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3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It
list: $13.95 - our price: $10.46
by Warner Books
Paperback (01 April, 2003)
(18 reviews) 4.83 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This Book is HOT!: There is little in this world that can be as terrifying yet as satisfying as crawling into a blazing building and cheating death and fire by escaping and beating the fire down.
9-11: Emergency Relief
list: $14.95 - our price: $14.95
by Alternative Comics
Paperback (01 January, 2002)
(6 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Touching Reminder Of A Day That United All Of America....: Where were YOU on the morning of September 11th, 2001? I was at work when Howard Stern reported that a plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center Towers.

A Bed for the Night : Humanitarianism in Crisis
list: $15.00 - our price: $10.20
by Simon & Schuster
Paperback (07 October, 2003)
(8 reviews) 3.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: An important book about an important problem: Pulling no punches, Rieff has written a damning insight into the current humanitarian care industry (and it has become an industry) has lost its way in the modern day.
A Call from Home : Armenia and Karabagh My Journal
list: $22.95
by Arpen Press
Hardcover (01 January, 1999)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A story of the struggle for survival that sill goes on today: Living in America, it is easy to miss seeing the struggle for survival that goes on in the world still today.

A Century Of Heroes
list: $29.95 - our price: $18.87
by University of Pittsburgh Press
Paperback (01 October, 2004)
A Framework for Survival: Health, Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts
list: $30.95 - our price: $30.95
by Routledge
Paperback (01 July, 1999)

A New Species of Trouble: The Human Experience of Modern Disasters
list: $12.95 - our price: $12.95
by W. W. Norton & Company
Paperback (01 July, 1995)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Read this book!: This book is really awesome. An easy read and very informing
A Season of Fire: Four Months on the Firelines in the American West
list: $24.95 - our price: $15.72
by J.P. Tarcher/Penquin
Hardcover (10 April, 2003)
(37 reviews) 2.27 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Excellent book - ignore these dishonest 1-star reviews!: This is a fascinating, well-researched book that provides a wealth of (clearly explained) information on the science and politics of firefighting.

A World Turned Over : A Killer Tornado and the Lives It Changed Forever
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by Simon & Schuster
Hardcover (11 July, 2002)
(13 reviews) 4.08 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: lushly written: Lorian Hemingway's "A World Turned Over" is beautifully, lushly written. In a dreamer's evocative prose, she tells the story of the severe tornado that struck Jackson,
Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disasters in America
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover (01 September, 2000)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: from the city of burning rivers: This is a brilliant book -- well-researched, incisive, and passionate. It should inspire all of us to think more deeply and critically about how social oppression manifests itself in the ecosystem.

After : How America Confronted the September 12 Era
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by Simon & Schuster
Hardcover (07 April, 2003)
(14 reviews) 3.5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Within moments after the collapse of the World Trade Center, the attack on the Pentagon, and the downing of United Airlines Flight 93 over a field in Pennsylvania, the shocked world knew that much more than the spectacular New York City skyline had changed forever.
After September 11: New York and the World
list: $29.00
by Reuters Prentice Hall
Hardcover (29 July, 2002)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: One of the best books about 9/11.: I shredded Reuters earlier 9/11 book, but this one seems refreshingly clear of soapbox lectures and political propagandizing.

After the Hurricane: Linking Recovery to Sustainable Development in the Caribbea
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by Johns Hopkins University Press
Hardcover (01 February, 1998)
Aid to Africa : So Much To Do, So Little Done (Century Foundation/Twentieth Century
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by University of Chicago Press
Hardcover (15 April, 1999)
(1 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Hit and Miss: Like so many pieces of work about the effectiveness of aid, this piece by Lancaster has its strengths as well as its obvious blind spots.

All Nine Alive: The Dramatic Mine Rescue That Inspired and Cheered a Nation
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by Triumph Books
Hardcover (01 September, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great Book!: Great pictures from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. They really brought the rescue alive! I loved the book.
All the Men in the Sea: The Untold Story of One of the Greatest Rescues in Histor
list: $25.00 - our price: $16.50
by Free Press
Hardcover (01 October, 2002)
(3 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Exciting story that reads like an insurance report: Credit needs to be given to the author for doing a lot of research, but the writing style is "the facts and nothing but the facts."

Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories
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by Orbis Books
Hardcover (01 October, 2003)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Fantastic Read!: I've read this book countless times now. It gives such a wonderful insight into the real lives of these workers who are on the frontlines day in and day out.
Armenia in Crisis: The 1988 Earthquake
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by Wayne State University Press
Paperback (01 April, 1995)

Basics of International Humanitarian Missions (International Humanitarian Affairs
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by Fordham University Press
Paperback (01 December, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: An impressive collection of erudite essays: Compiled and edited by Kevin M. Cahill (Director of the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs,
Be Alert, Be Aware, Have a Plan: The Complete Guide to Personal Security
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by The Lyons Press
Paperback (01 April, 2002)
(10 reviews) 4.9 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Excellent book -- What everyone must know to stay safe.: I heard the author on the G.Gordon Liddy radio show and was impressed, so I got the book.

