disaster relief

The author compiled over 300 interviews for these vignettes about the ripples of the Sept. 11 attacks. Customs officers, New York merchants, WTC widows, air marshal trainees, ACLU staff, and many others speak about how the terror attacks affected them.

This book describes what you can do to prepare for a terrorist attack and what you need to do if one occurs.

This book describes emergency plans and health and safety concerns when people experience nuclear, biological, and chemical disasters and discusses disaster relief to these situations.

This book describes emergency plans and health and safety concerns when people experience blackouts, electrical power outages.

Describes the challenges and rewards of being a disaster relief worker, discussing types of disasters, what the workers do, and safety issues, and looking at different careers in relief work.

Photographs and text examine the devastation and death caused by the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and includes an essay by former President Bill Clinton which offers his assessment of urgent needs.

Describes and discusses the controversy concerning the handling of the global refugee problem by the United States and international community. Provides statistics and legal documents regarding refugees and the history of the problem.

Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans, a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced.

Presents a collection of full-color illustrated photographs depicting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that devastated the shores of Louisiana and Mississippi in August 2005.

On October 29, 2012, one of the most powerful storms in recent history landed on the coast of New Jersey. Readers will discover how Superstorm Sandy formed, the widespread damage and suffering caused by the storm, and how people are working to rebuild and recover.