The Book Company: New Products - Disasters & Disaster Relief

Social Media and Crisis Communication

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:28:30 +0000

This third edition offers a comprehensive look at crises in today’s complex mediated world. It emphasizes practical insights, offering guidance for professionals working in communication, public relations, media, and related fields. It will be useful for students, researchers, and practitioners..

Price: $60.99

Survivorabilia (The Unsinkable Woman, the Man Who Was Mauled Twice, and Other True Stories of Our Extraordinary Will to Live)

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:44:35 +0000

A collection of the most captivating true survival tales ever told—from beloved folk heroes to unsung feats of bravery—accompanied by compelling imagery.

From retellings of classic survival epics like Ernest Shackleton's famous Antarctic expedition and the Uruguayan rugby..

Price: $27.00

Emerging Feminist Peace from Below and Disaster Recovery (A Quilted Ethnography)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:44:27 +0000

This book offers a critical contribution to feminist peace and disaster research by challenging the successful disaster recovery narrative of the Kachchh 2001 earthquake in Gujarat, India.

Price: $64.99

Critical Infrastructure (Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:36:22 +0000

This new edition continues to critically examine the evolving importance of our critical infrastructure to our society—recognizing the underpinning value of cyber technology and how physical infrastructures and delivery models impact and affect people and society.

Price: $74.95

Ecosocial Work and Sustainability Transitions (Theories, Methodologies and Practices)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:57:00 +0000

Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Sustainable development and ecosocial work have become one of the most dynamic global debates of the social work profession. How can social work contribute to the sustainability transitions of European societies?

Bringing together ..

Price: $41.95

The Westray Tragedy (A Miner's Story)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:23:50 +0000

“Shaun pulls no punches and gives no quarter to those responsible for what took place on May 9th. This is a book that Canadians will want to read. The company, as Shaun states in his book, tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the public. They were not fooled. Shaun’s book gives the screaming tr..

Price: $16.00

COVID-19 and the Future of Capitalism (Postcapitalist Horizons Beyond Neo-Liberalism)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:16:30 +0000

COVID-19 may be an historical turning point for global capitalism. It has revealed the crisis of neoliberal globalization; however, this does not automatically lead to the ultimate defeat of capitalism or its neoliberal incarnation. The authors in this collection posit that a new framework cannot ..

Price: $22.00

Building Risk Literacy (Communicating to Create an Informed Public)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:14:57 +0000

This book introduces the concept of "risk literacy" and explores its pivotal role in improving affective, cognitive, and behavioral learning when communicating science focused on complex, risk-related issues. It is useful guide for practitioners and students and contributes to the academic disc..

Price: $57.99

Beyond Fukushima (Toward a Post-Nuclear Society)

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:51:35 +0000

''It finally dawned on us. The government was unreliable. Politicians and bureaucrats were unreliable. The media were untrustworthy. The brutal reality hit us that we had to protect ourselves...otherwise bury our heads in the sand or give up altogether.'' *** Written in the immediate aftermath of ..

Price: $89.95

Adaptation to Climate Change (Resilience, Transition and Transformation)

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:03:47 +0000

Fully updated and revised in its second edition, Adaptation to Climate Change argues that policy and practice on adaptation must address soical justice. Without this, we risk drifting into a better adapted but more unequal world.

Price: $57.99