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CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title "They could write like angels and scheme like demons." So begins Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Larson's masterful account of th
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From epidemics in the 17th century and the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 to Guernica in World War II, the essays in this volume trace the development of the catastr
Consuming Catastrophe
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Horrified, saddened, and angered: That was the American people’s reaction to the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the 2008 fi
The Next Catastrophe
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Crucial insights into how to make society safer are offered in this penetrating reassessment of the very real dangers society faces today and what must be done