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The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake
Springer 2008; US$ 189.99The 1755 earthquake and tsunami were influential not only in Portugal but in all European and North African countries where the devastating effects were felt. The entire world was deeply impressed and the discussion of its causes generated a large amount of scientific and metaphysical speculation. It inspired philosophers, poets and writers. The socio-economic... more...
Acts of God
Oxford University Press, USA 2006; US$ 18.99As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a provocative history of natural disasters in the United... more...
Acts of God
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 18.99In exploring the unnatural history of natural calamity, this book surveys more than a century of losses from weather and seismic extremes, exposing the fallacy of seeing such calamities as simply random events. The author shows that is always America's poor, elderly, and minorities who suffer most. more...
Adaptation to Climate Change
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 48.95The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these impacts is a priority for human development. In this context, it is too easy to see adaptation as a narrowly defensive task ? protecting core assets or functions from the risks of climate change. A more profound engagement, which sees climate change risks as a product... more...
Americans at Risk
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2006; US$ 24.00This important book by one of our leading experts on disaster preparedness offers a compelling narrative about our nation?s inability to properly plan for large-scale disasters and proposes changes that can still be made to assure the safety of its citizens. Five years after 9/11 and one year after Hurricane Katrina, it is painfully clear that the... more...
Anatomy of Seismograms
Elsevier Science 1990; US$ 140.00Frequent updating of existing interpretation codes and routines is a prerequisite for modern seismogram interpretation and research. The primary goal of this book is to present in a rather tutorial form all the necessary information and techniques pertinent to essential seismogram interpretation. The treatment is descriptive rather then mathematical,... more...
Apocalyptic Planet
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 27.95The earth has died many times, and it always comes back looking different. In an exhilarating, surprising exploration of our planet, Craig Childs takes readers on a firsthand journey through apocalypse, touching the truth behind the speculation. Apocalyptic Planet is a combination of science and adventure that reveals the ways in which our world... more...
Armageddon Science
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 15.99An exploration of the terrifying threats to our world that fill today?s headlines: from global warming epidemic to the threat of nuclear weapons and the risk posed by the leading edge devices like the Large Hadron Collider. Armageddon Science by Brian Clegg is everything you want to know about potential man-made disaster. Climate change.... more...
Asistencia humanitaria en caso de desastres
Pan American Health Organization 1999; US$ 12.00Esta nueva Guía combina y pone al día varias publicaciones que la OPS había editado en los últimos 15 ańos. more...









