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Sanderson's Breakaway
David Rubin's imagination runs free in this novel about a fictional Caribbean island, St. Michael Amargas, located at the end of the Great Breakaway Reef. Charlie Sanderson returns after many years to visit his family's business, Sanderson's Breakaway Reef Hotel. This is no congenial visit, however: Charlie's running from something in America; his last recourse is to confront his father once again. In his most politically-charged thriller, Rubin explores the complex intertwined realities of family life, colonialism, politics, and romance. Charlie stumbles his way through murder, conspiracy, and espionage.
Smileys
From the people who put an armadillo on the cover of a system administration book, comes the first collection of the computer underground hieroglyphics we call "smileys". Originally inserted into email messages to denote "said with a cynical smile", smileys now run rampant throughout the electronic mail culture. This book advances the state-of-the-art of smileys, including such information as Smiley Comics and "Where's Smiley?"
Urban Disaster Resilience
Accelerating urbanization worldwide means more urban-centered disasters. Floods, earthquakes, storms and conflicts affecting densely populated areas produce significant losses in lives, livelihoods and the built environment, especially in comparison to rural areas. Poor urban dwellers, almost always the most vulnerable, too often bear the brunt. Aid agencies and urban professionals have been slowly adapting to these new conditions, but older models and practices hinder the most effective engagements. Drawing directly from the experiences of urban disasters in the Philippines, Chile, India, Thailand, Iraq, Haiti and Nepal, among other countries, Urban Disaster Resilience brings to light new c...
Urban Disaster Resilience
Accelerating urbanization worldwide means more urban-centered disasters. Floods, earthquakes, storms and conflicts affecting densely populated areas produce significant losses in lives, livelihoods and the built environment, especially in comparison to rural areas. Poor urban dwellers, almost always the most vulnerable, too often bear the brunt. Aid agencies and urban professionals have been slowly adapting to these new conditions, but older models and practices hinder the most effective engagements. Drawing directly from the experiences of urban disasters in the Philippines, Chile, India, Thailand, Iraq, Haiti and Nepal, among other countries, Urban Disaster Resilience brings to light new c...
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
Defines both genres, tells how to write a successful story, and where to find markets to get published.
Urbanisation at Risk in the Pacific and Asia
"This book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island countries and Asian nations. With chapters written by leading scholars and practitioners, Urbanisation at risk presents research and case studies from island countries across the Pacific, Cambodia, Nepal, and the Philippines. The book explores and presents the theory, policy, and practice of how governments, civil society, aid organisations, and people themselves prepare for, withstand and recover better from urban disasters including windstorms, floods, earthquakes and fires, and the effects of climate change. This book is written for urban policy makers, researchers, humanitarian aid and development workers, and anyone interested in urbanisation, participatory approaches, disasters, resilience, and climate change adaptation"--
Early Mourning
A novel on a robbery in a funeral home in Sao Paulo. The action follows a gallery of protagonists who come from all walks of life. In the process, the reader is given a picture of Brazil's largest city. By the author of A Bag of Stories.
Beyond Shelter after Disaster: Practice, Process and Possibilities
Providing shelter after a disaster is recognised as one of the most complex areas of humanitarian relief and recovery. Some aid agencies have stopped providing shelter altogether after bad experiences, while those that do quickly become engaged in challenges that go far beyond the provision of structures alone. Yet with the number and severity of disasters set to increase, due to climate change and rapid urban growth, the need for approaches that work has never been greater. This book explores the issues in three parts. The first, Practice, looks at lessons from past efforts. Part two, Process, proposes practical and effective people-centred approaches. Part three considers currently neglected issues such as disability, human rights and urban-oriented approaches. Through practical case studies and academic research, Beyond Shelter after Disaster critiques past methods and explores future options for improving practice in one of the most complex areas of post disaster relief and recovery. This book was originally published as a special issue in Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions.
Flash and Crash Days
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