Between the Lines: Overseas With the Red Cross and Oss in World War II
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by Posterity Press (MD)
Hardcover (01 March, 1998)
Braving the Waves: Rockaway Rises -- And Rises Again
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by Rising Star Press
Hardcover (02 November, 2002)
(19 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: HOME OF THE BRAVE: Rockaway Beach is the unofficial capital of firefighting New York. Generations of NYC firefighters have made their homes here in this sliver of a neighborhood by the beach in the shadows of the city's skyline.K

Brotherhood
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by Main Street
Hardcover (28 March, 2004)
(29 reviews) 4.97 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: In tears: is the only way I can describe how I felt looking at the images in this beautiful book. God bless the men who made the ultimate sacrifice for others.
Buffalo Creek-Valley of Death
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by Mountain Memories Books
Paperback (June, 1992)

Catastrophe: Risk And Response
list: $28.00 - our price: $22.40
by Oxford University Press
Hardcover (01 October, 2004)
Chaos Organization and Disaster Management (Public Administration and Public Policy
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by Marcel Dekker
Hardcover (01 November, 2003)

Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe
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by Institute of Physics Publishing
Hardcover (01 May, 2000)
Children and Disasters: A Practical Guide to Healing and Recovery
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by Oxford University Press
Paperback (01 March, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Helping children cope with traumatic events: Natural and/or man-made catastrophes and trauma occur every single day all over the world.

Coming Back Alive
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by Spike Walker
Hardcover (01 August, 2001)
(19 reviews) 4.16 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Beautifully Crafted True Account: Spike Walker has crafted a true account of the "World's Most Dangerous Occupation", fishing off Alaska's,
Communities at Risk: Collective Responses to Technological Hazards (Worcester Polytechnic Institute Studies in Science,
list: $50.95
by Peter Lang Publishing
Hardcover (01 June, 1992)

Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, 1906: Survivors and Rescuers
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by Book Tree
Paperback (01 January, 2003)
Condemned to Repeat?: The Paradox of Humanitarian Action
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by Cornell University Press
Paperback (01 June, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great read- but the elites will not listen: Excellent book- well documented. The author's arguments are furthered bolstered by other writers that have exposed the corrupt,

Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook
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by ESRI Press
Paperback (01 September, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great book: One of the best books in GIS related to catastrophe. The ideas presented here are uptodate.Great job
Contempt and Pity: Social Policy and the Image of the Damaged Black Psyche, 1880-199
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by University of North Carolina Press
Hardcover (01 May, 1997)
(3 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A passionate and erudite work.: Mr Scott has demonstrated that the left and right have often distorted the African-Americans' humanity.

Contingency Planning and Disaster Recovery : A Small Business Guide
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by Wiley
Hardcover (18 October, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Yes it can happen to you!: A superbly practical and comprehensive guide - cogent and succinct but thorough. Having just gone through an office disaster similar to worked examples and real life situations presented in the book,
Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responders
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by Lewis Publishers, Inc.
Hardcover (27 August, 1999)

Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Storage and Physical Surviva
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by Cross-Current Publishing
Paperback (April, 2002)
(6 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Wonderful Resource Book: Touches on every aspect of preparedness including basic checklist of things you might want to consider having on hand such as spare car parts,
Crucibles of Hazard: Mega-cities and Disasters in Transition
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by United Nations University Press
Paperback (February, 1999)

Cry from the Deep : The Submarine Disaster That Riveted the World and Put the New
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by HarperCollins
Hardcover (23 November, 2004)
Dead Men Tapping
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by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Paperback (16 September, 2004)

Dirty Bomb: Weapons of Mass Disruption
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by Chamberlain Bros.
Paperback (06 April, 2004)
(3 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Very informative about an important subject: Sadly, we live in a time when we need to know all we can about protecting ourselves,
Disaster Management: A Guide to Issues Management and Crisis Comunication
list: $27.50 - our price: $27.50
by Oxford University Press
Paperback (01 May, 2003)

Disaster Management
list: $96.95
by Quorum Books
Hardcover (19 June, 1984)
Disaster Recovery Handbook, The: A Step-by-Step Plan to Ensure Business Continuity and Protect Vital Operations,
list: $54.00 - our price: $34.02
by AMACOM
Hardcover (July, 2004)

Disaster Response: GIS for Public Safety
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by ESRI Press
Paperback (01 April, 2001)
Disasters and Democracy: The Politics of Extreme Natural Events
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by Island Press
Paperback (01 June, 1999)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A "Real-World" Look at U.S. Disaster Policy: Rud Platt is a land use lawyer at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mr. Platt links the political aspects of U.S

Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States (Natural
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by National Academies Press
Hardcover (01 July, 1999)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Good Mitigation Textbook: I found this book provides a very good overview of natural hazards mitigation. It gives practitioners research information they can use when tasked to build mitigation programs for their communities.
Distant Suffering: Morality, Media and Politics
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by Cambridge University Press
Paperback (01 May, 1999)

Dogny: America's Tribute to Search and Rescue Dogs
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by TFH Publications
Hardcover (01 December, 2002)
Dunant's Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross
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by Carroll & Graf Pub
Hardcover (01 May, 1999)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: When vacationing Genevan businessman Henri Dunant arrived at the resort community of Solferino, Italy, in June 1859, he certainly did not expect to find the remains of a bloody battle, concluded earlier in the day,

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