Acts of God and Man

Acts of God and Man
Author: Michael R. Powers
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 023115366X

This title examines traditional insurance risks such as earthquakes, storms, terrorist attacks, and other disasters. It begins with a discussion of how the risk of such 'acts of God and men' impact on our lives, health, and possessions. It then proceeds to introduce the statistical techniques necessary for analysing these uncertainties. The book guides readers through the methods available for identifying and measuring such risks, financing their consequences, and forecasting their future behaviour (within the limits of science).

Act of God

Act of God
Author: Jill Ciment
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2016-03-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0804169705

It’s the summer of 2015, Brooklyn, and the city is sweltering from another record-breaking heat wave, this one accompanied by biblical rains. Edith, a recently retired legal librarian, and her identical twin sister, Kat, have discovered something ominous in their hall closet: it’s shaped like a mushroom, it’s phosphorescent, and it’s rapidly consuming their wall. But that’s only the beginning … Part suspense, part screwball comedy, Jill Ciment’s brilliant novel looks at what happens when our lives—so seemingly set and ordered—break down in the wake of calamity.

Act Of God

Act Of God
Author: Susan R. Sloan
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2018-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0751569763

A gripping and emotional thriller, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult. A bomb destroys a medical centre in Seattle, killing over a hundred staff and patients. While no-one claims responsibility, the authorities are sure pro-life campaigners are behind the attack. This view is swiftly reinforced when the evidence leads them to Lieutenant Corey Hamlin, whose wife aborted his child when he was away at sea. Dana McAuliffe is asked to defend Hamlin, a task she instinctively wants to decline, but when she meets the accused man she quickly discerns that the case against him is far from water-tight, and that he is most likely innocent. As the trial draws closer, Dana realises that both she and her client are being manipulated by political forces with scant regard for justice. With her personal and professional life on the line, as well as trying to keep an innocent man from the electric chair, Dana has to find the real perpetrator of the bombing outrage if they are to have any chance of survival. Praise for Susan R. Sloan 'Unputdownable' Daily Mail 'A potent mixture of poltical thriller saga and courtroom drama' Marie Claire

Acts of God

Acts of God
Author: Theodore Steinberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2006-07-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195309683

This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see natural disasters as random outbursts of nature or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how business and government decisions have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property.

Act of God

Act of God
Author: Charles Templeton
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1978
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780316836869

Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters
Author: Anders Wijkman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1000708152

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term “natural disaster” can be. Forces of nature such as earthquakes, cyclones and extreme variations in weather can trigger disasters, but in many Third World countries it is environmental degradation, poverty and rapid population growth which turn a natural hazard into major disaster. This book questions whether the rich nations’ usual response to disaster – fast, short-lived emergency assistance – is any longer adequate. Today, most major disasters are “development” gone wrong, development which puts millions of poor people on the margins of existence. Disaster relief alone is like bandaging a rapidly growing wound. The appropriate response must include an element of true development – development which reduces rather than increases vulnerability to disasters.

The Mighty Acts of God, Revised Edition

The Mighty Acts of God, Revised Edition
Author: Arnold B. Rhodes
Publisher: Geneva Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2000-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611642469

This new edition of Arnold Rhodes's The Mighty Acts of God is an essential tool for learning more about the Bible. The original volume, which has been well-loved as a guide for Bible study, has been carefully revised by W. Eugene March to incorporate the most up-to-date historical and theological research. From the beginnings of creation to final consummation and hope, readers will find the same easily readable quality as in the first edition along with helpful questions for either group or individual study.

Act Of God

Act Of God
Author: Graham Phillips
Publisher: Pan Publishing
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: Egypt
ISBN: 9781447264859

This extraordinary book reveals a historical mystery which overturns Ancient Egyptian chronology and uncovers what may be the real explanation of the Atlantis myth.

Making a Market for Acts of God

Making a Market for Acts of God
Author: Paula Jarzabkowski
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199664765

Reinsurance is a market that provides cover for the devastating consequences of unpredictable events such as Hurricane Katrina, or the Tohoku earthquake, underpinning society's capacity to rebuild after the unthinkable happens. This book fleshes out how this important and quirky financial market works.