Citizens without a City. Destruction and Despair after the L'Aquila Earthquake, Paperback - Jan-Jonathan Bock

A fascinating read for anyone interested in the politics of disaster relief, Citizens without a City illustrates how survivors tried to remake effe...

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Reducere. A Druid, a Sorceress, and a Demon Hunter walk into a bar ... sounds like the start of a joke, right? Only it's no joke. Whitefall Cove is over-run ...

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The history of Tokyo is as eventful as it is long. A concise yet detailed overview of this fascinating, centuries-old city, Tokyo: A Biography is a...

Reducere. In Nest City, Beth Sanders argues that our linear ways of thinking about, organizing and planning our cities do not meet the true nature of cities ...

A comprehensive account of the most controversial Allied bombing offensive of WW2. Written by the foremost military/aviation historian. Superbly re...

'This was such a brilliant whodunit thriller that I didn't want to put down. I picked it up in the morning and by lunchtime I was finished.' NetGal...

Reducere. How exactly has San Francisco's urban landscape changed in the hundred years since the earthquake and cataclysmic firestorms that destroyed three-q...

Ronald Stein and Todd Royal, two seasoned veterans of the energy industry, explore the implications of a world reliant on intermittent green electr...

Reducere. A young boy sitting on a piano bench realizes one day that he will never marry. At the time this seems merely a simple, if odd, fact, but as his at...

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Reducere. Did you know that the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is thought to be one of the deadliest earthquakes in history?In the early morning of April 18th...

Publisher: Black Rose BooksAuthor(s): Mostafa HenawayNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 230 x 23Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. Stomach Cancer is one of the worst experiences a person can endure. But now you have made it through. And having a Gastrectomy has given you the ch...

A race against time thriller from the award-winning author of Brandenburg and Firefly

On 23 July 1993, under the rain of artillery fire, the city of Agdam was completely destroyed. Its football team, Qarabag, instantly became the emb...

Reducere. Hong Kong is a city without ground. This is true both physically (built on steep slopes, the city has no ground plane) and culturally (there is no ...

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Reducere. Catholicism has long been the dominant religion among ethnic Mexicans in the U.S. Recent shifts, however, have challenged the traditional associati...

A powerful tale of destruction, heroism and survival by the bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Giles M...

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I have had the privilege of being one of God's chosen vessels to pour forth His love, His comfort, and His peace through this book, Praise in the V...

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In this widely acclaimed collection, Jonathan Meades proves there is no such thing as a boring place

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Reducere. DescriptionOn April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in then Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine a...

Features a study in the pathology of cultural criticism. By analyzing the thought and influence of three leading critics of modern Germany, It demo...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jan T. GrossIllustration(s): 27 b/w illus. 3 maps.Number of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

This book explores the monumental shift in the balance of power in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War. It investigates the manner in which Ame...