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Design for Disaster Recovery

Putting People First to Reset Humanitarian Aid in the Built Environment

by David Sanderson ...

Series series Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
At a time of escalating urban disasters and sharply reduced aid budgets, humanitarian aid, long held in need of reform, has no choice but to reset.This book argues that humanitarian aid must accomplish this reset by prioritising people’s agency and localising responses. This book provides lessons learned from leading practitioners working in urban development who dissented from established top ... Read more

$54.99 USD

At a time of escalating urban disasters and sharply reduced aid budgets, humanitarian aid, long held in need of reform, has no choice but to reset.This book argues that humanitarian aid must accomplish this reset by prioritising people’s agency and localising responses. This book provides lessons learned from leading practitioners working in urban development who dissented from established top
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Audiobook

My Name is Mina

by David Almond ...

Narrated by Charlie Sanderson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal
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Mythic Delirium

Mythic Delirium, #1

by Ken Liu, Jane Yolen, Marie Brennan, Yoon Ha Lee, Amal El-Mohtar, Beth Cato, Kenneth Schneyer, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Rhonda Parrish, Yukimi Ogawa, Sonya Taaffe, C.S.E. Cooney, Mari Ness, Liz Bourke, Cedar Sanderson, David Sklar, Virginia M. Mohlere, Alexandra Seidel, Patty Templeton, Sandi Leibowitz, Georgina Bruce, Christina Sng, Karthika Naïr, S. Brackett Robertson, Jennifer Crow, Brittany Warman, Brigitte N. McCray, Robert Davies, Lisa M. Bradley, J.C. Runolfson, Lynette Mejía ...

Series Book 1 - Mythic Delirium
“Rich word choices and settings that blend speculative concepts with quotidian reality highlight this stellar anthology of prose and poetry from well-known editor Mike Allen (CLOCKWORK PHOENIX) and his wife and copublisher, Anita Allen ... This anthology is a winner from cover to cover.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewThis new anthology from the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed ... Read more

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“Rich word choices and settings that blend speculative concepts with quotidian reality highlight this stellar anthology of prose and poetry from well-known editor Mike Allen (CLOCKWORK PHOENIX) and his wife and copublisher, Anita Allen ... This anthology is a winner from cover to cover.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewThis new anthology from the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed
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Urbanisation at Risk in the Pacific and Asia

Disasters, Climate Change and Resilience in the Built Environment

Edited by David Sanderson, Laura Bruce ...

This book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island countries and Asian nations.With chapters written by leading scholars and practitioners, Urbanisation at Risk presents research and case studies from island countries across the Pacific, Cambodia, Nepal and the Philippines. The book explores and presents the theory, ... Read more

$52.99 USD

This book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island countries and Asian nations.With chapters written by leading scholars and practitioners, Urbanisation at Risk presents research and case studies from island countries across the Pacific, Cambodia, Nepal and the Philippines. The book explores and presents the theory,
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Urban Disaster Resilience

New Dimensions from International Practice in the Built Environment

Edited by David Sanderson, Julia Leis, Jerold Kayden ...

Accelerating urbanization worldwide means more urban-centered disasters. Floods, earthquakes, storms and conflicts affecting densely populated areas produce significant losses in lives, livelihoods and the built environment, especially in comparison to rural areas. Poor urban dwellers, almost always the most vulnerable, too often bear the brunt. Aid agencies and urban professionals have been ... Read more

$70.99 USD

Accelerating urbanization worldwide means more urban-centered disasters. Floods, earthquakes, storms and conflicts affecting densely populated areas produce significant losses in lives, livelihoods and the built environment, especially in comparison to rural areas. Poor urban dwellers, almost always the most vulnerable, too often bear the brunt. Aid agencies and urban professionals have been
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Beyond Shelter after Disaster: Practice, Process and Possibilities

Edited by David Sanderson, Jeni Burnell ...

Providing shelter after a disaster is recognised as one of the most complex areas of humanitarian relief and recovery. Some aid agencies have stopped providing shelter altogether after bad experiences, while those that do quickly become engaged in challenges that go far beyond the provision of structures alone. Yet with the number and severity of disasters set to increase, due to climate change ... Read more

$60.99 USD

Providing shelter after a disaster is recognised as one of the most complex areas of humanitarian relief and recovery. Some aid agencies have stopped providing shelter altogether after bad experiences, while those that do quickly become engaged in challenges that go far beyond the provision of structures alone. Yet with the number and severity of disasters set to increase, due to climate change
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Virtual Water

Implications for Agriculture and Trade

Edited by Chittaranjan Ray, David McInnes, Matthew Sanderson ...

Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
Virtual Water explores the role of "virtual water" – the water embedded in a product – in ongoing conversations of agriculture, trade and sustainability in an increasingly inter-connected world.A pervasive theme throughout the book is the general lack of knowledge of the use of water in producing and consuming food. The chapters, arising from a workshop supported by the OECD Co-operative Research ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Virtual Water explores the role of "virtual water" – the water embedded in a product – in ongoing conversations of agriculture, trade and sustainability in an increasingly inter-connected world.A pervasive theme throughout the book is the general lack of knowledge of the use of water in producing and consuming food. The chapters, arising from a workshop supported by the OECD Co-operative Research
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Audiobook

Who Killed JFK?

Solving America's Greatest Murder Mystery

by Rob Reiner, David Hoffman, Dick Russell ...

Narrated by Mack Sanderson ...

Unabridged

9 hours

From the creators of the hit podcast of the same name, Who Killed JFK? unravels a tangled web of evidence—including recently declassified documents, rare interview transcripts, and existing expert research—and presents the definitive analysis of the Kennedy assassination.Since the fateful day in Dallas on November 22, 1963, journalists, historians, and investigators have examined the official ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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From the creators of the hit podcast of the same name, Who Killed JFK? unravels a tangled web of evidence—including recently declassified documents, rare interview transcripts, and existing expert research—and presents the definitive analysis of the Kennedy assassination.Since the fateful day in Dallas on November 22, 1963, journalists, historians, and investigators have examined the official
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Extending Excel with Python and R

Unlock the potential of analytics languages for advanced data manipulation and visualization

by Steven Sanderson, David Kun ...

Seamlessly integrate the Python and R programming languages with spreadsheet-based data analysis to maximize productivityKey FeaturesPerform advanced data analysis and visualization techniques with R and Python on Excel dataUse exploratory data analysis and pivot table analysis for deeper insights into your dataIntegrate R and Python code directly into Excel using VBA or API endpointsPurchase of ... Read more

$34.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Seamlessly integrate the Python and R programming languages with spreadsheet-based data analysis to maximize productivityKey FeaturesPerform advanced data analysis and visualization techniques with R and Python on Excel dataUse exploratory data analysis and pivot table analysis for deeper insights into your dataIntegrate R and Python code directly into Excel using VBA or API endpointsPurchase of
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Health Communication and Sport

Connections, Applications, and Opportunities

by Nicole Butterbaugh, David Cassilo, C. Keith Harrison, Blair W. Browning, Kerry R. McGannon, Larry D. Proctor, Rikishi T. Rey, Katherine L. Lavelle, Janelle Applequist, Travis R. Bell, Ali Bowes, Alex Culvin, Gregory A. Cranmer, Nicole Johnson, Gretchen Kerr, Danielle H. McArdle, Erin McConnell, Joseph McGlynn, Jennifer McMahon, Ellen MacPherson, Sai Datta Mikkilineni, Carly Perry, Adam Rugg, Roth Smith, Sarah Stokowski, Erin Willson, Chris Zehntner ...

Health Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities aggregates sport and health communication into a collective resource that advances scholarly inquiry at the intersection of these two fields. Through bringing together a collaborative of scholars and practitioners who are doing work in areas ranging from mental health, to media, to youth sports, and social media, this ... Read more

$32.39 USD

Health Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities aggregates sport and health communication into a collective resource that advances scholarly inquiry at the intersection of these two fields. Through bringing together a collaborative of scholars and practitioners who are doing work in areas ranging from mental health, to media, to youth sports, and social media, this
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Person-Centred Thinking with Older People

6 Essential Practices

by Helen Bown, Gill Bailey, Helen Sanderson ...

Person-centred practices are a key way to provide the best possible care and support for older people and help them to be active and valued members of the community. Drawing on a wealth of experience of working with older people, the authors present the 6 essential person-centred practices.Each of the practices is designed to support the individual and put what is important to and for the person ... Read more

$19.69 USD

Person-centred practices are a key way to provide the best possible care and support for older people and help them to be active and valued members of the community. Drawing on a wealth of experience of working with older people, the authors present the 6 essential person-centred practices.Each of the practices is designed to support the individual and put what is important to and for the person
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Warbreaker (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

by Brandon Sanderson ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, David Coyne, James Konicek, Tim Getman, Ren Casey, Elizabeth Jernigan, Colleen Delany, Scott McCormick, Christopher Graybill, Richard Rohan, Mort Shelby, Terence Aselford, Steven Carpenter, Sunny Lasskey, Eric Messner, Tom Simpson, Amanda Thickpenny, Andy Clemence, Ken Jackson, Nanette Savard ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Warbreaker
Unabridged

5 hours 14 min

After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today's leading master of what Tolkien called “secondary creation,” the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God ... Read more

$19.99 USD

After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today's leading master of what Tolkien called “secondary creation,” the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God
... Read more

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