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All Creatures Safe and Sound: The Social Landscape of Pets in Disasters By Sarah E. DeYoung and Ashley K. Farmer (Temple University Press, 2021) Predicting and subsequently managing human behavior in disasters is a dauting prospect, and this challenge is exacerbated by fluid social processes that could potentially upset even the most thorough, thoughtful emergency plan. 4 All Creatures Safe and Sound: The Social Landscape of Pets in Disasters By Sarah E. DeYoung and Ashley K. Farmer (Temple University Press, 2021) DeYoung and Farmer do not overlook the psychological effects of disasters on companion animals themselves, explaining that they too may suffer trauma from the event and undergo behavioral changes. [Extracted from the article]

These erudite studies show how ancient societies coped with disasters and climate change and how it affected their societies in the form of interdependence within the society; or when inequalities increased, resulted in violence. The authors have analysed voluminous data from various sites to present a cogent picture of the response by societies to disasters resulting from volcanic eruptions, floods and droughts. Sharratt describes how the society and political system changed and violence ensued during decline in production over the years owing to drought as archaeology may find, but she does not provide the details of how the population survived. [Extracted from the article]

Mulligan, Martin and Nadarajah, Yaso, Rebuilding Communities in the Wake of Disaster: Social Recovery in Sri Lanka and India (New Delhi: Routledge, 2012). Pp. 231. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article reviews the book "The Political and Cultural Economy of Recovery: Social Learning in a Post-Disaster Environment," by Emily Chamlee-Wright.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the official planning activities that buttressed attempts to rebuild the city of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It constitutes an important contribution to the field of emergency management and specifically to understanding the role of professional planning for disaster recovery operations. It offers a set of extremely valuable lessons for the future and reflections upon the recent past. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief," edited by K. Bradley Penuel and Matt Statler.

Reviews Web sites that provide information on emergencies, assistance activities of international, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, research into and evaluations of those activities, and resources that help others contribute. ReliefWeb; International Committee of the Red Cross; Humanitarianism and War Project; Others.

The article reviews the book "Nimrud und seine Funde: Der Weg der Reliefs in die Museen und Sammlungen," by Klaudia Englund.

The article reviews the book "Disaster Recovery," by Brenda D. Phillips.

Reviews the book "Individual and Community Responses to Trauma and Disaster: The Structure of Human Chaos," edited by Robert J. Ursano, Brian G. McCaughey, and Carol S. Fullerton.

The article reviews the book "Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery" by D. P. Aldrich.

The article reviews the book "Reconstructing Kobe: The Geography of Crisis and Opportunity," by David W. Edgington.

The article reviews the book "The Lies We Told," by Diane Chamberlain.

The article reviews the book "The Disaster Gypsies: Humanitarian Workers in the World's Deadliest Conflicts" by John Norris.

The article reviews the book "Facing the Cold," edited by Wang Wenlan.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland,' by Jim Defede.

Reviews the book 'The Demands of Humanity: Army Medical Disaster Relief,' by Gaines M. Foster.

Reviews the book "Requiem for the Sudan: War, Drought, and Disaster Relief on the Nile," by J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins.

The article previews several comedy performances in New York City in December 2012 including "Christmas Is Spectacular," featuring the impersonation of Liza Minnelli in Brooklyn on December 20, "Eugene Mirman: An Evening of Comedy in a Fake Underground Laboratory" in Brooklyn on December 21, and show of comedian Jerry Seinfield in Westbury on December 19.

The article reviews the book "Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief," a two volume work, edited by K. Bradley Penuel and Matt Statler.