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Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. It isn't just a scenario. A well-designed attack...
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"In Disasterology, Dr. Montano, a disaster researcher, brings readers with her on an eye-opening journey through some of our worst disasters, helping readers make sense of what really happened from a emergency management perspective. She explains why we aren't doing enough to prevent or prepare for disasters, the critical role of media, and how our approach to recovery was not designed to serve marginalized communities. Now that climate change is...
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PublicAffairs
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2022
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An urgent, transformative guide to dealing with disasters from one of today's foremost thinkers in crisis management
"The future may still be unpredictable, but nowadays, disasters are not. We live in a time of constant, consistent catastrophe, where things more often go wrong than they go right. So why do we still fumble when disaster hits? Why are we always one step behind? In The Devil Never Sleeps, Juliette Kayyem lays the groundwork for a new...
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"A step-by-step program for getting your life in order, so you're prepared for the unexpected. The odds of getting hit by a bus are 495,000 to 1. But the odds that you're going to die some day? Exactly. Even the most disorganized among us can take control of our on- and off-line details so our loved ones won't have to scramble later. The experts at Everplans, a leading company in digital life planning, make it possible in this essential and easy-to-follow...
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Dutton Children's Books
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2006
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IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
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It's time for you to spread your wings and fly. The world can seem like a scary place. But you are ready
Bold illustrations and easy-to-read text encourage children who are going out into the world to spread their wings, knowing they have everything they need inside them
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Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse....
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This state-of-the-art manual is now completely updated and revised with new sections on transportation (such as carjacking or road-rage incidents), defending against terrorists (how to react to a suspicious package or behavior, for example), and information about numerous self-defense techniques. This survival guide now covers the world-any terrain, all climates-with hundreds of line drawings showing details on making tools and rafts, preserving food,...
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Francesca is Caro's stepmother, and Pauly's mother. A scientist, she can see what is going to happen. The high house was once her holiday home; now looked after by locals Grandy and Sally, she has turned it into an ark, for when the time comes. The mill powers the generator; the orchard is carefully pruned; the greenhouse has all its glass intact. Almost a family, but not quite, they plant, store seed, and watch the weather carefully
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Nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families. How will we react? What will it feel like? Will we be heroes or victims? Will our upbringing, our gender, our personality--anything we've ever learned, thought, or dreamed of--ultimately matter? Journalist Amanda Ripley set...
13) The Rural Ranger A Suburban And Urban Survival Manual & Field Guide Of Traps And Snares For Food
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The Modern Day Survival Primer For Solving Modern Day Survival Problems! This book will teach you the techniques to not just survive, but to use ingenuity and household items to solve your problems scientifically with a bit of primitive know how thrown in. A complete and detailed section utilizing explicit drawings and easy to understand photographs covers thoroughly the topic of survival trapping using Modern Snares, Deadfalls, Conibear Traps, and...
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A complete handbook for doing what you might have thought until now to be impossible. That is being able to actually stay safely in your suburban home and using your backyard to augment your survival in a long term grid down scenario. No you don't need to have a big garden or a big backyard but some permaculture would be nice if you wish to add it and this is covered also. This is the most unique and informative survival manual written by a prepper...
15) Off Grid Survival Bible: The Ultimate Self-Sufficient Guide. Learn Life-Saving Techniques, Food a
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Are you looking for proven advices for protecting your family in case of emergency? Are you wondering what type of wilderness survival skills and preparation is necessary to be safe from natural disasters or life threatening catastrophes? If yes, then Keep Reading… This book will accompany you in choosing the perfect location for building a home off the grid. Learn to live without electricity, discover how conserve and heat water, save and rise...
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La escasez de agua es uno de los principales objetivos de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS) de la ONU. En varios países, el agua escaseará en los próximos años y las personas deben conocer los procedimientos de almacenamiento de agua.
El agua es como el oxígeno para la vida y si quiere tener agua en tiempos de escasez, esta guía es para usted. Además, el almacenamiento de agua es un tema destacado para los prepper de la supervivencia...
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We all know that life is expensive, and those of us who live a preparedness lifestyle know that putting back necessities for a rainy day can oftentimes put a strain on the family budget. In this book, Angery American and Shawn Clay will give you some tips and advice on ways to make your prepping dollar stretch even further. With a quick read format and a full resource guide in the back, this book will help anyone from the beginner to seasoned preppers...
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Buying an inexpensive piece of land and building a comfortable, sustainable off-grid home is becoming a popular new way to pursue the American dream. This is a project that can be tailored to every budget, and can incorporate as many (or as few) of the conveniences of modern technology as one desires. The security of knowing you have a fully provisioned, eco-friendly retreat powered by renewable energy sources will help you sleep better after watching...
19) U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide: The Same Survival Training the U.S. Military Uses for Its Troops
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Get the same survival training that the U.S. military uses for its troops.
The U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide is the only source hikers, campers, explorers or families focused on emergency preparedness will ever need.
The U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide covers everything a modern outdoorsperson needs to know to make it in tough terrain and tense situations, from the psychology of survival and overcoming fear to building a shelter and making it...
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Your Guide to Being Ready for When SHTF
There's a reason the Boy Scouts take 'be prepared' as their motto-you never know what's just around the corner, and if you're not ready for it, you're as good as dead. If you're asking yourself why it's necessary to be ready for the worst-case scenario, open this book now.
This book contains some of the basics of survival, aimed at getting by in the worst case scenario-ecological disaster, political or social...
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