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  Heat Wave - A Social Autopsy of...

  Eric Klinenberg

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  The “compelling” story behind the 1995 Chicago weather disaster that killed hundreds—and what it revealed about our broken society (Boston Globe). 
   
  On July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index—how the temperature actually feels on the body—would hit 126. When the heat wave broke a week later, city streets had buckled; records for electrical use were shattered; and power grids had failed, leaving residents without electricity for up to two days. By July 20, over seven hundred people had perished—twenty times the number of those struck down by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. 
   
  Heat waves kill more Americans than all other natural disasters combined. Until now, no one could explain either the overwhelming number or the heartbreaking manner of the deaths resulting from the 1995 Chicago heat wave. Meteorologists and medical scientists have been unable to account for the scale of the trauma, and political officials have puzzled over the sources of the city’s vulnerability. In Heat Wave, Eric Klinenberg takes us inside the anatomy of the metropolis to conduct what he calls a “social autopsy,” examining the social, political, and institutional organs of the city that made this urban disaster so much worse than it ought to have been. 
   
  He investigates why some neighborhoods experienced greater mortality than others, how city government responded, and how journalists, scientists, and public officials reported and explained these events. Through years of fieldwork, interviews, and research, he uncovers the surprising and unsettling forms of social breakdown that contributed to this human catastrophe as hundreds died alone behind locked doors and sealed windows, out of contact with friends, family, community groups, and public agencies. As this incisive and gripping account demonstrates, the widening cracks in the social foundations of American cities made visible by the 1995 heat wave remain in play in America’s cities today—and we ignore them at our peril. 
   
  Includes photos and a new preface on meeting the challenges of climate change in urban centers 
   
  “Heat Wave is not so much a book about weather, as it is about the calamitous consequences of forgetting our fellow citizens. . . . A provocative, fascinating book, one that applies to much more than weather disasters.” —Chicago Sun-Times 
   
  “It’s hard to put down Heat Wave without believing you’ve just read a tale of slow murder by public policy.” —Salon 
   
  “A classic. I can’t recommend it enough.” —Chris Hayes

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  101 Amazing Facts about the...

  Merlin Mill

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  Which Legend of Zelda boss is thought to be the first incarnation of Ganondorf? Who is the most controversial character in the series? How long did it take to write the plot for Skyward Sword? And which Zelda game did the Guinness Book of Records first list as being the highest rated video game in history? 
  In this fantastic audiobook, Stephen Harris talks us through more than one hundred facts about the Legend of Zelda series, one of the most popular in gaming history. With the information separated into chapters such as weapons, equipment, characters, music and more, you are sure to learn some fascinating new information about the Zelda universe. So whether you’ve been playing since the NES days or are only now getting into your RPG adventures, this is the perfect addition to your audio bookshelf!

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  Psychedelic Apes - From parallel...

  Alex Boese

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  From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Elephant's on Acid comes a collection of the wackiest theories from science and history. 
  What if we’re living inside a black hole? What if we’ve already found extraterrestrial life? What if the dinosaurs died in a nuclear war? What if Jesus Christ was actually a mushroom? 
  In Psychedelic Apes, bestselling author Alex Boese will delve into the curious scientific subculture of weird theories. Thoroughly bizarre and contrary to the established norm, these ideas are often vehemently rejected by the intellectual community. 
  From the creation of the universe to the evolution of humans, the birth of civilization right through to our more recent past, Psychedelic Apes explores some of the craziest ideas from science and history and shows that, sometimes, even the weirdest theories may be proved true . . .

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  CBT for Children Adolescents and...

  Dr. Dale Pheragh

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  The CBT guide for Children and Adolescents gives you the resources to help the children in your life handle their daily obstacles with ease.Inside this workbook you'll find hundreds of worksheets, exercises, and activities to help treat: ?	Ideal Solution for Anti-Personality Disorder?	Tantrum, ?	Disruptive Behaviour Disorder, ?	Anti-Social Personality Disorder, ?	Avoidant Personality Disorder, ?	Oppositional Defiant Disorder & Conduct Disorders?	Conduct Disorders Written by a doctor with decades of experience working with kids, teens, adults and these practical and easy-to-use therapy tools are vital to teaching people how to cope with and overcome their deepest struggles. Step-by-step, you'll see how the best strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy are adapted for children.Conduct disorder, sometimes diagnosed in child years, that is seen as antisocial actions which violate the privileges of others and age-appropriate sociable standards and guidelines. Antisocial behaviors can include irresponsibility, delinquent acts (such as truancy or operating away), breaking the rights of others (such as robbery), and physical hostility toward pets or others (such as assault or rape). These behaviors sometimes happen collectively; however, one or several might occur with no other(s).Conduct Disorder is a significant behavioral and emotional disorder that may appear in children and teenagers. A kid with this disorder may screen the design of disruptive and violent behavior and also have problems following guidelines.It isn't uncommon for children and teenagers to have behavior-related problems sometime throughout their development. However, the behavior is known as to be always a Conduct Disorder when it's long-lasting, so when it violates the privileges of others, it will go against accepted norms of behavior and disrupt the child's or families’ everyday living.

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  Last Harvest - From Cornfield to...

  Witold Rybczynski

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  In Last Harvest, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia. Over the course of five years, Rybczynski met everyone involved in the transformation of this land -- from the developers, to the community leaders whose approvals they needed, to the home builders and sewage experts and, ultimately, the first families who moved in.  Always eloquent and illuminating, Rybczynski looks at this "neotraditional" project, with its houses built close together to encourage a sense of intimacy and community, and explains the trends in American domestic architecture -- from where we place our kitchens and fences to why our bathrooms get larger every year.  As Publishers Weekly said, "Rybczynski provides historical and cultural perspective in a style reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell, debunking the myth of urban sprawl and explaining American homeowners' preference for single-family dwellings. But Rybczynski also excels at 'the close-up,' John McPhee's method of reporting, where every interview reads like an intimate conversation, and a simple walk down neighborhood sidewalks can reveal a wealth of history." Last Harvest is a charming must-read for anyone interested in where we live today -- and why -- by one of our most acclaimed and original cultural writers.

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  Ice Age The: The History and...

  Charles River Editors

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  The early history of Earth covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries, and even millennia become virtually meaningless. Instead, paleontologists and scientists who study geochronology divide time into periods and eras.  
  	What humans commonly refer to as the “Ice Age” is actually a series of fluctuating climate events that have occurred throughout the planet’s history. These ongoing historical phenomena are difficult to conceptualize because of both the time frame involved and the natural process by which they cyclically unfold. The Earth’s climatic clock repeats the maneuver over millions of years per occurrence, a number that is intellectually graspable, but not viscerally well-perceivable by most members of the human race. The process by which ice ages form is not relevant to any societal function, and therefore remains a mystery. Those who attempt to define it are often met with either apathy or defiant superstition. 
  	As a basic definition, it may be said that an ice age is simply a period of time during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land. These sheets have advanced and retreated, at times taking over the entire planet, and conversely disappearing nearly altogether. Glacial ice formed by this regularly occurring process does not sit in a state of inertia, but moves dynamically, reshaping the geological features of the continents. Again, the time frame for glacial movement is far longer than any involving human activity, so close attention must be paid in order to correctly measure and interpret it for the modern day. 

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