The risk process commonly used in the corporate world to deal with risks may be suitable for non-catastrophic events, but not for extreme events. By analyzing a series of past disasters and the relevant 'lessons learned', this books proposes a series of prescriptive measures to cope with future disasters.
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Fiction literature | 9 September 2010
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Critical essays discuss the works of major dramatists of the Elizabethan age in this comprehensive volume. This title, Elizabethan Drama, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Period Studies series, features a selection of critical essays analyzing the writers and works that defined the Elizabethan era. In addition to a chronology of the important cultural, literary, and politcal events that shaped this period, this text includes an introduction and editor's note written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
China's unmatched ability to reinvent itself over the centuries is perhaps its most timeless asset. Even in the wake of violent civil wars, Mongol invaders, and turbulent governance, China has endured and, in recent times, achieved a level of prosperity rivaled by few other countries in the world. The events that transformed China from an imperial nation to a superpower are chronicled in this comprehensive volume that introduces the history of the world's largest and one of its most dynamic populations.
Added by: marchus001 | Karma: 190.32 | Fiction literature | 30 August 2010
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The Identity Check - by Ken Merrell
When a crazy, seemingly harmless old woman pilfers private information, she sets in motion a chaotic, far-reaching chain of events. Before long, a treacherous game of identity theft unfolds that could change the country’s laws forever.
