S. O. S. - Survivors of Storms
S. O. S. - Survivors of Storms

Author: Darin McAllister

Publisher:

Published: 2017-06-05

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780979671739

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Darin McAllister has had a series of unique life experiences, affording him the opportunity to write and convey many of life's tragedies and every day crisises from an optimistic perspective which gives hope and possibility to the reader. Darin is a Graduate of Oral Roberts University with a B.A. in Theology, Pastoral care. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1990 and served the city through some of its most tumultuous times, including the Rodney King beating, the L.A. riots, and the O.J. Simpson trial. He later went on to serve for 14 years as a Special Agent with Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he received the Directors Award and the Attorney General's Award for excellence in investigations. He is an Ordained Elder and regularly speaks a message of Faith and God's purpose where ever given the opportunity; from skid row to some of the nation's largest churches. He is married to Dr. Judith Christie McAllister and they currently reside in Los Angeles California, with their three Children. It is his prayer that every reader will be inspired, encouraged, and energized to embrace their purpose as a survivor.

We Are All Survivors
We Are All Survivors

Author: Carl Lindahl

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0253063779

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What is the role of folklore in the discussion of catastrophe and trauma? How do disaster survivors use language, ritual, and the material world to articulate their experiences? What insights and tools can the field of folkloristics offer survivors for navigating and narrating disaster and its aftermath? Can folklorists contribute to broader understandings of empathy and the roles of listening in ethnographic work? We Are All Survivors is a collection of essays exploring the role of folklore in the wake of disaster. Contributors include scholars from the United States and Japan who have long worked with disaster-stricken communities or are disaster survivors themselves; individual chapters address Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Maria, and two earthquakes in Japan, including the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of 2011. Adapted from a 2017 special issue of Fabula (from the International Society for Folk Narrative Research), the book includes a revised introduction, an additional chapter with original illustrations, and a new conclusion considering how folklorists are documenting the COVID-19 pandemic. We Are All Survivors bears witness to survivors' expressions of remembrance, grieving, and healing.

Stranded
Stranded

Author: Jeff Probst

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-02-07

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1101595469

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A New York Times Bestseller! As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael. From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst, with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life co-author, Chris Tebbetts, comes a brand new family adventure series! A family vacation becomes a game of survival! It was supposed to be a vacation--and a chance to get to know each other better. But when a massive storm sets in without warning, four kids are shipwrecked alone on a rocky jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific. No adults. No instructions. Nobody to rely on but themselves. Can they make it home alive? A week ago, the biggest challenge Vanessa, Buzz, Carter, and Jane had was learning to live as a new blended family. Now the four siblings must find a way to work as a team if they're going to make it off the island. They're all in this adventure together--but first they've got to learn to survive one another. Books in the original Stranded series: Stranded (Book 1) Trial By Fire (Book 2) Survivors (Book 3) Books in the Stranded, Shadow Island series Forbidden Passage (Book 4) Sabotage (Book 5) Desperate Measures (Book 6)

Answering the Cry for Help
Answering the Cry for Help

Author: David A. Opalewski

Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues

Published: 2024-04-25

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1931636184

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Empowering Schools and Communities: Your Guide to Suicide Prevention

In the US alone, suicide tragically claims around 50,000 lives annually. These are individuals, not statistics - loved ones, friends, and members of our communities.

Are you a school counselor, administrator, or educator seeking to bridge the gap between schools and communities on suicide prevention?

Answering the Cry for Help equips you with information and tools to develop a powerful Community Suicide Prevention Program (C-SPP). This Updated and Revised resource provides:

  • Early Warning Signs: Learn to recognize and understand the subtle and not-so-subtle indicators of suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
  • Effective Intervention Techniques: Learn best practices for offering compassionate support to students at risk, guiding them towards resources and treatment.
  • Building a Crisis Response Team: Discover how to train educators and administrators to effectively manage critical situations and navigate the aftermath.
  • Securing Resources: Uncover valuable insights on acquiring funding for your C-SPP and establishing strong partnerships with mental health and community organizations.
  • Media Savvy: Learn how to communicate effectively with the media to raise awareness about suicide prevention without sensationalizing the issue.
  • Proactive Prevention Strategies: This book goes beyond reactive measures. Discover powerful tools to create a nurturing and inclusive school environment that fosters resilience and hope.

