Showing titles in Disaster Relief

An exhilarating, immersive journey into the Exclusion Zone of Chornobyl by one of Ukraine's most exciting young authors. The 1,000-square-mile Chornobyl Exclusion Zone is, for many, a symbol of total disaster: a reminder of shattered ideals and lost lives, now a toxic, dangerous no-man's-land. For Markiyan Kamysh, it became a site of pilgrimage. He and dozens like him call themselves 'stalkers': wild adventurers who sneak past border patrols to spend days getting lost in this apocalyptic environment of dense swampland and desolate villages.

Recent years have seen out-of-control wildfires rage across remote Brazilian rainforests, densely populated California coastlines, and major cities in Australia. What connects these separate events is more than immediate devastation and human loss of life. In Global Burning, Eve Darian-Smith contends that using fire as a symbolic and literal thread connecting different places around the world allows us to better understand the parallel, and related, trends of the growth of authoritarian politics and climate crises and their interconnected global consequences.

In just a few weeks, everything changed. Hopes that we would soon return to normal quickly faded as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world. Christian leaders have been forced to deal with the loss of in-person gatherings, devastating financial hits, and the heightened anxiety of facing a future with no clear understanding of what it may look like. Tod Bolsinger has provided a unique resource applying some of his key insights to the current global crisis. Christian leaders will find wisdom and encouragement to provide the kind of resilient leadership that has never been so necessary.

Ignited by a lightning strike in a remote forest, the Currowan fire was one of the most terrifying episodes of Australia's Black Summer. It burnt for 74 days, consuming nearly 5,000 square kilometres of land, destroying well over 500 homes and leaving many people shattered. In the aftermath, there were questions. Why were resources so few that many faced the flames alone? Why was there back-burning on a day of extreme fire danger? Why weren’t they better prepared?

An urgent, transformative guide to dealing with disasters from one of today’s foremost thinkers in crisis management. “In a world marred by preventable miscalculation, Juliette Kayyem’s The Devil Never Sleeps provides a playbook for making it out alive.” —The New Yorker The future may...

The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind “Gripping . . . eloquent . . . This book...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Dr. Andrew Furey, an orthopedic surgeon, was sitting by the fireplace at his home in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, watching TV after work, when dreadful images of the aftermath of an earthquake in Haiti burst in on the cosy domestic scene. Human suffering on an epic...

In this insightful book, an underwater archaeologist and survival coach shows how understanding the collapse of civilizations can help us prepare for a troubled future. Pandemic, climate change, or war: our era is ripe with the odor of doomsday. In movies, books, and more, our imaginations run...

In 2014, after fighting through yards of bureaucratic red tape, leaving her family, and putting her own health at risk in order to help suffering strangers, Kwan Kew Lai finally arrived in Africa to volunteer as an infectious disease specialist in the heart of the largest Ebola outbreak in history. What she found was not only blistering heat, inhospitable working conditions, and deadly, unrelenting illness, but hope, resilience, and incredible courage.

 Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on August 29, 2005, but the decisions that caused the disaster extend across the 20th century. After the city weathered a major hurricane in 1915, its Sewerage and Water Board believed that developers could safely build housing away from the high ground near the Mississippi. And so New Orleans grew in lowlands that relied on significant government subsidies to stay dry.  

When a perfect storm of personal, professional, and natural disaster threw Mike Mantel into a dark night of the soul, he embarked on a journey through his own life and around the world to rediscover God's presence through the diverse body of Christ. In Thirsting for Living Water, Mantel invites listeners to join him on this adventure and open their eyes to their own stories of God's faithfulness.

As we cope with the lengthening effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, considerations of everyday risk have been more pressing and inescapable. In the past, everyone engaged in some degree of risky behaviour, from mundane realities like taking a shower or getting into a car to purposely thrill-seeking activities like rock-climbing or BASE jumping. Many activities that seemed high-risk, such as flying, were claimed basically safe. But risk was, and always has been, a fact of life.

