🚒 First Responders

Stories of paramedics, firefighters, and emergency workers who run toward disaster. These books honor the courage, trauma, and unglamorous heroism of those who arrive when everything has gone wrong.

Firefighters

by Dennis Smith • 1988

Caskets on fire trucks down Fifth Avenue: firefighters tell the stories behind the uniform.

4.10

179

🚒 Firefighter Memoirs 🎙️ Oral History 👥 Firehouse Brotherhood

Firefighters 89%

Caskets on fire trucks down Fifth Avenue: firefighters tell the stories behind the uniform.

by Dennis Smith 1988

4.10

179 ratings

🚒 Firefighter Memoirs 🎙️ Oral History 👥 Firehouse Brotherhood

BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual

by American Heart Association • 2016

The compression rate, depth, and rhythm that keep the brain alive after the heart stops.

4.16

140

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🫀 Resuscitation ⛑️ First Aid

BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual Summary

BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual 88%

The compression rate, depth, and rhythm that keep the brain alive after the heart stops.

by American Heart Association 2016

4.16

140 ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🫀 Resuscitation ⛑️ First Aid

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition

by Christopher Coughlin • 2012

EMT certification accelerated: the clinical priorities and test logic that earn the passing score.

4.45

315

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🚑 Prehospital Care 📝 Ems Certification Exam

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition Summary

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition 88%

EMT certification accelerated: the clinical priorities and test logic that earn the passing score.

by Christopher Coughlin 2012

4.45

315 ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🚑 Prehospital Care 📝 Ems Certification Exam

A Thousand Naked Strangers

by Kevin Hazzard • 2016

A failed salesman joins EMS on impulse, knowing zero medicine. Atlanta's streets teach the rest.

3.96

14k+

🚑 Emergency Medicine 🚨 First Responder Memoir 😈 Dark Humor

A Thousand Naked Strangers 88%

A failed salesman joins EMS on impulse, knowing zero medicine. Atlanta's streets teach the rest.

by Kevin Hazzard 2016

3.96

14k+ ratings

🚑 Emergency Medicine 🚨 First Responder Memoir 😈 Dark Humor

Wild Rescues

by Kevin Grange • 2021

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

4.20

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine

Wild Rescues 88%

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

by Kevin Grange 2021

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine

Walk the Blue Line

by James Patterson • 2023

A burning home, a father held back: the moments cops carry long after the sirens fade.

4.19

4k+

📘 Police Memoirs 🚒 Frontline Professions 💔 Moral Injury

Walk the Blue Line 88%

A burning home, a father held back: the moments cops carry long after the sirens fade.

by James Patterson 2023

4.19

4k+ ratings

📘 Police Memoirs 🚒 Frontline Professions 💔 Moral Injury

September 11

by Dean E. Murphy • 2002

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

4.34

272

🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 💔 Collective Trauma

September 11 87%

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

by Dean E. Murphy 2002

4.34

272 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 💔 Collective Trauma

ER Nurses

by James Patterson • 2021

What happens after the ambulance doors close: ER nurses tell the stories they can't forget.

4.17

8k+

🚨 Emergency Medicine 🎙️ Oral History 🩺 Medical Memoir

ER Nurses 86%

What happens after the ambulance doors close: ER nurses tell the stories they can't forget.

by James Patterson 2021

4.17

8k+ ratings

🚨 Emergency Medicine 🎙️ Oral History 🩺 Medical Memoir

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need

by Judith Matloff • 2020

A war reporter's field manual for emergencies most people never train for, until it's too late.

3.51

390

🚨 Emergency Preparedness 👀 Situational Awareness 🛡️ Personal Safety

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need Summary

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need 86%

A war reporter's field manual for emergencies most people never train for, until it's too late.

by Judith Matloff 2020

3.51

390 ratings

🚨 Emergency Preparedness 👀 Situational Awareness 🛡️ Personal Safety

Tangled Up in Blue

by Rosa Brooks • 2021

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

4.06

2k+

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training

Tangled Up in Blue 86%

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

by Rosa Brooks 2021

4.06

2k+ ratings

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training

Fight

by Sloane St. James • 2025

A scarred firefighter and guarded EMT collide in the mountains, the one fire neither can outrun.

