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  • Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi

    by Susan L. Cutter, Christopher T. Emrich, Jerry T. Mitchell, Walter W. Piegorsch, Mark M. Smith, Lynn Weber ...
    Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005 with devastating consequences. Almost all analyses of the disaster have been dedicated to the way the hurricane affected New Orleans. This volume examines the impact of Katrina on southern Mississippi. While communities along Mississippi's Gulf Coast shared the impact, their socioeconomic and demographic compositions varied widely, ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • A Playful Spirit

    Exploring the Theology, Philosophy, and Psychology of Play

    by Mark W. Teismann ...
    The great narratives of religion and nationhood were battered in the twentieth century by the dual forces of globalization and postmodernism. In the uncertainty of broken traditions, many people looking for God retreated into a regressive fundamentalism, and others abandoned themselves to nihilism and cynicism. But is there another way?In this volume, esteemed sociologist and therapist Mark W. ... Read more

    $34.09 USD

  • Displaced

    Life in the Katrina Diaspora

    Edited by Lynn Weber, Lori Peek ...
    Series series The Katrina Bookshelf
    Hurricane Katrina forced the largest and most abrupt displacement in U.S. history. About 1.5 million people evacuated from the Gulf Coast preceding Katrina’s landfall. New Orleans, a city of 500,000, was nearly emptied of life after the hurricane and flooding. Katrina survivors eventually scattered across all fifty states, and tens of thousands still remain displaced. Some are desperate to return ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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    by Dave Eggers ...
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  • Lyster's International Wildlife Law

    by Michael Bowman, Peter Davies, Catherine Redgwell ...
    The development of international wildlife law has been one of the most significant exercises in international law-making during the last fifty years. This second edition of Lyster's International Wildlife Law coincides with both the UN Year of Biological Diversity and the twenty-fifth anniversary of Simon Lyster's first edition. The risk of wildlife depletion and species extinction has become even ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

    Stories from Rwanda

    by Philip Gourevitch ...
    We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families is the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.An unforgettable firsthand account of a people's response to genocide and what it tells us about humanity.This remarkable debut book from Philip Gourevitch chronicles what has happened in Rwanda and neighboring states since 1994, when the Rwandan government ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Land Grabs in Asia

    What Role for the Law?

    Edited by Connie Carter, Andrew Harding ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
    Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term "land grabbing", ordinary people whose livelihoods are adversely affected by land grabbing know exactly what it is. It involves the physical capture and control of land and homes, including the usurpation of the power to decide how and when these will be used and for what purposes – with little or no prior consultation or ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Responsibilities and Liabilities for Commercial Activity in the Arctic

    The Example of Greenland

    Edited by Vibe Ulfbeck, Anders Møllmann, Bent Ole Gram Mortensen ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
    Given the magnitude of the risks associated with commercial activities in the Arctic arising as a result of the milder climate, new business opportunities raise important questions of responsibility and liability. This book analyses the issues of responsibility and liability connected with the exploitation of natural resources, marine transport and other activities in the Arctic. Applying a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Nuclear Law

    The Law Applying to Nuclear Installations and Radioactive Substances in its Historic Context

    by KC Stephen Tromans ...
    This book is a practical guide to the international, EC and UK law applying to the various uses of nuclear energy and radioactive substances. The first edition was produced in 1997, and given the renaissance of interest in nuclear power in the UK and worldwide, this new, updated and much expanded edition is timely. It will cover the law relating to the permitting and operation of nuclear power ... Read more

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  • Death from the Skies!

    The Science Behind the End of the World

    by Philip Plait Ph.D. ...
    A lively astronomy primer that uses cataclysmic scenarios to explain the universe?s most fascinating events.According to astronomer Philip Plait, the universe is an apocalypse waiting to happen But how much do we really need to fear from things like black holes, gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae? And if we should be scared, is there anything we can do to save ourselves? With humor and wit, Plait ... Read more

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  • Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection

    Incentives and Safeguards

    Edited by Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Jorge E. Viñuales ...
    Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection investigates the main challenges facing the implementation of environmental protection and the synergies between foreign investment and environmental protection. Adopting legal, economic and political perspectives, the contributing authors analyse the various incentives which encourage foreign investment into pro-environment ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • The Buffalo Creek Disaster

    How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal company--and won

    by Gerald M. Stern ...
    The "suspenseful and completely absorbing story" (San Francisco Chronicle) of how survivors of the worst coal-mining disaster in history triumphed over corporate irresponsibility—written by the young lawyer who took on their case and won.One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD