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Inside the Inferno

A Firefighter's Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray

By: Damian Asher,Omar Mouallem

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Inside the Inferno

A Firefighter's Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray

By: Damian Asher,Omar Mouallem

On May 1, one of the worst natural disasters in Canada's history struck Fort McMurray. What began as a small, remote forest quickly became a nightmare for the 90,000 residents of the city. A perfect combination of weather, geography, and circumstance had created a wildfire that was more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. As winds drove the flames towards Fort McMurray, the entire city population was ordered to evacuate. When the fire leapt across the river and started to devour everything in its path, the only people left to face it were the firefighters and support crew tasked with protecting the city. Born and raised in Fort McMurray, Damian Asher was a fifteen year veteran of the city's fire department. When the order went out for all firefighters to report for duty, Damian stopped work on his family's house-which he was building by hand-sent his wife and children out of town, and answered the call. For thirteen straight days, Damian and his crew were on the frontlines of the fire, battling the blaze wherever it encroached upon the city. As homes burned and embers rained down around them, Damian and the rest of the Brotherhood barely slept, rushing from hotspot to hotspot as they struggled to contain the fire. Aid poured in from around the world and the country watched in hope and fear, wondering what was happening on the streets of Fort McMurray. Finally, after weeks of fighting a wildfire that appeared insatiable, the Brotherhood managed to regain control of the city. But the fire had more than left its mark - billions of dollars of damage, exhausted emergency workers, and a scattered citizenry were left in its wake. When Damian's family returned to their home, they found that it and all of their possessions had been burned to the ground. It seemed as though things would never be the same. And yet, as the smoke dissipated and the city reunited, there was hope that life would resume in Fort McMurray."--

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1501171127

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Inside the Inferno

A Firefighter's Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray

By: Damian Asher,Omar Mouallem

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A Firefighter's Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray

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Freedom Seekers

Fugitive Slaves in North America, 1800–1860

By: Damian Alan Pargas

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Freedom Seekers

Fugitive Slaves in North America, 1800–1860

By: Damian Alan Pargas

In this fascinating book, Damian Alan Pargas introduces a new conceptualization of 'spaces of freedom' for fugitive slaves in North America between 1800 and 1860, and answers the questions: How and why did enslaved people flee to – and navigate – different destinations throughout the continent, and to what extent did they succeed in evading recapture and re-enslavement? Taking a continental approach, this study highlights the diversity of slave fight by conceptually dividing the continent into three distinct – and continuously evolving – spaces of freedom. Namely, spaces of informal freedom in the US South, where enslaved people attempted to flee by passing as free blacks; spaces of semi-formal freedom in the US North, where slavery was abolished but the precise status of fugitive slaves was contested; and spaces of formal freedom in Canada and Mexico, where slavery was abolished and runaways were considered legally free and safe from re-enslavement.

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311

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Cambridge University Press

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1316843831

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9781316843833

The State of the Pentateuch

A Comparison of the Approaches of M. Noth and E. Blum

By: Damian J. Wynn-Williams

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The State of the Pentateuch

A Comparison of the Approaches of M. Noth and E. Blum

By: Damian J. Wynn-Williams

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311083040X

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9783110830408

Environments, Natures and Social Theory

Towards a Critical Hybridity

By: Damian White,Alan Rudy,Brian Gareau

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Environments, Natures and Social Theory

Towards a Critical Hybridity

By: Damian White,Alan Rudy,Brian Gareau

From climate change to fossil fuel dependency, from the uneven effects of natural disasters to the loss of biodiversity: complex socio-environmental problems indicate the urgency for cross-disciplinary research into the ways in which the social, the natural and the technological are ever more entangled. This ground breaking text moves between environmental sociology and environmental geography, political and social ecology and critical design studies to provide a definitive mapping of the state of environmental social theory in the age of the anthropocene. Environments, Natures and Social Theory provokes dialogue and confrontation between critical political economists, actor network theorists, neo-Malthusians and environmental justice advocates. It maps out the new environmental politics of hybridity moving from hybrid neo-liberals to end times ecologists, from post environmentalists to cyborg eco-socialists. White, Rudy and Gareau insist on the necessity of a critical but optimistic hybrid politics, arguing that a more just, egalitarian, democratic and sustainable anthropocene is within our grasp. This will only be brought into being, however, by reclaiming, celebrating and channeling the reconstructive potential of entangled hybrid humans as inventive hominids, creative gardeners, critical publics and political agents. Written in an accessible style, Environments, Natures and Social Theory is an essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students across the social sciences.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137524251

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9781137524256

How to Say No to Drugs

By: Damian P. Kreske,Ronald J. Brogan

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How to Say No to Drugs

By: Damian P. Kreske,Ronald J. Brogan

Providing young people with the facts about the dangers of drug use is the best way to help them make good decisions. How to Say No to Drugs explains how drug use affects the body and can lead to addiction, as well as how young people can avoid peer pressure to use drugs. The book also includes the personal stories of teenagers who have gone through treatment to repair the damage their drug use did, not only to them, but also to their relationships with family and friends.

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113

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Infobase Publishing

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0791096998

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9780791096994

Community Planning

An Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan, Second Edition

By: Eric Damian Kelly

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Community Planning

An Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan, Second Edition

By: Eric Damian Kelly

This book introduces community planning as practiced in the United States, focusing on the comprehensive plan. Sometimes known by other names—especially master plan or general plan—the type of plan described here is the predominant form of general governmental planning in the U.S. Although many government agencies make plans for their own programs or facilities, the comprehensive plan is the only planning document that considers multiple programs and that accounts for activities on all land located within the planning area, including both public and private property. Written by a former president of the American Planning Association, Community Planning is thorough, specific, and timely. It addresses such important contemporary issues as sustainability, walkable communities, the role of urban design in public safety, changes in housing needs for a changing population, and multi-modal transportation planning. Unlike competing books, it addresses all of these topics in the context of the local comprehensive plan. There is a broad audience for this book: planning students, practicing planners, and individual citizens who want to better understand local planning and land use controls. Boxes at the end of each chapter explain how professional planners and individual citizens, respectively, typically engage the issues addressed in the chapter. For all readers, Community Planning provides a pragmatic view of the comprehensive plan, clearly explained by a respected authority.

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Island Press

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1597265926

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9781597265928

Letters, 151-180

By: Saint Peter Damian

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Letters, 151-180

By: Saint Peter Damian

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335

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CUA Press

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0813214254

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9780813214252

Letters, 151-180

By: Peter Damian,Owen J Blum

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Letters, 151-180

By: Peter Damian,Owen J Blum

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Catholic University of America Press

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Book's by Damian Asher

Inside the Inferno

Inside the Inferno

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Inside the Inferno

Freedom Seekers

Freedom Seekers

The State of the Pentateuch

The State of the Pentateuch

Environments, Natures and Social Theory

Environments, Natures and Social Theory

How to Say No to Drugs

How to Say No to Drugs

Community Planning

Community Planning

Letters, 151-180

Letters, 151-180

Letters, 151-180

Letters, 151-180

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