The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes hurricanes or floods However the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological & cultural myth At Risk questions this myth & argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive & deadly disasters & discusses disaster not as an aberration but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development' Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability One links remote & distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability' The other uses the concepts of 'access' & 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others Examining key natural events & incorporating strategies to create a safer world this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment & development studies ...

The Irish contemporary classic in a beautiful new edition ' Weren't you never out for an easy dip?' he asked 'I don't mean the baths I mean with a pal For a lark like' Out at the Forty Foot that great jut of Dublin rock where gentlemen bathe in the scandalous nude two boys meet day after day There they make a pact that Doyler will teach Jim to swim & in a year they will swim the bay to the distant beacon of the Muglins rock to raise the Green & claim it for themselves As a turbulent year drives inexorably towards the Easter Rising of 1916 & Ireland sets forth on a path to uncertain glory a tender secret love story unfolds Written with verve & mastery in a modern Irish tradition descended from James Joyce & Flann O' Brien At Swim Two Boys is a shimmering novel of unforgettable ambition intensity & humanity ' One of the greatest Irish novels ever written' David Marcus ' The music of Jamie O' Neill's prose creates a new Irish symphony' Peter Ackroyd ' Heartachingly beautiful' Independent on Sunday 'A vivid picture of human freedom' Sunday Times ...

Flann O' Brien's innovative metafictional work whose unruly characters strike out their own paths in life to the frustration of their author At Swim-Two-Birds is a brilliant impressionistic jumble of ideas mythology & nonsense published in Penguin Modern Classics Flann O' Brien's first novel tells the story of a young indolent undergraduate who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dubin & spends far too much time drinking with his friends When not drunk or in bed he likes to invent wild stories peoples with hilarious & unlikely characters
- but somehow his creations won't do what he wants them to A dazzling work of farce satire folklore & absurdity that gives full rein to its author's dancing intellect & Celtic wit At Swim-Two-Birds is both a brilliant comic send-up of Irish literature & culture & a portrayal of Dublin to compare with Joyce's Ulysses Brian O Nuallain (1911-1966) better known by his pseudonym Flann O' Brien was born in Strabane County Tyrone & studied at University College Dublin before joining the Irish Civil Service Ifyou enjoyed At Swim-Two-Birds you might like Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire also available in Penguin Modern Classics' This is just the book to give your sister if she's a loud dirty boozy girl' Dylan Thomas' That's a real writer with the true comic spirit' James Joyce author of Ulysses'A brilliant beer-soaked miniature masterpiece' Time
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Make baby bathtime fun with DK's Squeaky Baby Bath Book At The Beach Safe for baby & perfect for bathtime fun or high chair play Squeaky Baby Bath Book At the Beach is packed with bright squashy waterproof pages & a built-in squeaker making baby bathtime fun for your little one! Introduce your baby to recognisable objects at the beach from a bucket to a boat; from a sea shell to swimming ring Each page has one bright image showing a beach object with a word book label making this baby-learning bath book clear & simple Great for teething too Squeaky Baby Bath Book At The Beach is BPA free non-toxic & wipe-clean with squishy pages ideal for small hands A great gift for any newborn Squeaky Baby Bath Book At the Beach is perfect for learning & playing at baby bathtime! ...

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In this non-fiction recount of a family trip to the dump simple text combined with Ley Honor Roberts lively & inimitable cartoon-photo collage style brings environmental issues to life The family's journey around the dump shows how different materials are sorted into different containers ready for recycling Red BBand 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects & actions combined with simple story development & a satisfying conclusion Text type
- A simple recount A diagram on pages 14 & 15 provides a chance to recap where each material was deposited This information book is paired with a story on the same theme Tec & the Litter by Tony Mitton This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In this adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel Peter Cushing & Doug Mc Clure are scientists who pilot a mechanical excavator to the centre of the Earth They find themselves in the Kingdom of Pellucidar where they encounter a tribe which is under attack from giant prehistoric creatures Actors Doug Mc Clure Peter Cushing Caroline Munro Cy Grant Godfrey James Directors Kevin Connor Producers John Dark Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 Classification PGStudio Studiocanal DVD Release Date 30 July 2012 Run Time 86 minutes ...