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  • The Continuing Storm

    Learning from Katrina

    de Kai Erikson, Lori Peek ...
    Series series The Katrina Bookshelf
    2023 Finalist, Colorado Book Awards, History/Biography CategoryThis final volume in the award-winning Katrina Bookshelf series reflects upon the lessons of Hurricane Katrina and what they reveal about our society and current cultural climate.More than fifteen years later, Hurricane Katrina maintains a strong grip on the American imagination. The reason is not simply that Katrina was an event of ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Catastrophe in the Making

    The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow

    de William R. Freudenburg, Robert B. Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai Erikson ...
    When houses are flattened, towns submerged, and people stranded without electricity or even food, we attribute the suffering to “natural disasters” or “acts of God.” But what if they’re neither? What if we, as a society, are bringing these catastrophes on ourselves?That’s the provocative theory of Catastrophe in the Making, the first book to recognize Hurricane Katrina not as a “perfect storm,” ... Leer más

    $20.89 USD

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  • A Paradise Built in Hell

    The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

    de Rebecca Solnit ...
    The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disasterWhy is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Strangers in Their Own Land

    Anger and Mourning on the American Right

    de Arlie Russell Hochschild ...
    The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump"A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. . . . This is a smart, respectful and compelling book."—Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to S.. ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Michelle Obama

    A Life

    de Peter Slevin ...
    This is the inspiring story of a modern American icon, the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama.With disciplined reporting and a storyteller’s eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago’s largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Michelle Obama

    An American Story

    de David Colbert ...
    This YA biography of the former First Lady considers her journey from Chicago to the White House in the larger context of African American history.Michelle Obama grew up on Chicago's South Side, and while the world outside her door was chaotic and ever-changing, her family provided a stable environment in which she could grow and flourish. This biography of the former First Lady shows how a girl ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Great Deluge

    Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

    de Douglas Brinkley ...

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia

    de Elizabeth Catte ...
    An antidote to bigotry and a "perfect primer for readers seeking factual, realistic portrayals of the rural and working-class experience" ( Los Angeles Times).In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's "forgotten tribe" of white working-class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Michelle

    A Biography

    de Liza Mundy ...
    She can be funny and sharp-tongued, warm and blunt, empathic and demanding. Who is the woman Barack Obama calls "the boss"? In Michelle, Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait, taking us inside the marriage of the most dynamic couple in politics today. She shows how well they complement each other: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

    de Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa ...
    **FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; SHORT-LISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER.A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy—from his family’s roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Disasterology

    Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

    de Samantha Montano ...
    Part memoir, part expert analysis, Disasterology is a passionate and personal account of a country in crisis—one unprepared to deal with the disasters of today and those looming in our future.With temperatures rising and the risk of disasters growing, our world is increasingly vulnerable. Most people see disasters as freak, natural events that are unpredictable and unpreventable. But that simply ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Storm

    What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist

    de Ivor van Heerden, Mike Bryan ...
    The ultimate inside story of the Katrina tragedy—from the cofounder of the LSU Hurricane CenterAfter warning for years about the looming threat of catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, Ivor van Heerden was one of the highest-profile media experts during the Katrina disaster. Over the following eighteen months, he was even more prominent as he challenged the official version of those events and ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD