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 Free Download Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Robert Jay Lifton English | September 5, 2023 | ISBN: 1620978156 | 122 pages | PDF | 2.05 Mb From the National Book Award winner, a powerful and timely rumination on how we can draw on historical examples of "survivor power" to understand the upheaval and death caused by the COVID-19 pandemic-and collectively heal  Free Download Norman Simms, "Jews in an Illusion of Paradise: Comedians and Catastrophes Volume One: Dust and Ashes" English | ISBN: 1443817309 | 2017 | 410 pages | PDF | 2 MB  Free Download The Heavens Are Falling: The Scientific Prediction of Catastrophes in Our Time by Walter J. Karplus English | PDF | 1992 | 322 Pages | ISBN : 0306441306 | 25.7 MB This book grew out of sense of mixed vexation and concern that has been building up inside me for a long time.  Free Download Jerry Borrowman, "Catastrophes and Heroes: True Stories of Man-made Disasters" English | 2020 | pages: 208 | ISBN: 1629727393 | EPUB | 5,2 mb A century of the industrial age saw unprecedented leaps in technology and engineering. But alongside these awe-inspiring achievements were horrible disasters caused by faulty engineering or careless judgement. Catastrophes and Heroes explores eight such disasters and recognizes the unheralded heroes who stepped up to save others in times of great danger.  Free Download Barbara Jo Brothers, "Couples, Trauma, and Catastrophes" English | 1998 | pages: 109 | ISBN: 0789005468, 0789005328 | PDF | 2,2 mb Couples, Trauma, and Catastrophes examines the issues and hardships couples face when dealing with traumatic circumstances, such as illness, child abduction, or the death of a child. From case studies and recommendations from other therapists, you will learn how to better help clients identify sources of pain and strength and help their relationships or marriages endure crises.In order to cope with the emotional stress of a tragic event, an individual needs support that is, many times, offered by a significant other. In this book, you will learn of models and suggestions that help couples communicate with each other and connect in times of great need. Couples, Trauma, and Catastrophes examines many topics that will improve your effectiveness with your clients, such as:  Howard Kunreuther, Michael Useem, "Learning from Catastrophes: Strategies for Reaction and Response" English | 2009 | pages: 353 | ISBN: 0137044852, 0133540200 | PDF | 2,0 mb Events ranging from Hurricane Katrina to the global economic crisis have taught businesspeople an unforgettable lesson: if you don't plan for "extreme risk," you endanger your organization's very survival. But how can you plan for events that go far beyond anything that occurs in normal day-to-day business? In Learning from Catastrophes, two renowned experts present the first comprehensive strategic framework for assessing, responding to, and managing extreme risk. Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem build on their own breakthrough work on mitigating natural disasters, extending it to the challenges faced by real-world enterprises.
 English | 2022 | ISBN: 1633888231 | 475 pages | True EPUB | 8.12 MB Are we doomed? As individuals, certainly, eventually, inevitably. But as a species? As a civilization? Leading catastrophe engineer Michel Bruneau thinks perhaps not. The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization's future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats—be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust—can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters. Maybe most importantly, this entertaining and often counter-intuitive book shows how we can think in better ways about disasters, to strengthen and extend our existence as both individuals and as a species.  English | 2021 | ISBN: 1032135832 | 237 pages | pdf | 10.79 MB The Bioarchaeology of Disasterexamines two dozen disasters occurring around the world over the past 2,000 years, ranging from natural and environmental disasters to human conflict and warfare, from epidemics to those of social marginalization-all from a bioarchaeological and forensic anthropological perspective.  Sinéad Stubbins, "In My Defence I have No Defence: Catastrophes in Pursuing Perfection" English | 2021 | ISBN: 1922419192 | 234 pages | EPUB | 1.1 MB Sinéad Stubbins has always known that there was a better version of herself lying just outside of her grasp. That if she listened to the right song or won the right (any) award or knew about whisky or followed the right Instagram psychologist or drank kombucha, ever, or enacted the correct 70-step Korean skincare regime, she would become her 'best self'.  Isaac Asimov, "A Choice of Catastrophes: The Disasters That Threaten Our World" English | 1981 | ISBN: 0449900487, 0671227017 | 380 pages | EPUB | 1.45 MB Isaac Asimov, scientist, author, and Earth-dweller, explores the many potential natural and man-made catastrophes that could change life as we know it, or erase us from the face of the Earth. |
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