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Under Surge, Under Siege

Author : Ellis Anderson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604735031
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Under Surge, Under Siege written by Ellis Anderson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2010 Eudora Welty Book Prize and the Mississippi Library Association's Nonfiction Author's Award for 2011, Under Surge, Under Siege shows how Hurricane Katrina tore into Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, raking away lives, buildings, and livelihoods in a place known for its picturesque, coastal views; its laid-back, artsy downtown; and its deep-dyed southern cordiality. The tragedy also revealed the inner workings of a community with an indomitable heart and profound neighborly bonds. Those connections often brought out the best in people under the worst of circumstances. In Under Surge, Under Siege, Ellis Anderson, who rode out the storm in her Bay St. Louis home and sheltered many neighbors afterwards, offers stories of generosity, heroism, and laughter in the midst of terror and desperate uncertainty. Divided into two parts, this book invites readers into the intimate enclave before, during, and after the storm. "Under Surge" focuses on connections between residents, and then it demonstrates how those bonds sustained them through the worst hurricane in U.S. history. "Under Siege" documents the first three years of the grinding aftermath, detailing the unforeseen burdens of stress and depression, insurance scandals, and opportunists that threatened to complete the annihilation of the plucky town. A blend of memoir, personal diary, and firsthand reportage, Under Surge, Under Siege creates a compelling American testament to the strength of the human spirit.

Cities Under Siege

Author : Stephen Graham
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1844677621
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Cities Under Siege written by Stephen Graham and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities are the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centers of the West, Cities Under Siege traces the spread of political violence through the sites, spaces, infrastructure and symbols of the world’s rapidly expanding metropolitan areas. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Stephen Graham shows how Western militaries and security forces now perceive all urban terrain as a conflict zone inhabited by lurking shadow enemies. Urban inhabitants have become targets that need to be continually tracked, scanned and controlled. Graham examines the transformation of Western armies into high-tech urban counter-insurgency forces. He looks at the militarization and surveillance of international borders, the use of ‘security’ concerns to suppress democratic dissent, and the enacting of legislation to suspend civilian law. In doing so, he reveals how the New Military Urbanism permeates the entire fabric of urban life, from subway and transport networks hardwired with high-tech ‘command and control’ systems to the insidious militarization of a popular culture corrupted by the all-pervasive discourse of ‘terrorism.’

The Siege

Author : Ismail Kadare
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802196977
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Siege written by Ismail Kadare and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic novel of war from the Man Booker International Prize–winning Albanian author who “has been compared to Gogol, Kafka, and Orwell” (The Independent). Ismail Kadare’s The Siege dramatizes a fictional fifth century assault by the Ottoman Army on a Christian fortress in the Albanian mountains. As the bloody and psychologically crushing struggle for control unfolds, Kadare’s narrative opens a window onto the eternal clash between religions and empires. His masterful prose brings to life the exhilaration, despair, and immediacy of the battlefield—as well as a dramatic view of those who command and those who fight and die. Hailed by The New Yorker as “Albania’s most distinguished novelist,” Kadare is a hero to his countrymen, as well as an outspoken critic of all forms of totalitarianism. Here, with this epic novel, he proves himself “an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil” (The Independent).

Getting Out Alive

Author : Scott B. Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1569759189
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Getting Out Alive written by Scott B. Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn important survival skills from thirteen captivating stories of people stranded and fighting for their lives against harsh, unmerciful conditions. A unique combination of fictional scenarios, true accounts, and instructive sidebars, Getting Out Alive reveals the three vital ways to cheat death when all seems lost: avoid panic, know your survival skills, and maintain a relentless determination to make it out alive. Teaching by example, the characters in these adventures use real-life survival tactics—including navigating, building shelters, finding water, and signaling for help. Featuring tales of being surrounded by a forest fire, lost in the Amazon, marooned on an island, caught in an icy blizzard, and many more.DESC> survival;emergency preparedness;disaster preparedness;guides;reference;emergency;disaster;self-help;safety;security;outdoor skills;survival skills;survivalist;survivalism;survival stories;hiking;amazon basin;hurricane;category 4 hurricane;gunfight;gunfire;in the line of fire;castaway;marooned on an island;forest fire;snowbound;blizzard;adrift;mauled by a bear;bear attack;animal attack;plane crash;power outage SEL049010 SELF-HELP / Safety & Security / Survival & Emergency Preparedness * SPO030000 SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills 9781612430904 The Pulse: A Novel of Surviving the Collapse of the Grid Scott B. Williams

Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century [4 volumes]

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440853533
Total Pages : 1928 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century [4 volumes] written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 1928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 1,100 cross-referenced entries covering every aspect of conflict in the Middle East, this definitive scholarly reference provides readers with a substantial foundation for understanding contemporary history in the most volatile region in the world. This authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedia covers all the key wars, insurgencies, and battles that have occurred in the Middle East roughly between 3100 BCE and the early decades of the twenty-first century. It also discusses the evolution of military technology and the development and transformation of military tactics and strategy from the ancient world to the present. In addition to the hundreds of entries on major conflicts, military engagements, and diplomatic developments, the book also features entries on key military, political, and religious leaders. Essays on the major empires and nations of the region are included, as are overview essays on the major periods under consideration. The book additionally covers such non-military subjects as diplomacy, national and international politics, religion and sectarian conflict, cultural phenomena, genocide, international peacekeeping missions, social movements, and the rise to prominence of international terrorism. The reference entries are augmented by a carefully curated documents volume that offers primary sources on such diverse topics as the Greco-Persian Wars, the Crusades, and the Arab-Israeli Wars.

American Health Crisis

Author : Martin Halliwell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520976711
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book American Health Crisis written by Martin Halliwell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of U.S. public health emergencies and how we can turn the tide. Despite enormous advances in medical science and public health education over the last century, access to health care remains a dominant issue in American life. U.S. health care is often hailed as the best in the world, yet the public health emergencies of today often echo the public health emergencies of yesterday: consider the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918–19 and COVID-19, the displacement of the Dust Bowl and the havoc of Hurricane Maria, the Reagan administration’s antipathy toward the AIDS epidemic and the lack of accountability during the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Spanning the period from the presidency of Woodrow Wilson to that of Donald Trump, American Health Crisis illuminates how—despite the elevation of health care as a human right throughout the world—vulnerable communities in the United States continue to be victimized by structural inequalities across disparate geographies, income levels, and ethnic groups. Martin Halliwell views contemporary public health crises through the lens of historical and cultural revisionings, suturing individual events together into a narrative of calamity that has brought us to our current crisis in health politics. American Health Crisis considers the future of public health in the United States and, presenting a reinvigorated concept of health citizenship, argues that now is the moment to act for lasting change.

Music of the Civil War Era

Author : Steven H. Cornelius
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313061904
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Music of the Civil War Era written by Steven H. Cornelius and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As divisive and destructive as the Civil War was, the era nevertheless demonstrated the power that music could play in American culture. Popular songs roused passion on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line, and military bands played music to entertain infantry units-and to rally them on to war. The institution of slavery was debated in songs of the day, ranging from abolitionist anthems to racist minstrel shows. Across the larger cultural backdrop, the growth of music publishing led to a flourishing of urban concert music, while folk music became indelibly linked with American populism. This volume, one of the first in the American History through Music series, presents narrative chapters that recount the many vibrant roles of music during this troubled period of American history. A chapter of biographical entries, a dictionary of Civil War era music, and a subject index offer useful reference tools. The American History through Music series examines the many different styles of music that have played a significant part in our nation's history. While volumes in this series show the multifaceted roles of music in culture, they also use music as a lens through which readers may study American social history. The authors present in-depth analysis of American musical genres, significant musicians, technological innovations, and the many connections between music and the realms of art, politics, and daily life. Chapters present accessible narratives on music and its cultural resonations, music theory and technique is broken down for the lay reader, and each volume presents a chapter of alphabetically arranged entries on significant people and terms.

How the World Breaks

Author : Stan Cox
Publisher : New Press, The
ISBN 13 : 1620970120
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book How the World Breaks written by Stan Cox and published by New Press, The. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've always lived on a dangerous planet, but its disasters aren't what they used to be. How the World Breaks gives us a breathtaking new view of crisis and recovery on the unstable landscapes of the Earth's hazard zones. Father and son authors Stan and Paul Cox take us to the explosive fire fronts of overheated Australia, the future lost city of Miami, the fights over whether and how to fortify New York City in the wake of Sandy, the Indonesian mud volcano triggered by natural gas drilling, and other communities that are reimagining their lives after quakes, superstorms, tornadoes, and landslides. In the very decade when we should be rushing to heal the atmosphere and address the enormous inequalities of risk, a strange idea has taken hold of global disaster policy: resilience. Its proponents say that threatened communities must simply learn the art of resilience, adapt to risk, and thereby survive. This doctrine obscures the human hand in creating disasters and requires the planet's most beleaguered people to absorb the rush of floodwaters and the crush of landslides, freeing the world economy to go on undisturbed. The Coxes' great contribution is to pull the disaster debate out of the realm of theory and into the muck and ash of the world's broken places. There we learn that change is more than mere adaptation and life is more than mere survival. Ultimately, How the World Breaks reveals why--unless we address the social, ecological, and economic roots of disaster--millions more people every year will find themselves spiraling into misery. It is essential reading for our time.

