Disasters

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Crew of One From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the safety practices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the railway which ran through Lac-Mégantic: How the company pushed for single member crews and regularly ignored …	Bruce Campbell	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From After the Disaster From: Titanic Remembered View Formac Publishing	Looks at the ships involved in the aftermath of the disaster and the effort to find survivors: Mackay-Bennett, Minia, Montmagny and Algerine	Alan Ruffman	12	2013	$1.20 Add
From Aftermath From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Anaylzes the response to the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster by Transport Canada; Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, and the rail industry. Documents an accountability diversion to the last …	Bruce Campbell	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From Apocalypse From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Describes the Lac-Mégantic disaster in detail: from the runaway train’s final moments before derailment to the inferno that killed forty-seven people, spilled six million litres of …	Bruce Campbell	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Appendix The Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	The Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918)	Barry Cahill	19	2020	$1.90 Add
From At Sea From: Titanic Remembered View Formac Publishing	Looks at the Journey of the Titanic on the Sea, looks at specific experiences by passengers, the dangerous of icebergs, analyzes the disaster of the sinking, the responses from the white star …	Alan Ruffman	11	2013	$1.10 Add
From Benevolent Oligarchy or “Political Octopus”? (1919-1921) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 4 discusses the political and financial controversies that the Halifax relief commission became embroiled in after the end of the First World War, as reconstruction of the destroyed areas …	Barry Cahill	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From Silphium From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	This chapter follows Newman’s time in Iceland tasting Icelandic butter and her reflections on culinary extinction and how the Iceland’s unique dairy products could soon become lost.	Lenore Newman	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From The Scrambled Paradise From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman describes her time travelling through Hawaii and the biodiversity she witnessed there. Newman describes how after centuries of plant and animal invasions, both purposefully …	Lenore Newman	24	2019	$2.40 Add
From Honey and Roses From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman explores the history of honey and mead and how it has maintained a presence and connection to society for millennia’s.	Lenore Newman	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From The Sex Life of Plants From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman continues to focus on the roles of bees, however, this time she explore their role in pollination, crop survival, and the dangers of decline and loss of bee populations …	Lenore Newman	23	2019	$2.30 Add
From Wabi-Sabi From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this final chapter Newman focuses on our relationship to the ocean and how global warming, pollution, and overfishing puts the is leading us to a global crisis which needs to be addressed.	Lenore Newman	27	2019	$2.70 Add
From Gods and Monsters From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman explores the history of major animal extinction through the work of Charles Darwin and other naturalists, through using the decline of the dodo bird throughout.	Lenore Newman	22	2019	$2.20 Add
From Across the Seas of Grass From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman reflects on her travels to the Yukon to explore northern cuisine during which she reflects on the local bison, their preservation, and the history of the decline of …	Lenore Newman	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From The Beast in the Jaktorów Forest From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman explores the history of the cow, both as a animal and a food source.	Lenore Newman	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From Burger 2.0 From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman explores the possible future of alternative meat, through examining the history of veggie burgers, Beyond Meat products, and the next generation of agricultural innovation …	Lenore Newman	16	2019	$1.60 Add