Family Disaster

ARE YOU PREPARED? Hurricanes, winter storms, earthquakes, house fires – what would you do if you were caught up in any one of these? How would you protect your loving family and valuable home? Amazon bestselling Author Judith Turnbridge tells you exactly how with these and other emergency situations in her new book How to Survive a Disaster: Emergency Preparedness for You and Your Family. Here’s how this book can help you… Many newcomers to disaster ‘prepping’ are put off before they even begin because of the overwhelming amount of information out there. With Judith’s new book ...

Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in a remote spot on a nearby cay, and two local men - employees at the resort - are arrested. But the evidence is slim, the timeline against it, and the men are soon released. The story turns into national tabloid news, a lurid mystery that will go unsolved. For Claire and her parents, there is only the return home to broken lives.

The key to understanding the calamitous Afghan war is the complex, ultimately failed relationship between the powerful, duplicitous Karzai family and the United States, brilliantly portrayed here by the former Kabul bureau chief for The Washington Post.

Alvin Ho is back and his worst fear has come true: he has to go camping. What will he do exposed in the wilderness with bears and darkness and...pit toilets? Luckily, he's got his night-vision goggles and water purifying tablets and super-duper heavy-duty flashlight to keep him safe. And he's got his dad, too.

The greatest fear in pregnancy is that something will go wrong.First part of a hugely popular series (over 100,000 copies sold) We put our faith in the professionals, but they are not beyond making tragic and major errors of judgement. Dive into this gripping tale inspired by true events where two lives collide in a dramatic twist of fate due to an unimaginable medical error. The thalidomide scandal of the 1950s/1960s. All her life, Rona has yearned for motherhood, but it has been denied to her. She tries not to obsess about her misfortune––but it's difficult keeping her emotions in ...

Kendra Atleework grew up in Swall Meadows, in the Owens Valley of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, where annual rainfall averages five inches and in drought years measures closer to zero. Kendra's family raised their children to thrive in this harsh landscape, forever at the mercy of wildfires, blizzards, and gale-force winds. Most of all, the Atleework children were raised on unconditional love and delight in the natural world. But it came at a price.

The Family Disaster Dog Book shows you how easy a pet dog of any age, size, or breed can be your very own search and rescue dog! Any size dog, from the little Chihuahua to the Great Dane, can help its owner survive...and they find you every day already when they want to play or eat, so why not learn what else they can do to help you!

It’s 1942, and London remains under constant threat of enemy attack as the second world war rages on. In the Bethnal Green neighborhood, Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from the underground shelters unharmed, her loving family still surrounding her. Three years into the war, she’s grateful to hold onto remnants of normalcy—her job as assisting the mayor and nights spent at the local pub with her best friend. But after a chance encounter with Ray, an American airman stationed nearby, Nellie becomes enchanted with the idea of a broader world.

From the creator of the Land of Elyon comes a riveting adventure set in an extraordinary satellite world—created as a refuge from a dying Earth—that begins to collapse and forever change the lives of its inhabitants.

Discover the essential skills to survive and thrive in a worst-case scenario event. Prepare yourself, provide for your family, and protect your home with this world-class audiobook on disaster preparedness.

Having good food makes or breaks a difficult situation. Food Storage Made Fabulous not only teaches how to maximize the shelf life of long-term food storage staples such as flour, rice, and beans, but also how to cook with them for maximum nutrition and flavor. You'll learn efficient cooking techniques that you can apply to recipes your family already loves, as well as new recipes to add to the menu: budget-friendly, family-friendly substitutions for common staples of food storage programs--cream of chicken soup, evaporated milk, the wonders of Magic Mix, making vinegar, buttermilk, pancake...

In the rugged mining town of Butte, Montana, in the early 1900s, the Elson family had staked their modest fortunes on the lucrative yet hazardous copper mines that burrowed deep beneath the earth's surface. Wesley Elson, a grizzled veteran miner, had toiled in these subterranean caverns for over two decades, occasionally sidelined by the brutal injuries and illnesses that plagued his profession. His son David, a strapping young man of twenty, had followed in his father's footsteps, hired at the Granite Mountain mine in early 1917 under Wesley's guidance. On June 8th, 1917, deep within the ...

Storm Clouds is a story of family, friends, and strangers who are drawn together by forces over which they have no control. Storm Clouds is the second book in the Home to Clare Harbor series. Sara Merryn returned to Clare Harbor to make certain her grandparents were safe from what many believed to be the storm of the century. Now they face a storm of another kind that could pose an even greater threat. Senator Gareth Dyersen knows more than he can share with those who have taken refuge in his isolated mountainside family home. But not all of his secrets have anything to do with what brought...

Christchurch, New Zealand. September 2010. A city sleeps. In the early hours of the morning came the noise of a freight train and a ferocious shaking the likes of which this South Island city had never before experienced. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake came without warning or prejudice and transformed a city forever, setting off a string of devastating events that were to have a lifelong impact on all who experienced them. This is a personal account of the lasting effects of that day and the effects of all the earthquakes that were to follow. This is the story of how the fury of Mother Nature ...

A historical adventure book set on a small, isolated island during the early nineteenth century."Pacific Shipwreck" is a gripping tale of survival, friendship, and resilience set against the backdrop of a mysterious, uninhabited island. Packed with thrilling adventures, high-sea battles, and life-altering decisions, the book offers readers a riveting emotional journey.The story revolves around the harrowing experiences of the passengers and crew of the ship "Pacific," namely Captain Peterson, the second mate Ready, and the tight-knit Hendrickson family, who intend to make a new beginning in...

I kissed my boss, then I ghosted him. I’ve grown up a lot since then, and things have changed. I’ve always wished I had a second chance with him, and now… Maybe I do. Luke wants to bring our band to play at his celebrity brothers’ wedding. I’m moving to Alaska at the end of the week, so it’s my last chance to hang out with him. I’m a go-with-the-flow hippie, so I figured, Why Not?, but I had no idea what I was signing up for. Luke’s family makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look tame. It’s changing everything about the dynamic between me and Luke. The walls between us are ...

Look around you and think for a minute: Is America too crowded? For years, we have been warned about the looming danger of overpopulation: people jostling for space on a planet that's busting at the seams and running out of oil and food and land and everything else. It's all bunk. The population bomb never exploded. Instead, statistics from around the world make clear that since the 1970s, we've been facing exactly the opposite problem: people are having too few babies.

You’ve built your business, dedicated vast amounts of time and money to it, and now you’re ready to consider your legacy. What are you passing on, and how does it reflect your values? Is your family prepared for the legacy they will receive, or are you leaving them a mess? In Don’t Leave a Mess!, estate planner and family business advisor Sandy Pollack unpacks what it means to make wise choices for your business that not only protect what you have worked so hard to build but reflect your why.

Foundation of Forever: A Small Town Second Chance Romance Some hearts need more than one chance to find their way home. Trillogy III of the Small Town Romance Series When Victoria Blackwood returns to Riverstone to uncover long-buried secrets about the town's tragic mining history, she never expects to dig up her own past. Faced with her estranged family, unresolved feelings for her ex Ryan, and shocking truths that could rewrite history, Victoria must decide if she's brave enough to give her hometown—and her heart—a second chance. Readers will be captivated by this emotional small town...

Does your disaster preparation plan include security measures? When civilization fails and the desperate masses begin looting, they will come for your food, water, and life-sustaining supplies. This book tells you how to implement a complete plan for operational security and physical defense.