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Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award for
nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general
history ‘Wonderfully researched and beautifully written’ Philip
Hoare, author of Leviathan ‘Succeeds in conjuring a lost world’
Dava Sobel, author of Longitude For more than a millennium,
Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific
Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to
Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were
the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely
related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before
the era of mass migration, Polynesians can trace their roots to a
group of epic voyagers who ventured out into the unknown in one of
the greatest adventures in human history. How did the earliest
Polynesians find and colonise these far-flung islands? How did a
people without writing or metal tools conquer the largest ocean in
the world? This conundrum, which came to be known as the Problem of
Polynesian Origins, emerged in the eighteenth century as one of the
great geographical mysteries of mankind. For Christina Thompson,
this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend
directly from these ancient navigators. In Sea People, Thompson
explores the fascinating story of these ancestors, as well as those
of the many sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists,
biologists and geographers who have puzzled over this history for
three hundred years. A masterful mix of history, geography,
anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People is a vivid
tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world.
Respond quickly and effectively to workplace trauma For years,
employee assistance programs have been providing critical incidence
stress management services to employees who have been involved in,
or witness to, workplace fatalities and accidents that are likely
to traumatize workers and affect quality of work and increase sick
leave and health claims. Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response,
and Management presents successful strategies for rapid response to
episodes of workplace violence, natural disasters, and acts of
terrorism that have become all-too-common occurrences in the
workplace. Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and
Management is a must read for professionals in the business of
providing crisis response services and for employers responsible
for planning and coordinating organizational responses to
disasters. This unique book presents first-hand accounts from EAP
program managers, Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
professionals, and crisis managers on their trauma response
techniques and from health professionals involved in the aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade
Centers and the Pentagon. Workplace Disaster Preparedness,
Response, and Management examines: similar and dissimilar
experiences of EAP professionals in responding to large scale
traumatic events using military models in trauma response managing
trauma in the South African mining industry trauma response
techniques in high risk work settings compassion fatigue among
professional helpers how various types of industries handle
critical incidents EAP responses to natural disasters repetitious
violence in the workplace organizational crisis intervention and
much more Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Management
also includes Bern Beidel's first-person account as EAP Director
for the United States House of Representatives of the response to
anthrax contamination in mailrooms and office buildings in the
nation's capital.
Respond quickly and effectively to workplace trauma For years,
employee assistance programs have been providing critical incidence
stress management services to employees who have been involved in,
or witness to, workplace fatalities and accidents that are likely
to traumatize workers and affect quality of work and increase sick
leave and health claims. Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response,
and Management presents successful strategies for rapid response to
episodes of workplace violence, natural disasters, and acts of
terrorism that have become all-too-common occurrences in the
workplace. Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and
Management is a must read for professionals in the business of
providing crisis response services and for employers responsible
for planning and coordinating organizational responses to
disasters. This unique book presents first-hand accounts from EAP
program managers, Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
professionals, and crisis managers on their trauma response
techniques and from health professionals involved in the aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade
Centers and the Pentagon. Workplace Disaster Preparedness,
Response, and Management examines: similar and dissimilar
experiences of EAP professionals in responding to large scale
traumatic events using military models in trauma response managing
trauma in the South African mining industry trauma response
techniques in high risk work settings compassion fatigue among
professional helpers how various types of industries handle
critical incidents EAP responses to natural disasters repetitious
violence in the workplace organizational crisis intervention and
much more Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Management
also includes Bern Beidel's first-person account as EAP Director
for the United States House of Representatives of the response to
anthrax contamination in mailrooms and office buildings in the
nation's capital.
Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and
vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and
Maoris, from Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the
author's unlikely romance with a Maori man. An intimate account of
two centuries of friction and fascination, this intriguing and
unpredictable book weaves a path through time and around the world
in a rich exploration of the past and the future that it leads to.
A blend of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon
Winchester's Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that
looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands
of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there,
and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have
occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle
stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the
arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have
ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely
dispersed people in the world before the era of mass migration,
Polynesians can trace their roots to a group of epic voyagers who
ventured out into the unknown in one of the greatest adventures in
human history. How did the earliest Polynesians find and colonize
these far-flung islands? How did a people without writing or metal
tools conquer the largest ocean in the world? This conundrum, which
came to be known as the Problem of Polynesian Origins, emerged in
the eighteenth century as one of the great geographical mysteries
of mankind. For Christina Thompson, this mystery is personal: her
Maori husband and their sons descend directly from these ancient
navigators. In Sea People, Thompson explores the fascinating story
of these ancestors, as well as those of the many sailors,
linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists, and geographers
who have puzzled over this history for three hundred years. A
masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science
of navigation, Sea People combines the thrill of exploration with
the drama of discovery in a vivid tour of one of the most
captivating regions in the world. Sea People includes an 8-page
photo insert, illustrations throughout, and 2 endpaper maps.
Women Embracing Creativity is a positive and uplifting book
designed to help women uncover and enjoy their true creative
talents. Told though the entertaining experiences of a fellow
creative woman, Women Embracing Creativity shows you simple ways to
make your life more creativity-friendly, push past creative blocks,
and keep your ideas flowing. At the end of each chapter are
thought-provoking exercises to help you tap into your imagination
and learn how the creative process unfolds in your life. If you're
a woman who's interested in leading a fun and fulfilling creative
life, this is the book for you
"A multilayered, highly informative and insightful book that blends
memoir, historical and travel narrative...vivid and meticulously
researched."--"San Francisco Chronicle
"In this involving, compassionate memoir, Christina Thompson
tells the story of her romance and eventual marriage to a Maori
man, interspersing it with a narrative history of the cultural
collision between Westerners and the Maoris of New Zealand.
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