Browse Books: Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief

The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER By Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by) Cover Image
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER (Paperback)
By Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Foreword by)
$18.00
On Our Shelves Now
America's First Plague: The Deadly 1793 Epidemic That Crippled a Young Nation By Robert P. Watson Cover Image
America's First Plague: The Deadly 1793 Epidemic That Crippled a Young Nation (Hardcover)
By Robert P. Watson
$28.00
On Our Shelves Now
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid By Lawrence Wright Cover Image
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid (Paperback)
By Lawrence Wright
$18.00
On Our Shelves Now
Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire By Lizzie Johnson Cover Image
Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire (Paperback)
By Lizzie Johnson
$18.99
On Our Shelves Now
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew By Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward, Robert Crippen (Foreword by), Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) (Epilogue by) Cover Image
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew (Paperback)
By Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward, Robert Crippen (Foreword by), Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired) (Epilogue by)
$18.99
NOT ON HAND, but usually Ships in 2-7 Days
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital By Sheri Fink Cover Image
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Paperback)
By Sheri Fink
$20.00
NOT ON HAND, but usually Ships in 2-7 Days
Skywalks: Robert Gordon’s Untold Story of Hallmark’s Kansas City Disaster By R. Eli Paul Cover Image
Skywalks: Robert Gordon’s Untold Story of Hallmark’s Kansas City Disaster (Hardcover)
By R. Eli Paul
$34.95
NOT ON HAND, but usually Ships in 2-7 Days
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Lannan Selection) By Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator) Cover Image
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Lannan Selection) (Hardcover)
By Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator)
$29.00
NOT ON HAND, but usually Ships in 2-7 Days
At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth By Madeline Ostrander Cover Image
At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth (Hardcover)
By Madeline Ostrander
$28.99
NOT ON HAND, but usually Ships in 2-7 Days
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors By Piers Paul Read Cover Image
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Mass Market)
By Piers Paul Read
$8.99
UNAVAILABLE-Possible Reasons: Backordered, Out-of-Stock, or Out-of-Print (But email us to search for a copy.)
SAS Urban Survival Handbook: How to Protect Yourself Against Terrorism, Natural Disasters, Fires, Home Invasions, and Everyday Health and Safety Hazards By John "Lofty" Wiseman, Don Mann (Foreword by) Cover Image
SAS Urban Survival Handbook: How to Protect Yourself Against Terrorism, Natural Disasters, Fires, Home Invasions, and Everyday Health and Safety Hazards (Paperback)
By John "Lofty" Wiseman, Don Mann (Foreword by)
$17.99
NOT ON HAND, but usually Ships in 2-7 Days
Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds (Survival Stories, True Stories) By Michael Tougias Cover Image
Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds (Survival Stories, True Stories) (Paperback)
By Michael Tougias
$19.99
NOT ON HAND, but usually Ships in 2-7 Days

Pages