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Phobias (Diseases and Disorders)
Phobias (Diseases and Disorders)
Human beings have a love/hate relationship with fear. Medals are given to valiant warriors who charge fearlessly into combat, while those who sneak around whimpering in their battle helmets are labeled cowards and in some cultures are even put to death for what is considered a war-time crime. As a whole, people generally find fear to be...
It's True! You Eat Poison Every Day
It's True! You Eat Poison Every Day
My dentist said, ‘I’ve just given you a lethal injection.’

He explained that the novocaine he’d just injected into my jaw was fatal – or would be if it went into a vein. Where it was, in the muscle, the injection was safe.

In researching this book, I discovered that poisons are used as beauty aids
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Hybrid Vehicles: and the Future of Personal Transportation
Hybrid Vehicles: and the Future of Personal Transportation
Uncover the Technology behind Hybrids and Make an Intelligent Decision When Purchasing Your Next Vehicle

With one billion cars expected to be on the roads of the world in the near future, the potential for war over oil and the negative environmental effects of emissions will be greater than ever before. Now is the time...

Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect
Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect
At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulted to fame as director of the Los Alamos atomic weapons laboratory, Oppenheimer occupied a key position in the compact between science and the...
Engineering and Social Justice (Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology and Society)
Engineering and Social Justice (Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology and Society)
In recent years, some leaders in the engineering community in the United States and other countries have been seeking to cast engineering as a profession in service to humanity. This characterization is often propelled by “the problem” of an overall dearth of students entering engineering and a specific concern about underrepresentation...
Information Warfare: How to Survive Cyber Attacks
Information Warfare: How to Survive Cyber Attacks

"Computers don't attack computers, people do. With Erbschloe's capability taxonomy, we see that there are plenty of new adversaries out there with increasingly powerful cyberweapons and intentions. But most importantly, the greatest threat still comes from "trusted" insiders we so desperately need to, but perhaps shouldn't, trust...

Emergence in Games (Charles River Media Game Development)
Emergence in Games (Charles River Media Game Development)
The future direction of game development is towards more flexible, realistic, and interactive game worlds. However, current methods of game design do not allow for anything other than pre-scripted player exchanges and static objects and environments. An emergent approach to game development involves the creation of a globally designed game system...
International Security and the United States: An Encyclopedia (Praeger Security International)
International Security and the United States: An Encyclopedia (Praeger Security International)

Shaped by often very dramatic events, international security and the international system have changed significantly in recent years. The conclusion of the Cold War, the emergence of new political systems, the growth of significant threats such as terrorism, and the development of new security doctrines have driven global transformation. These...

Is Democracy Possible Here?: Principles for a New Political Debate
Is Democracy Possible Here?: Principles for a New Political Debate

Politics in America are polarized and trivialized, perhaps as never before. In Congress, the media, and academic debate, opponents from right and left, the Red and the Blue, struggle against one another as if politics were contact sports played to the shouts of cheerleaders. The result, Ronald Dworkin writes, is a deeply depressing political...

The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke
The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke
This groundbreaking exposé brings to light the surprising financial consequences of mothers going to work, and the precarious position of today's middle class.

More than two decades ago, the women's movement flung open the doors of the workplace. Although this social revolution created a firestorm of controversy, no one questioned the...

How to Buy a House with No (or Little) Money Down, 3rd Edition
How to Buy a House with No (or Little) Money Down, 3rd Edition
The Ultimate guide to finding and financing a home

Almost everyone aspires to owning a home, but the reality of coming up with a large enough down payment often stands in the way of making that dream come true. No longer! How to Buy a House with No (or Little) Money Down has helped tens of thousands become homeowners, and now it's your turn!...

Historical Dictionary of Terrorism (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements)
Historical Dictionary of Terrorism (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements)
Terrorism has consistently dogged this supposedly modern and enlightened age. It has merely adopted new shapes and forms in keeping with the times. The causes have also evolved over the years, as old problems are solved and new ones created. Moreover, it has gone high-tech, like everything else. Thus, as this book convincingly shows, terrorism will...
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