From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the da...Loe edasi...
Examining contemporary literary depictions of environmental disasters through a North–South axis, this book explores the resonances and dissonances between environmentalisms of marginalized communities in the U.S. and the global South. ...Loe edasi...
An exploration of diverse art practices that attempt to offer new ways of understanding and being in the world. Contemporary art has a complex relationship with crisis. On the one hand, art can draw us toward apocalypse: it charts unfo...Loe edasi...
Blanchot, Ecology and Contemporary Fiction: The Thought of the Disaster delves into Maurice Blanchot’s enigmatic, and deeply influential, notion of the disaster – a term Blanchot famously refuses to define. By exploring the novels of Jon McGre...Loe edasi...
Happening in a variety of ways and oftentimes being deadly, natural disasters are both fascinating and intimidating to learn about—and you may have already witnessed one for yourself. In this volume, readers delve into the causes and effects of vario...Loe edasi...
Happening in a variety of ways and oftentimes being deadly, natural disasters are both fascinating and intimidating to learn about—and you may have already witnessed one for yourself. In this volume, readers delve into the causes and effects of vario...Loe edasi...
Machine Learning in Geohazard Risk Prediction and Assessment: From Microscale Analysis to Regional Mapping presents an overview of the most recent developments in machine learning techniques that have reshaped our understanding of geo-material...Loe edasi...
This book marks a significant contribution to the development of queer disaster studies - exploring how disaster-related experiences and needs of sexual and gender diverse (LGBTIQA+) people manifest and differ across national, cultural, and region...Loe edasi...
From the financial crash to the climate emergency and Covid- 19, this book demonstrates that recent crises have had unequal impacts, they require a heterodox approach to economics for their understanding, and new ways of thinking are needed to addres...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jun-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Little Brown and Company, ISBN-13: 9781538721940)
The Shadow’s last adventure…is also his, Maddy’s, and Margo’s most dangerous. For over 150 years, Lamont Cranston has possessed an array of mental and physical powers. As the Shadow, Cranston—a New York society-man-turned-crusade...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jun-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Little Brown and Company, ISBN-13: 9781538721957)
One of America’s iconic thriller heroes recruits his lasting love, Margo Lane, and his great-great-granddaughter, Maddy Gomes, to join an international investigation. One of America’s iconic thriller heroes recruits his la...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jun-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Little Brown and Company, ISBN-13: 9780316584647)
One of America’s iconic thriller heroes recruits his lasting love, Margo Lane, and his great-great-granddaughter, Maddy Gomes, to join an international investigation. For over 150 years, Lamont Cranston, and his alt...Loe edasi...
Being a Crisis Chaplain delivers the essential elements of crisis chaplaincy, outlining the process of responding to crises with clarity and compassion. Drawing from real-world experiences and research, this is a concise but comprehensive t...Loe edasi...
Responding to the global state of permacrisis, this book explores the relationship between applied theatre and disaster. For millennia communities have learnt to live alongside disaster through their arts making. Building on the basis of this ancest...Loe edasi...
Responding to the global state of permacrisis, this book explores the relationship between applied theatre and disaster. It will be important to researchers and postgraduate students in applied theatre and disaster research in the social sciences,...Loe edasi...
Strong winds, heavy rainfall and huge waves are all dangers of hurricanes. Their force affects not only people, but also the environment. Trees in mangrove forests can die. Animals homes and nesting areas can be destroyed. Some animals can even be c...Loe edasi...
Just one spark can cause a devastating wildfire. Entire neighbourhoods can quickly be destroyed. Besides the impact on people, the environment also suffers. Ash can pollute air and water sources. Animals can be killed or displaced. After a wildfire,...Loe edasi...