3.79

46k+

🚒 Firefighter Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⛰️ Forced Proximity

Fight 86%

A scarred firefighter and guarded EMT collide in the mountains, the one fire neither can outrun.

by Sloane St. James 2025

3.79

46k+ ratings

🚒 Firefighter Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⛰️ Forced Proximity

What the Dead Know

by Barbara Butcher • 2023

The New York City death investigator who learned to read a body before her own life.

4.17

9k+

🕵️‍♀️ Death Investigation 🔬 Forensic Pathology 💔 Emotional Labor

What the Dead Know 86%

The New York City death investigator who learned to read a body before her own life.

by Barbara Butcher 2023

4.17

9k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Death Investigation 🔬 Forensic Pathology 💔 Emotional Labor

Beautiful Burn

by Jamie McGuire • 2016

A wealthy heiress's self-destruction meets its match in a firefighter who refuses to save her.

4.10

28k+

🚒 Firefighter Romance ❤️‍🩹 Recovery Romance 🌱 Addiction Recovery

Beautiful Burn 86%

A wealthy heiress's self-destruction meets its match in a firefighter who refuses to save her.

by Jamie McGuire 2016

4.10

28k+ ratings

🚒 Firefighter Romance ❤️‍🩹 Recovery Romance 🌱 Addiction Recovery

A Nurse's Story

by Louise Curtis • 2020

An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.

3.93

1k+

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🩺 Nursing Memoirs 🦠 Pandemic Frontline

A Nurse's Story 86%

An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.

by Louise Curtis 2020

3.93

1k+ ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🩺 Nursing Memoirs 🦠 Pandemic Frontline

Bushcraft First Aid

by Dave Canterbury • 2017

When the nearest hospital is a two-day hike away, bushcraft skills double as emergency medicine.

4.32

262

🏥 Wilderness First Aid 🪓 Bushcraft Skills 🩹 Improvised Treatment

Bushcraft First Aid 86%

When the nearest hospital is a two-day hike away, bushcraft skills double as emergency medicine.

by Dave Canterbury 2017

4.32

262 ratings

🏥 Wilderness First Aid 🪓 Bushcraft Skills 🩹 Improvised Treatment

Under a Flaming Sky

by Daniel James Brown • 2006

When a firestorm struck Hinckley in 1894, survival hinged on two trains racing through flame.

4.13

5k+

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🔥 Wildfire History 🤝 Community Resilience

Under a Flaming Sky 86%

When a firestorm struck Hinckley in 1894, survival hinged on two trains racing through flame.

by Daniel James Brown 2006

4.13

5k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🔥 Wildfire History 🤝 Community Resilience

The Devil Never Sleeps

by Juliette Kayyem • 2022

Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.

3.84

485

🚨 Crisis Management ⚡ Disaster Preparedness 🆘 Emergency Response

The Devil Never Sleeps 86%

Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.

by Juliette Kayyem 2022

3.84

485 ratings

🚨 Crisis Management ⚡ Disaster Preparedness 🆘 Emergency Response

Life In The Uniform

by Amit Lodha • 2021

An IPS officer. Bihar. Kidnappers. Naxal jungles. Politicians calling. What the uniform costs.

4.18

181

🚔 Police Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Memoir 👮 Law Enforcement

Life In The Uniform 86%

An IPS officer. Bihar. Kidnappers. Naxal jungles. Politicians calling. What the uniform costs.

by Amit Lodha 2021

4.18

181 ratings

🚔 Police Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Memoir 👮 Law Enforcement

A Sudden Response

by R.L. Mathewson • 2011

EMT partners, best friends, never lovers. Until she takes the hit meant for him.

