Solnit, Rebecca.
Summary: Explores the phenomenon through which people become resourceful and altruistic after a disaster and communities reflect a shared sense of purpose, analyzing events ranging from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Hurricane Katrina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2010
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Summary: "On the News gently introduces young children to the realities of natural disasters, terrorism and other forms of tragedy. In age-appropriate language and tone, Dr. Roberts explains what tragedy is, the feelings it may create and how to manage those feelings. She also emphasizes the good that can come out of tragedy, looking at how people help one another in caring, compassionate and heroic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2018
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Summary: Nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families. How will we react? What will it feel like? Will we be heroes or victims? Will our upbringing, our gender, our personality--anything we've ever learned, thought, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.935 RIPRipley, Amanda.
Summary: Nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families. How will we react? What will it feel like? Will we be heroes or victims? Will our upbringing, our gender, our personality--anything we've ever learned, thought, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.935 RIPLundin, Cody.
Contents: Head candy -- How to use this book -- Flashback : grooving to that feeling of impending doom -- What is urban and suburban survival? -- The foundation of your self-reliance--and trust -- Predator vs. prey : a clue into your survival psychology -- You are what you eat, and think, feel, speak, act, and focus your attention upon -- Gettin' hammered by stress and fear -- The art of creative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. Smith, Publisher 2007
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Summary: "Native America has confronted apocalypse for more than four hundred years. Choctaw elder Steven Charleston tells the stories of four Indigenous prophets who helped their people learn strategies for surviving catastrophe, using their lessons and wisdom as guidance for how we can face the uncertainty of the modern age"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2023
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