 

Don't wait for tragedy to strike. Empower yourself, your colleagues, and your community to prevent suicide.

Survivors of Slavery
Survivors of Slavery

Author: Laura T. Murphy

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2014-03-25

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0231535759

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Slavery is not a crime confined to the far reaches of history. It is an injustice that continues to entrap twenty-seven million people across the globe. Laura Murphy offers close to forty survivor narratives from Cambodia, Ghana, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United States, detailing the horrors of a system that forces people to work without pay and against their will, under the threat of violence, with little or no means of escape. Representing a variety of circumstances in diverse contexts, these survivors are the Frederick Douglasses, Sojourner Truths, and Olaudah Equianos of our time, testifying to the widespread existence of a human rights tragedy and the urgent need to address it. Through storytelling and firsthand testimony, this anthology shapes a twenty-first-century narrative that many believe died with the end of slavery in the Americas. Organized around such issues as the need for work, the punishment of defiance, and the move toward activism, the collection isolates the causes, mechanisms, and responses to slavery that allow the phenomenon to endure. Enhancing scholarship in women's studies, sociology, criminology, law, social work, and literary studies, the text establishes a common trajectory of vulnerability, enslavement, captivity, escape, and recovery, creating an invaluable resource for activists, scholars, legislators, and service providers.

The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm

Author: Geirr H. Haarr

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 1848321406

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The term 'the phony war' is often applied to the first months of the Second World War, a term suggesting inaction or passivity. That may have been the perception of the war on land, but at sea it was very different. This new book is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles, from 1939 up to the invasion of the Norway in April 1940.??The author begins the book with the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 and then covers the rebuilding of the Kriegsmarine and parallel developments in the Royal Navy, and summarises relevant advances in European navies. The main part of the book then describes the actions at sea starting with the fall of Poland. There is a complex, intertwined narrative that follows. The sinking of Courageous, the German mining of the British East Coast, the Northern Patrol, the sinking of Rawalpindi, small ship operations in the North Sea and German Bight, the Altmark incident are all covered. Further afield the author deals with the German surface raiders and looks at the early stages of the submarine war in the Atlantic.??As with his previous books, Geirr Haarr has researched extensively in German, British, and other archives, and the work is intended to paint a balanced and detailed picture of this significant period of the war when the opposing naval forces were adapting to a form of naval warfare quite different to that experienced in WWI.

Supernatural Stories featuring Storm God's Fury
Supernatural Stories featuring Storm God's Fury

Author: Bron Fane

Publisher: Gateway

Published: 2015-09-30

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 1473213967

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Storm God's Fury: The ancient gods used powerful weapons on those who defied them. Vampire Castle: Something with claws instead of hands was unpicking the lead. Moonlight Island: The prints on the beach changed from human feet to leopard tracks... The Mountain Thing: It staggered from the mountain cave ... savage ... hideous ... part man, part beast. Return of Lilith: Lilith ... ghastly night monster from mythology older than history.

The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Impact the Bahamas
The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Impact the Bahamas

Author: Wayne Neely

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1532089228

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The Bahamas is ideally located directly in the path of hurricanes in the North Atlantic. These massive tropical cyclones have been ravaging the Bahamas since the Lucayan Indians blessed these islands with their presence. Now for the very first time, these greatest and deadliest Bahamian hurricanes have been presented and documented in book-form. Such named storms include Hurricanes Andrew, Floyd, Donna, Dorian, David, Matthew, Betsy, Frances, Jeanne, and Wilma. While other unnamed storms include, The Great Nassau Hurricane of 1926, The Great Abaco Hurricane of 1932, The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1866, The Great Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928, and The Great Andros Island Hurricane of 1929. The Bahamas hurricane season, which lasts from June to November, has seen plenty of catastrophic storms throughout history. Here's a look at some of the greatest and deadliest storms that have hit the Bahamas over the past five centuries.

438 Days
438 Days

Author: Jonathan Franklin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-11-17

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1501116290

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The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival. Print run 75,000.