4.04

12k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends 🚑 Workplace Romance

A Sudden Response 86%

EMT partners, best friends, never lovers. Until she takes the hit meant for him.

by R.L. Mathewson 2011

4.04

12k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends 🚑 Workplace Romance

Honor

by Danielle Baker • 2026

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

4.11

23k+

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance

Honor 86%

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

by Danielle Baker 2026

4.11

23k+ ratings

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance

Hero

by Lauren Rowe • 2018

A widow vowed to never love again, then fell for the firefighter assigned to her care.

3.93

18k+

🚒 Firefighter Romance 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Parent Romance

Hero 86%

A widow vowed to never love again, then fell for the firefighter assigned to her care.

by Lauren Rowe 2018

3.93

18k+ ratings

🚒 Firefighter Romance 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Parent Romance

His Virgin Romance Series

by Emily Stewart • 2022

A wounded firefighter falls for his best friend's innocent sister, risking the only family he has.

4.13

564

🚒 Firefighter Romance 👫 Brother'S Best Friend 🌸 Virgin Heroine

His Virgin Romance Series 86%

A wounded firefighter falls for his best friend's innocent sister, risking the only family he has.

by Emily Stewart 2022

4.13

564 ratings

🚒 Firefighter Romance 👫 Brother'S Best Friend 🌸 Virgin Heroine

Sap & Secrets

by Daphne Elliot • 2026

An emergency delivery makes a paramedic a father, but the guarded mother won't let him in.

3.64

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 👶 Surprise Pregnancy

Sap & Secrets 86%

An emergency delivery makes a paramedic a father, but the guarded mother won't let him in.

by Daphne Elliot 2026

3.64

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 👶 Surprise Pregnancy

When It All Burns

by Jordan Thomas • 2025

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

4.36

2k+

🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning

When It All Burns 86%

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

by Jordan Thomas 2025

4.36

2k+ ratings

🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide

by Joseph Alton • 2015

When the ambulance never shows: wound care, infections, and medical improvisation for any disaster.

4.11

131

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🚨 Disaster Preparedness 🩹 First Aid

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide Summary

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide 85%

When the ambulance never shows: wound care, infections, and medical improvisation for any disaster.

by Joseph Alton 2015

4.11

131 ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🚨 Disaster Preparedness 🩹 First Aid

Broken Love Story

by Natasha Madison • 2018

A widow discovers her husband's second wife and falls for the other woman's firefighter brother.

4.42

4k+

🔥 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Chosen Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Broken Love Story 85%

A widow discovers her husband's second wife and falls for the other woman's firefighter brother.

by Natasha Madison 2018

4.42

4k+ ratings

🔥 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Chosen Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Beautiful Sacrifice

by Jamie McGuire • 2015

A waitress with a hidden past meets a hotshot firefighter from the town she's trying to reach.

4.07

35k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👶 Secret Child 🚒 Firefighter Romance

Beautiful Sacrifice 85%

A waitress with a hidden past meets a hotshot firefighter from the town she's trying to reach.

by Jamie McGuire 2015

4.07

35k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👶 Secret Child 🚒 Firefighter Romance

Warrior Mindset

by Michael J. Asken • 2010

Mental skills decide the mission more than any weapon. The field guide for training them.

4.12

612

🔫 Combat Psychology 💪 Mental Toughness 🛡️ Stress Inoculation

Warrior Mindset 85%

Mental skills decide the mission more than any weapon. The field guide for training them.

by Michael J. Asken 2010

4.12

612 ratings

🔫 Combat Psychology 💪 Mental Toughness 🛡️ Stress Inoculation

Arrest-Proof Yourself

by Dale C. Carson • 2007

A former cop's blunt rules for staying invisible to police and out of the permanent digital prison.

3.77

320

🧑‍✈️ Police Encounters ⚖️ Legal Self-Defense ⛓️‍💥 Criminal Justice Reform

Arrest-Proof Yourself 85%

A former cop's blunt rules for staying invisible to police and out of the permanent digital prison.

by Dale C. Carson 2007

3.77

320 ratings

🧑‍✈️ Police Encounters ⚖️ Legal Self-Defense ⛓️‍💥 Criminal Justice Reform

Wild Card

by Elsie Silver • 2025

She spent one perfect night with a stranger. Months later, she's dating his son.