L'infinito errore rivela la storia segreta della pandemia, una versione che le fonti ufficiali non ci hanno mai, ancora, raccontato. Grazie a testimonianze e informazioni inedite - tra cui l'analisi di oltre diecimila documenti e l'accesso alle banche dati che registrano l'identità genetica dei virus - questa inchiesta ripercorre l'intero viaggio compiuto dal coronavirus: dalle grotte infestate di pipistrelli ai laboratori cinesi dove i nuovi agenti patogeni sono stati studiati in collaborazione con i centri di ricerca americani.

"Rep: Digest" ti offre ogni settima due appuntamenti con l'informazione di Repubblica. Due raccolte di articoli in formato audio che raccontano e analizzano i temi e le notizie della settimana.Il mondo contro il coronavirus: Tokyo 2020, nella capitale dei divieti che aspetta i Giochi e si blinda di Emanuela Audisio; "Non scegliamo tra i Giochi e i figli", le mamme rompono la bolla di Tokyo di Emanuela Audisio; C'è il virus nel Villaggio, Tokyo sempre più chiusa. Il Covid minaccia i Giochi di Emanuela Audisio.

Strage di Stresa, il freno era disattivato: un video prova l'errore. E c'è il primo indagato, di Federica Cravero e Leonardo Bizzaro; Funivia caduta sul Mottarone, lo sfogo del gestore: "Soffro per quei morti, mi sento già in croce", di Paolo Berizzi; La funivia del Mottarone, il ponte Morandi e Luana D'Orazio: la sicurezza e il capitale, di Ezio Mauro; Strage di Stresa. "Non volevano perdere l'incasso". I freni della funivia bloccati per scelta, di Carlotta Rocci; Funivia del Mottarone, il meccanico, l'ingegnere e l'imprenditore tuttofare. La banda della forchetta, di Paolo Berizzi.

En estos tiempos de coronavirus, de enorme --y aún incierto-- daño humano, económico y social, se está observando, analizando y debatiendo cómo la crisis y el prolongado confinamiento están cambiando nuestras costumbres, actividades, estados de ánimo, escalas de valores y prioridades.

Esta crónica narra las historias de las víctimas y de los sobrevivientes de uno de los peores incendios en la historia del Perú. En el año 2017, Jorge Luis Huamán y Jovi Herrera perdieron la vida al no poder escapar del siniestro, pues permanecían encerrados en un contenedor donde trabajan de manera habitual, sin contrato y sin seguridad en el conglomerado comercial llamada Las Malvinas ubicada en la provincia constitucional del Callao.

Beirut, la collera dopo l'esplosione: Beirut, la guerra nel destino, di Gabriele Romagnoli; Nell'inferno di Beirut, la rabbia e il dolore, di Vincenzo Nigro; Il ritorno di Nasrallah nella Beirut che sanguina. E Aoun parla di missili, di Vincenzo Nigro; Beirut, il sabato della collera, di Vincenzo Nigro; Beirut, i volti della rivolta: "Cambieremo il Paese". E il governo va in pezzi, di Vincenzo Nigro.

L'Italia riparte: Il premier e il piano di riserva per sfuggire alle critiche e riaprire già il 18 maggio di Annalisa Cuzzocrea; Il premier frena le Regioni e Renzi lancia l'aut aut: "Parta la fase 2 o lascio" di Carmelo Lopapa; Duemila volontari in campo per i controlli su metro e bus di Emanuele Lauria; Per le sfide di Conte la lezione di Cavour di Eugenio Scalfari; Lo smart working oltre la pandemia "In ufficio sarà norma per uno su tre" di Rosaria Amato; L'Italia mette la testa fuori. Meno controlli sulle strade di Alessandra Ziniti.

Come cambia la scuola: Didattica a distanza e maturità al tempo del coronavirus: la notte prima degli esami di Paolo Di Paolo; Scuola, salvo il 100 alla Maturità: così sarà calcolato il voto. Il piano per l'orale in aula di Corrado Zunino; Le paure dei giovani italiani, i più pessimisti d'Europa: "A rischio il nostro futuro" di Alessandro Rosina; Il piano: lezione anche in giardino e al museo, ma alla nuova scuola servono più prof di Corrado Zunino; L'anno senza la foto di classe di Michele Neri.