The Protectors: Once Upon a Catastrophe
The Protectors: Once Upon a Catastrophe

Author: Rebecca Bourque

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-07-24

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1300387440

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Four young Protectors with extraordinary gifts were taken from their homes as children and forced to sacrifice their lives in order to defend the royal bloodline and their kingdom, in accordance with the old laws of Scarandia. Their lives are happy though, for the most part. They are good friends with each other and honestly love the sweet, little princess they watch over- until the jealous younger brother of the Queen murders his sister and her husband, leading a revolution and taking the crown for himself. Now the small princess is his next target and The Protectors are willing to do anything to keep him from her and take back the kingdom, their home.

The memory of catastrophe
The memory of catastrophe

Author: Peter Gray

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2024-07-30

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1526185768

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Investigates the dynamic relationship between experiences of profound social and cultural disruption, and human memory. Critical comparisons are made across a wide variety of catastrophic experiences and memories; not just of war, but also of massacre, genocide, rebellion, famine, partition, shipwreck and fire. The book is an accessible showcase for a wide range of methodological approaches to the study of memory, including literary studies, cultural studies, participant-observation and historical studies, and uses a variety of oral, visual and written sources. Offers a diverse chronological and geographical range of catastrophic cases, from seventeenth-century England to the recent conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, from Ireland to the Indian sub-continent, from Mexico to wartime Leningrad. Well-written and accessible – a fascinating read.

The Pretoria Pit Disaster
The Pretoria Pit Disaster

Author: Alan Davies

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1445623919

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The dramatic and chilling story of Lancashire's worst coal mining accident, which was also the third worst mining disaster in British history.

A Paradise Built in Hell
A Paradise Built in Hell

Author: Rebecca Solnit

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-08-31

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1101459018

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The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disaster Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities? In A Paradise Built in Hell, award-winning author Rebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, looking at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She examines how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities, as well as looking at the cost of the widespread myths and rarer real cases of social deterioration during crisis. This is a timely and important book from an acclaimed author whose work consistently locates unseen patterns and meanings in broad cultural histories.

Strategic Interventions for People in Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster
Strategic Interventions for People in Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster

Author: Diane Sullivan Everstine

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-24

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1136749322

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Strategic Interventions for People in Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster enables therapists to walk into difficult situations with a thorough understanding of interactional dynamics and a plan of action. With the stressful turbulence of our present culture, more and more clinicians are called upon to intervene in crisis situations. Violent interactions, once considered rare or beyond the province of the therapist, have become familiar events to many practitioners. This volume provides them with both the theoretical background and practical techniques to help people learn from crisis experiences and move toward change and growth. Of special interest are practical guidelines and specific intervention strategies for conducting psychotherapy with different types of violent persons and of victims. Treatment principles for each crisis situation are then illustrated in detailed case studies. As the authors demonstrate, with these troubled people a therapist must be ready to make quick decisions, draw upon all available resources from the family and community, and offer continuing support as traumas are worked through and new behavior patterns are learned. In addition, the authors discuss the legal and ethical responsibilities of the therapist.

The Disaster of the Third Princess
The Disaster of the Third Princess

Author: Royall Tyler

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2009-06-01

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1921536675

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These seven essays by the most recent English translator of The Tale of Genji emphasize three major interpretive issues. What is the place of the hero (Hikaru Genji) in the work? What story gives the narrative underlying continuity and form? And how does the closing section of the tale (especially the ten 'Uji chapters') relate to what precedes it? Written over a period of nine years, the essays suggest fresh, thought-provoking perspectives on Japan¿s greatest literary classic.

Disaster in the Early Modern World
Disaster in the Early Modern World

Author: Ovanes Akopyan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-17

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 100380165X

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How did early modern societies think about disasters, such as earthquakes or floods? How did they represent disaster, and how did they intervene to mitigate its destructive effects? This collection showcases the breadth of new work on the period ca. 1300-1750. Covering topics that range from new thinking about risk and securitisation to the protection of dikes from shipworm, and with a geography that extends from Europe to Spanish America, the volume places early modern disaster studies squarely at the intersection of intellectual, cultural and socio-economic history. This period witnessed fresh speculation on nature, the diffusion of disaster narratives and imagery and unprecedented attempts to control the physical world. The book will be essential to specialists and students of environmental history and disaster, as well as general readers who seek to discover how pre-industrial societies addressed some of the same foundational issues we grapple with today.

Chaos Organization and Disaster Management
Chaos Organization and Disaster Management

Author: Alan Kirschenbaum

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2019-02-13

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1040084931

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Chaos Organization and Disaster Management offers a scholarly survey of disaster response behavior and management in the face of natural and manmade catastrophe. The author provides a methodological and empirical platform from which to initiate a critical analysis of disaster management. Sparked by a unique field study of the Israeli experience during the Gulf War, this book demonstrates the massive divide between individual responses to disaster and the actual functioning of disaster management organizations. It exposes the fundamental flaws of disaster management agencies, analyzing disasters from the perspectives of both agencies and potential victims. Formulating an alternative approach to disaster management that draws upon the advantages of privatization, this volume appraises methods of measuring disaster agency effectiveness, emphasizing the citizen vantage point and stakeholder evaluations. It outlines the intrinsic bureaucratic constraints that impede the efficacy of government agencies, and reveals the disconnect between organizational and victim perceptions of disaster. By highlighting a new empirically based understanding of disaster behavior, the book recommends moving the focus of disaster management to a social process model that will save lives.

Course for Disaster
Course for Disaster

Author: Richard Pool

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 1998-02-15

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0850526000

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This is the story of the life at sea, by Naval Officer Richard Pool. He saw the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Fall of Singapore, was sunk of the coast of Malaya and was stranded on a desert island for four months.