4.08

201k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine 📵 Missed Connection

Wild Card 85%

She spent one perfect night with a stranger. Months later, she's dating his son.

by Elsie Silver 2025

4.08

201k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine 📵 Missed Connection

The Shift

by Theresa Brown • 2015

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

3.87

8k+

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor

The Shift 85%

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

by Theresa Brown 2015

3.87

8k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor

Tactical Barbell II

by K. Black • 2015

Why strong athletes gas out: the missing aerobic foundation and a structured plan to build it.

4.57

893

🎖️ Military Fitness 🏋️ Strength And Conditioning 🔀 Hybrid Training

Tactical Barbell II 85%

Why strong athletes gas out: the missing aerobic foundation and a structured plan to build it.

by K. Black 2015

4.57

893 ratings

🎖️ Military Fitness 🏋️ Strength And Conditioning 🔀 Hybrid Training

Your Life in My Hands

by Rachel Clarke • 2017

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

3.78

4k+

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout

Your Life in My Hands 85%

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

by Rachel Clarke 2017

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents

by James G. Mushen • 2012

The preparedness guide that remembers the toddler, the aging parent, and the family dog.

3.42

109

🏠 Disaster Preparedness 🏙️ Urban Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Preparedness

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents Summary

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents 85%

The preparedness guide that remembers the toddler, the aging parent, and the family dog.

by James G. Mushen 2012

3.42

109 ratings

🏠 Disaster Preparedness 🏙️ Urban Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Preparedness

The Unexpected Spy

by Tracy Walder • 2020

Inside the CIA's most secret unit, a young woman hunted the world's most dangerous men.

3.84

7k+

🕵️ Spy Memoirs 👩‍✈️ Female Spies 💣 Counterterrorism

The Unexpected Spy 85%

Inside the CIA's most secret unit, a young woman hunted the world's most dangerous men.

by Tracy Walder 2020

3.84

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Memoirs 👩‍✈️ Female Spies 💣 Counterterrorism

Transfer of Power

by Vince Flynn • 1999

When terrorists take the White House, one sidelined CIA agent is ruthless enough to stop them.

4.35

61k+

🎯 Counterterrorism 🔒 Hostage Crisis 📋 Bureaucratic Red Tape

Transfer of Power 85%

When terrorists take the White House, one sidelined CIA agent is ruthless enough to stop them.

by Vince Flynn 1999

4.35

61k+ ratings

🎯 Counterterrorism 🔒 Hostage Crisis 📋 Bureaucratic Red Tape

Saved

by Benjamin Hall • 2023

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

4.56

5k+

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Saved 85%

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

by Benjamin Hall 2023

4.56

5k+ ratings

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Beautiful Scars

by Kilee Brookbank • 2017

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

4.29

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness

Beautiful Scars 85%

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

by Kilee Brookbank 2017

4.29

41 ratings

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness

Step on a Crack

by James Patterson • 2007

A First Lady's funeral becomes a hostage crisis, and the NYPD negotiator's wife is dying.

4.08

60k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏛️ Hostage Thriller ⚖️ Duty Vs Family

Step on a Crack 85%

A First Lady's funeral becomes a hostage crisis, and the NYPD negotiator's wife is dying.

by James Patterson 2007

4.08

60k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏛️ Hostage Thriller ⚖️ Duty Vs Family

Let It Be Me

by Kait Nolan • 2021

With her nest empty, a single guardian stops running from the firefighter next door.

4.22

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers

Let It Be Me 85%

With her nest empty, a single guardian stops running from the firefighter next door.

by Kait Nolan 2021

4.22

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers

Rough Sleepers

by Tracy Kidder • 2023

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

4.34

11k+

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty

Rough Sleepers 85%

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

by Tracy Kidder 2023

4.34

11k+ ratings

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty

Five Days at Memorial

by Sheri Fink • 2013

How Hurricane Katrina turned Memorial Hospital's doctors from healers into homicide suspects.