Democrats Under Siege in the Sunbelt Megastates

Author : Albert Nelson
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Democrats Under Siege in the Sunbelt Megastates written by Albert Nelson and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1996-09-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely study examines the increasing importance of the Sunbelt and its megastates—Florida, California, and Texas—in the U.S. election process. The purpose of the work is to provide a longitudinal analysis of partisan and gender election success and incumbency in the elections of 1986, 1988, 1992, and the realignment of 1994 (bringing up to date some of the classic studies from the 1970s and 1980s). In tracing the pattern of partisan success, the effect of incumbency, and the success of males and females in each party, the author is able to project the likely success of the two parties in the 1996 and subsequent elections in each megastate. This important election-year book will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners of politics.

Saints + Sinners: New Fiction from the Festival 2017

Author : Paul Willis
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN 13 : 163555005X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Saints + Sinners: New Fiction from the Festival 2017 written by Paul Willis and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2017 Saints+Sinners Literary Festival.

The new army list, by H.G. Hart [afterw.] Hart's army list. [Quarterly]

Author : Henry George Hart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1102 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The new army list, by H.G. Hart [afterw.] Hart's army list. [Quarterly] written by Henry George Hart and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Design Like You Give a Damn [2]

Author : Architecture for Humanity
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613122861
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Design Like You Give a Damn [2] written by Architecture for Humanity and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design Like You Give a Damn [2] is the indispensable handbook for anyone committed to building a more sustainable future. Following the success of their first book, Architecture for Humanity brings readers the next edition, with more than 100 projects from around the world. Packed with practical and ingenious design solutions, this book addresses the need for basic shelter, housing, education, health care, clean water, and renewable energy. One-on-one interviews and provocative case studies demonstrate how innovative design is reimagining community and uplifting lives. From building-material innovations such as smog-eating concrete to innovative public policy that is repainting Brazil’s urban slums, Design Like You Give a Damn [2] serves as a how-to guide for anyone seeking to build change from the ground up. Praise for Design Like You Give a Damn [2]: !--StartFragment-- “The resourcefulness of the projects in the book is inspiring, its information practical (see Stohr’s chapter on financing sustainable community development) and its numerous factoids sobering.” —TMagazine.blogs.NYTimes.com

Congressional Record

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1502 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Landpower in the Long War

Author : Jason W. Warren
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813177596
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Landpower in the Long War written by Jason W. Warren and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War and landpower's role in the twenty-first century is not just about military organizations, tactics, operations, and technology; it is also about strategy, policy, and social and political contexts. After fourteen years of war in the Middle East with dubious results, a diminished national reputation, and a continuing drawdown of troops with perhaps a future force increase proposed by the Trump administration, the role of landpower in US grand strategy will continue to evolve with changing geopolitical situations. Landpower in the Long War: Projecting Force After 9/11, edited by Jason W. Warren, is the first holistic academic analysis of American strategic landpower. Divided into thematic sections, this study presents a comprehensive approach to a critical aspect of US foreign policy as the threat or ability to use force underpins diplomacy. The text begins with more traditional issues, such as strategy and civilian-military relations, and works its way to more contemporary topics, such as how socio-cultural considerations effect the landpower force. It also includes a synopsis of the suppressed Iraq report from one of the now retired leaders of that effort. The contributors—made up of an interdisciplinary team of political scientists, historians, and military practitioners—demonstrate that the conceptualization of landpower must move beyond the limited operational definition offered by Army doctrine in order to encompass social changes, trauma, the rule of law, acquisition of needed equipment, civil-military relationships, and bureaucratic decision-making, and argue that landpower should be a useful concept for warfighters and government agencies.

An Exposition of the Bible

Author : Marcus Dods
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Exposition of the Bible written by Marcus Dods and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

America Under Siege

Author : Tom J. Ilao
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America Under Siege written by Tom J. Ilao and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Harbinger's End (Book 2)

Author : Elliott Michaelson
Publisher : Elliott Michaelson
ISBN 13 : 1927740908
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Harbinger's End (Book 2) written by Elliott Michaelson and published by Elliott Michaelson. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Champion of Chaos has landed its forces on the shores of Halcyon, and the battle for humanity’s survival has begun. Overwhelmed and unprepared, Halcyon’s divided factions scramble to respond to a threat against which none of them are ready to meet. As the leaders of the Circle and the religion of Assize search desperately for the fabled Savior of Order, the great fortress of Valor’s Keep braces for a war of unprecedented magnitude. Meanwhile, Duncan Milius finds his loyalty increasingly divided between his duty to the military, his outcast Teivan heritage, and his yearning for a normal life with the woman he loves. But he cannot avoid the monumental events that will soon propel him to the forefront of his world’s struggle for survival. In the waning days of a world beyond time and imagination, the residents of Halcyon will soon realize that their dream for their future is not only worth fighting for, but worth living for — regardless of the personal cost. The Time of Meeting is the second chapter in the Harbinger’s End cycle.