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Famines and Land Assessments in India
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Romesh Chunder Dutt |
On the famines of 1877-1899. |
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Burying the Sun
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Gloria Whelan |
Too young for the army, one boy takes saving the city into his own hands. The Russian city of Leningrad is darkening with winter and war, and Georgi's family prepares for the worst. His sister, Marya… |
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Famines
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Dennis B. Fradin |
Discusses the worst of disasters, famine, focusing on that problem in several African countries in the 1980s and mentioning some major famines in history, such as China's in the 1870s, Ireland's of m… |
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Somalia
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Edward R. Ricciuti |
Explores the crisis of famine and war in Somalia by tracing its evolution through the nation's history and politics. |
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Chwile strachu i trwogi
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Marek L. Wójcik |
120 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
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Georgic
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Mariko Nagai |
Fiction. Asian American Studies. Winner of the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction selected by Jonis Agee. "Based on dire events in Japanese history and the key of folktale Mariko Nagai has w… |
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Plagues and epidemics
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Ann Herring |
"Until recently, plagues were thought to belong in the ancient past. Now there are deep worries about global pandemics. This book presents views from anthropology about this much publicized and compl… |
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How I survived the Irish famine
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Wilson, Laura |
In 1847, during the Great Famine, twelve-year-old Mary Flynn keeps a journal of life and death among Ireland's tenant farmers. |
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Knockabeg
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Mary E. Lyons |
The faeries of Knockabeg become involved in the Irish potato famine as they wage war on each other. |
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Famine, drought, and plagues
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Jane Walker |
Briefly examines the causes, effects, and consequences of famine, drought, and plague and the role humans play in these disasters. |
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The Irish potato famine
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Edward F. Dolan |
Discusses the potato famine that devastated Ireland in the nineteenth century and led to a widespread immigration to the United States. |
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Live Aid
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Susan Clinton |
Describes the efforts of rock musician Bob Geldof to organize the Live Aid concert to raise money for famine victims in Ethiopia. |
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Food and fuel
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Andrew Heintzman,Evan Solomon |
This timely and provocative collection combines for the first time the best articles from those groundbreaking earlier volumes [Fueling the Future and Feeding the Future], featuring leading thinkers … |
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Patient endurance
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Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill |
viii, 189 p. : 21 cm |
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Wind of chains
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Daniel Scott Westby |
"The next seal is broken! A new brand of hero appears years after the Goblin Thaw, only to find a world wracked by supernatural famine spread by a Horseman of the Apocalypse. While the Horde washes o… |
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Famines and land assessments in India
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Romesh Chunder Dutt |
On the famines of 1877-1899. |
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World hunger
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Patricia L. Kutzner |
Gives a broad overview of the many dimensions of world hunger, focusing specifically on the context of economic, social, political, and scientific contraints that affect global food security. |
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The haunting of Kildoran Abbey
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Eve Bunting |
Caught in the grip of a severe famine, eight hungry homeless youngsters join forces for one simple mission: to steal food from the rich and feed the poor. |
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Cause Celeb
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Helen Fielding |
The protagonist of this story is a Bridget-Jones-like character, but the setting allows her a deeper character. A heart-broken London woman accepts a post with a non-profit organization that manages … |
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The Irish Dresser
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Cynthia G. Neale |
In the 1840's as the potato famine spreads throughout Ireland, thirteen-year-old Nora finds solace in the family's large wooden cupboard where she dreams of cakes and other good things and, when her … |
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