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Running the Risk - From Shark Attacks to Nuclear Disaster - understanding life's biggest risks and how we build a safer future - cover

Running the Risk - From Shark Attacks to Nuclear Disaster - understanding life's biggest risks and how we build a safer future

David Burrett Reid

Publisher: Hero

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Key Selling Points: Accessible and entertaining, narrative-driven non-fiction book about the subject of risk. No other mass-market book that covers risk beyond business book.
Available since: 05/19/2025.

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