended blackouts are not dramatic at first. They do not arrive with explosions or sirens. They begin quietly. A flicker. A click. A moment of confusion ...

This is the story of three terrible famines. The first is an Gorta Mór, the great hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846. The second is the deadly famine that struck Bengal in 1943. The third is the Ethiopian famine, which first sprung up in lethal form in the 1970s under Emperor Haile Selassie and then reappeared under the brutal dictator Mengistu in the 1980s.