Author: Amitav Ghosh
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547527136
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A journalist who “illuminates the human drama behind the headlines” writes about today’s dramatic events, from terrorist attacks to tsunamis (Publishers Weekly). “An uncannily honest writer,” Amitav Ghosh has published firsthand accounts of pivotal world events in publications including the New York Times, Granta, and the New Yorker (The New York Times Book Review). This volume brings together the finest of these pieces, chronicling the turmoil of our times. Incendiary Circumstances begins with Ghosh’s arrival in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands just days after the devastation of the 2005 tsunami. We then travel back to September 11, 2001, as Ghosh retrieves his young daughter from school, sick with the knowledge that she must witness the kind of firestorm that has been in the background of his life since childhood. In his travels, Ghosh has stood on an icy mountaintop on the contested border between India and Pakistan; interviewed Pol Pot’s sister-in-law in Cambodia; shared the elation of Egyptians when Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize; and stood with his threatened Sikh neighbors through the riots following Indira Gandhi’s assassination. In these pieces, he offers an up-close look at an era defined by the ravages of politics and nature. “Ghosh is the perfect chronicler of an increasingly globalized world . . . Reading [him] is a mind-expanding experience. Once you’ve finished this book, you’re very likely to press it into your friends’ hands and beg them to read it as well.” —Sunday Oregonian
Incendiary Circumstances
Author: Amitav Ghosh
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547527136
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A journalist who “illuminates the human drama behind the headlines” writes about today’s dramatic events, from terrorist attacks to tsunamis (Publishers Weekly). “An uncannily honest writer,” Amitav Ghosh has published firsthand accounts of pivotal world events in publications including the New York Times, Granta, and the New Yorker (The New York Times Book Review). This volume brings together the finest of these pieces, chronicling the turmoil of our times. Incendiary Circumstances begins with Ghosh’s arrival in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands just days after the devastation of the 2005 tsunami. We then travel back to September 11, 2001, as Ghosh retrieves his young daughter from school, sick with the knowledge that she must witness the kind of firestorm that has been in the background of his life since childhood. In his travels, Ghosh has stood on an icy mountaintop on the contested border between India and Pakistan; interviewed Pol Pot’s sister-in-law in Cambodia; shared the elation of Egyptians when Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize; and stood with his threatened Sikh neighbors through the riots following Indira Gandhi’s assassination. In these pieces, he offers an up-close look at an era defined by the ravages of politics and nature. “Ghosh is the perfect chronicler of an increasingly globalized world . . . Reading [him] is a mind-expanding experience. Once you’ve finished this book, you’re very likely to press it into your friends’ hands and beg them to read it as well.” —Sunday Oregonian
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547527136
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A journalist who “illuminates the human drama behind the headlines” writes about today’s dramatic events, from terrorist attacks to tsunamis (Publishers Weekly). “An uncannily honest writer,” Amitav Ghosh has published firsthand accounts of pivotal world events in publications including the New York Times, Granta, and the New Yorker (The New York Times Book Review). This volume brings together the finest of these pieces, chronicling the turmoil of our times. Incendiary Circumstances begins with Ghosh’s arrival in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands just days after the devastation of the 2005 tsunami. We then travel back to September 11, 2001, as Ghosh retrieves his young daughter from school, sick with the knowledge that she must witness the kind of firestorm that has been in the background of his life since childhood. In his travels, Ghosh has stood on an icy mountaintop on the contested border between India and Pakistan; interviewed Pol Pot’s sister-in-law in Cambodia; shared the elation of Egyptians when Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize; and stood with his threatened Sikh neighbors through the riots following Indira Gandhi’s assassination. In these pieces, he offers an up-close look at an era defined by the ravages of politics and nature. “Ghosh is the perfect chronicler of an increasingly globalized world . . . Reading [him] is a mind-expanding experience. Once you’ve finished this book, you’re very likely to press it into your friends’ hands and beg them to read it as well.” —Sunday Oregonian
Annual report of the Commissioner of Insurance of Virginia
Author: Virginia. Insurance Dept
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Insurance of Virginia
Author: Virginia. Bureau of Insurance
Publisher:
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Fire Management
Author:
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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Publisher:
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Fire Control Notes
Author:
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Annual Report of the Department of State Fire Marshal
Author: Oregon. State Fire Marshal
Publisher:
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Category : Fire prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Fire prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Annual Report of State Fire Marshal
Author: Michigan. Dept. of Insurance. Fire Marshal Division
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Incendiary
Author: Chris Cleave
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451618492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A tragicomic open letter to Osama Bin Laden from a young London woman whose husband and son are killed in a terrorist attack on a soccer stadium.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451618492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A tragicomic open letter to Osama Bin Laden from a young London woman whose husband and son are killed in a terrorist attack on a soccer stadium.
Annual Report of State Fire Marshal to the Governor of Michigan
Author: Michigan. State Fire Marshal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Fire Investigator
Author: International Investigators,
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449638066
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Fire Investigator: Principles and Practice updates the resource previously known as User’s Manual for NFPA 921, 2004 Edition. Through a clear, concise presentation, Fire Investigator assists fire investigators in conducting complex fire investigations. Written by talented professional fire investigators from the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), this text covers the entire span of the 2008 Edition of NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations and addresses all of the job performance requirements in the 2009 Edition of NFPA 1033, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator. This text is the benchmark for conducting safe and systematic investigations. Key features include: new chapter on Marine Fire Investigations; coverage of the 2009 Edition of NFPA 1033; supported by a complete teaching and learning system.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449638066
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Fire Investigator: Principles and Practice updates the resource previously known as User’s Manual for NFPA 921, 2004 Edition. Through a clear, concise presentation, Fire Investigator assists fire investigators in conducting complex fire investigations. Written by talented professional fire investigators from the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), this text covers the entire span of the 2008 Edition of NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations and addresses all of the job performance requirements in the 2009 Edition of NFPA 1033, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator. This text is the benchmark for conducting safe and systematic investigations. Key features include: new chapter on Marine Fire Investigations; coverage of the 2009 Edition of NFPA 1033; supported by a complete teaching and learning system.