Amanda Ripley: 3 books
The Unthinkable
Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
It lurks in the corner of our imagination, almost beyond our ability to see it: the possibility that a tear in the fabric of life could open up without warning, upending a house, a skyscraper, or a civilization.
Today, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes,...
The Smartest Kids in the World
And How They Got That Way
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
How do other countries create “smarter” kids? What is it like to be a child in the world’s new education superpowers? The Smartest Kids in the World “gets well beneath the glossy surfaces of these foreign cultures and manages to make our own culture look newly strange....The question is whether...
by Amanda Cahill Ripley
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
The Human Right to Water and Its Application in the Occupied Palestinian Territories provides an overview and examination of the human right to water as determined under international human rights law. This is a highly topical issue, with the UN General Assembly having passed a resolution which declares...