Introduce your child to the magic of Christmas and a good “who dunnit” story with The Case of the Christmas Concert Catastrophe kid’s mystery book! Lyra is so excited for the Christmas concert that she has a hard time focusing on anything else—that is until someone starts sabotaging the decorations needed for the concert! Who would want to get the concert canceled? Join the Gumshoe Gang at Watson Elementary as they solve the latest mystery. Fun Storybook Features: This children's Christmas book includes 9 mystery-filled chapters with exciting illustrations 64 pages with black and white illustrations Lexile 630L About Rourke We proudly publish respectful and relevant non-fiction and fiction titles that represent our diverse readers, and are designed to support reading on a level that has no limits!

What do glitter snowflakes, aliens, and singing have in common? Join the Gumshoe Gang at Watson Elementary as they solve the latest mystery. Lyra is so excited for the Christmas concert that she has a hard time focusing on anything else. That is, until someone starts sabotaging the concert decorations. Who would want to get the concert canceled? Why are teachers acting so strangely?--P. [4] of cover.

Al Qaeda detonates a nuclear weapon in Times Square during rush hour, wiping out half of Manhattan and killing 500,000 people. A virulent strain of bird flu jumps to humans in Thailand, sweeps across Asia, and claims more than fifty million lives. A single freight car of chlorine derails on the outskirts of Los Angeles, spilling its contents and killing seven million. An asteroid ten kilometers wide slams into the Atlantic Ocean, unleashing a tsunami that renders life on the planet as we know it extinct. We consider the few who live in fear of such scenarios to be alarmist or even paranoid. But Worst Cases shows that such individuals—like Cassandra foreseeing the fall of Troy—are more reasonable and prescient than you might think. In this book, Lee Clarke surveys the full range of possible catastrophes that animate and dominate the popular imagination, from toxic spills and terrorism to plane crashes and pandemics. Along the way, he explores how the ubiquity of worst cases in everyday life has rendered them ordinary and mundane. Fear and dread, Clarke argues, have actually become too rare: only when the public has more substantial information and more credible warnings will it take worst cases as seriously as it should. A timely and necessary look into how we think about the unthinkable, Worst Cases will be must reading for anyone attuned to our current climate of threat and fear.

In this shocking work, Posner reveals to an unsuspecting public that catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated.

Best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein examines how to avoid worst-case scenarios The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology. Governments are faced with having to decide how much risk is worth taking, how much destruction and death can be tolerated, and how much money should be invested in the hopes of avoiding catastrophe. Lacking full information, should decision-makers focus on avoiding the most catastrophic outcomes? When should extreme measures be taken to prevent as much destruction as possible? Averting Catastrophe explores how governments ought to make decisions in times of imminent disaster. Cass R. Sunstein argues that using the “maximin rule,” which calls for choosing the approach that eliminates the worst of the worst-case scenarios, may be necessary when public officials lack important information, and when the worst-case scenario is too disastrous to contemplate. He underscores this argument by emphasizing the reality of “Knightian uncertainty,” found in circumstances in which it is not possible to assign probabilities to various outcomes. Sunstein brings foundational issues in decision theory in close contact with real problems in regulation, law, and daily life, and considers other potential future risks. At once an approachable introduction to decision-theory and a provocative argument for how governments ought to handle risk, Averting Catastrophe offers a definitive path forward in a world rife with uncertainty.

Catastrophe insurance is different from other types of insurance from a business standpoint. It is difficult to estimate the total potential exposure to, and cost of, an insured loss, especially since a catastrophic event often results in an extremely large number of claims being filed at the same time. These catastrophes have had a severe impact on the entire economy and social lives. No country in the world is an exception to the rule of nature. So is India. India is a country that is highly vulnerable to major catastrophes. Rapid industrial development and urbanization coupled with effects of climate change has aggravated the disasters. No specific natural disaster policy is sold in India. It is part of regular fire insurance that covers damage to the property. India is witnessing a shift in climate patterns in various parts of the country. From this perspective, catastrophe risks such as natural disasters or acts of God pose a severe risk to insurance companies.

This report explores each of these conditions along with policy suggestions for fostering them, and discusses the development of multi-country CAT bonds in Asia and the Pacific.