This new book has developed as a result of the author Jane Ainsworth's deep interest in her coal mining ancestors - both paternal great grandparents, Charles Ernest Hardy and Edwin Hall Bailey, worked in collieries in the Barnsley area as did their descendants.
The Iroquois Theater in Chicago, boasting every modern convenience, advertised itself proudly as "e;absolutely fireproof"e; when it opened in November, 1903.
A dramatic look from the front lines at the most devastating fire siege in California historyWith over seven miles of urban/wildland interface unburned for thirty years and beautiful homes lacing in and out of its picturesque hilly terrain, Rancho Cucamonga was a powder keg--one that finally exploded in October 2003 with a ferocity no one could have expected.
The Iroquois Theater in Chicago, boasting every modern convenience, advertised itself proudly as "e;absolutely fireproof"e; when it opened in November, 1903.
Dramatic scenes of devastation and suffering caused by disasters such as the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, are viewed with shock and horror by millions of us across the world.
"e;The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and what can we humans do about it?
"e;The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and what can we humans do about it?