3.93

41k+

⚖️ Medical Ethics 🌪️ Disaster Response 🏢 Organizational Failure

Five Days at Memorial 85%

How Hurricane Katrina turned Memorial Hospital's doctors from healers into homicide suspects.

by Sheri Fink 2013

3.93

41k+ ratings

⚖️ Medical Ethics 🌪️ Disaster Response 🏢 Organizational Failure

Last Patient of the Night

by Gary Gerlacher • 2023

A patient dies in his ER, murdered. The case goes cold. Her doctor won't let it.

4.23

34k+

🏥 Medical Thriller 🤝 Found Family 💀 Gallows Humor

Last Patient of the Night 85%

A patient dies in his ER, murdered. The case goes cold. Her doctor won't let it.

by Gary Gerlacher 2023

4.23

34k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Thriller 🤝 Found Family 💀 Gallows Humor

Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook

by Mykel Hawke • 2011

A Special Forces operator's survival priorities: why shelter beats water, and your mind beats panic.

4.08

131

🏕️ Wilderness Survival ⚡ Emergency Preparedness 🧠 Survival Psychology

Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook Summary

Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook 85%

A Special Forces operator's survival priorities: why shelter beats water, and your mind beats panic.

by Mykel Hawke 2011

4.08

131 ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival ⚡ Emergency Preparedness 🧠 Survival Psychology

Fall at Once

by Nora Everly • 2024

An event planner fleeing heartbreak collides with a divorced fire chief in a Colorado mountain town.

3.67

9k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Dad Romance

Fall at Once 85%

An event planner fleeing heartbreak collides with a divorced fire chief in a Colorado mountain town.

by Nora Everly 2024

3.67

9k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Dad Romance

My Next Breath

by Jeremy Renner • 2025

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

4.15

42k+

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

My Next Breath 85%

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

by Jeremy Renner 2025

4.15

42k+ ratings

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Bihar Diaries

by Amit Lodha • 2018

An IIT failure turned cop pursues Bihar's most feared gangster, armed with only a Nokia phone.

4.18

1k+

🚔 Police Memoirs 🔍 True Crime Procedural 🇮🇳 Indian Policing

Bihar Diaries 85%

An IIT failure turned cop pursues Bihar's most feared gangster, armed with only a Nokia phone.

by Amit Lodha 2018

4.18

1k+ ratings

🚔 Police Memoirs 🔍 True Crime Procedural 🇮🇳 Indian Policing

A Paradise Built in Hell

by Rebecca Solnit • 2009

Disasters create utopias of mutual aid. The catastrophe begins when authorities impose control.

3.95

4k+

🌀 Disaster Studies 🤝 Mutual Aid 💛 Human Altruism

A Paradise Built in Hell 85%

Disasters create utopias of mutual aid. The catastrophe begins when authorities impose control.

by Rebecca Solnit 2009

3.95

4k+ ratings

🌀 Disaster Studies 🤝 Mutual Aid 💛 Human Altruism

No One’s Coming

by Kevin Hazzard • 2026

Two doctors catch Ebola in Liberia. Every government refuses. One crew of outlaw pilots flies in.

4.45

820

🧫 Ebola Crisis 🚑 Disaster Medicine 🏛️ Government Failure

No One’s Coming 85%

Two doctors catch Ebola in Liberia. Every government refuses. One crew of outlaw pilots flies in.

by Kevin Hazzard 2026

4.45

820 ratings

🧫 Ebola Crisis 🚑 Disaster Medicine 🏛️ Government Failure

Sheep No More

by Jonathan T. Gilliam • 2017

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

3.93

389

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment

Sheep No More 85%

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

by Jonathan T. Gilliam 2017

3.93

389 ratings

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment

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