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Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction
Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons are still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. Indeed, for all the effort to reduce nuclear stockpiles to zero and to keep other nations (such as Iran) from developing nuclear capability, it seems that the Bomb is here to stay. In this gripping Very...
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
A brilliant powerful and important book....This is a brutal indictment Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World.

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Neil Postman
(1931–2003) was chairman of the Department of
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The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy Through Adolescence
The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy Through Adolescence

The safety of children is potentially at risk from accidents and injuries, as well as crime. Providing a safe environment, putting prevention measures into practice, and teaching children methods of self-protection are all ways to reduce the potential for harm to children.

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Accidents are the leading cause of...

Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications
Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications
This book takes a novel approach to the presentation and understanding of a controversial topic in modern-day society: hacking. The term hacker was originally used to denote positively-motivated individuals wanting to stretch the capabilities of computers and networks. In contrast, the term cracker was a later version of the term,...
Real Food for Healthy Kids: 200+ Easy, Wholesome Recipes
Real Food for Healthy Kids: 200+ Easy, Wholesome Recipes
As a pediatrician and as a result of my recent service on the Committee on Nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics, I have become very concerned about the rising obesity epidemic among children and adolescents in the United States. In the last several decades, declining physical activity both at...
Weaving a Library Web: A Guide to Developing Children's Websites
Weaving a Library Web: A Guide to Developing Children's Websites
We have entered a digital age in which preschoolers can handle a mouse better than a crayon. In this digital world children want to interact with information, not just receive it. Technology is as ordinary to them as television and radio were to previous generations. Computers and the Internet provide them with information and entertainment,...
The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos
The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos
"Drawing upon Descartes's saying, 'What do I know?' Rowan-Robinson asks what we know about the universe. In answer, he has come up with nine numbers that summarize our current understanding of the cosmos. . . . The numbers Rowan-Robinson presents are grounded in scientific research, although more than a little speculation was used in deriving...
From Expert Student to Novice Professional (Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education)
From Expert Student to Novice Professional (Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education)

Students entering higher education expect their studies to lead them towards some specific form of professional career. But in this age, complex internationalized professions are the main source of work for graduates, so students need to prepare themselves for a future that can be volatile, changeable and challenging. This book shows how...

Maximum Energy for Life: A 21-Day Strategic Plan to Feel Great, Reverse the Aging Process, and Optimize Your Health
Maximum Energy for Life: A 21-Day Strategic Plan to Feel Great, Reverse the Aging Process, and Optimize Your Health

For more than twenty-five years, Mackie Shilstone has helped the world’s most famous sports figures, elected officials, and businesspeople become more focused, eat healthier, and achieve greater success at what they do best. Now, Shilstone has distilled his performance-enhancing secrets into a book that can help anyone feel younger, live...

The Middle Ages: 500-1450 (The History of Medicine)
The Middle Ages: 500-1450 (The History of Medicine)
During the Middle Ages (ca. 529-1100), the rise of Christianity had a definite effect on the practice of medicine. Pope Gregory (ca. 540-604) stressed the importance of prayer over medicine, and over time that sentiment became pervasive. Each time a person was healed, it was considered a miracle. The church taught that since God sometimes sent...
Diabetes In Childhood And Adolescence (Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine)
Diabetes In Childhood And Adolescence (Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine)

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequent chronic diseases affecting children and adolescents. The number of young children being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is increasing worldwide and an epidemic of type 2 diabetes already at a young age is being observed in most societies around the world. In this book, leading experts from the USA,...

Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
Author and design expert Steven Heller has revisited and revised the popular classic Design Literacy by revising many of the thoughtful essays from the original and mixing in thirty-two new works. Each essay offers a taste of the aesthetic, political, historical, and personal issues that have engaged designers from the late...
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