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3701) Clean Air for All
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Is there anything a young person can do to help make Earth's air clean and safe? Absolutely! It's everyone's responsibility to take charge of the future of our planet. This fascinating book spotlights one of the most important global issues of our time: the quality of the air we breathe. Each chapter is packed with facts about the past, present, and future of Earth's air quality. Your readers are provided with inspiring examples of advocates and young...
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Leaping from the Eiffel Tower in a wingsuit. Scaling Shanghai Tower, one of the world's tallest buildings. Camping on the roof of Philadelphia's abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary. These scenarios are real examples of explorations, adventures, and infiltrations of the built environment. Thousands of people around the globe engage in the recreational activity of place hacking: climbing, wading, jumping, or even ironing their way into prohibited or...
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In 1830, many immigrants from the United States called Texas, then a territory of Mexico, home. These immigrants outnumbered Mexican citizens. The U.S. government offered to buy Texas. Instead, Mexico sent troops to keep more U.S. settlers from crossing the border. Tension mounted, as each side prepared to take a stand. Today, people often forget Texas was once part of Mexico, but the cry "Remember the Alamo" has lived on in history. Engaging text,...
3704) Coping with Opioid Abuse
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The use and abuse of opioids-from illegal ones such as heroin to legal prescription painkillers-is a problem that has grown in scale nationwide and caused great concern among educators, families, law enforcement, government officials, and the public at large. This book offers a jumping-off point for youth dealing with opioid abuse in their lives, whether it is their own addiction or coping with opioid abuse among family members or friends. It empowers...
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Looking for just the right outfit for a big party? Or maybe you want to build some funky shelves for your bedroom. Instead of heading for the mall, consider checking out a thrift store. It's a great way to grab some awesome bargains. Thrift shopping started out as a way for charitable organizations to earn money for their missions by selling a variety of items at reasonable prices. Over the decades, it's become a hot recreational activity for all...
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What puts the bounce in a crafty girl's curls? Handmade headbands, beaded barrettes, and sweet-smelling shampoos, all from Crafty Girl: Hair, the latest in our top-selling series for tweens and teens. Uber-crafty girl Jennifer Traig goes big with this complete guide to dazzling tresses. Her handy Product Primer unlocks the mysteries of the beauty supply store, shares styling techniques that would make a hairdresser jealous, and offers up tips on how...
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Climate change is increasingly causing challenges worldwide. However, scientists are also learning more about its causes, effects, and how to prevent some of the worst outcomes. This important title allows readers to explore these discoveries about how climate change and global warming are shaping human communities and the natural world. It also empowers budding scientists and leaders to advance technology that limits carbon emissions and allows communities...
3708) Revisiting Nuclear Power
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In an era defined by anxiety over global warming and the search for alternative fuel sources, nuclear power is rarely part of the conversation. It promises limitless power and a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Yet, it is by no means perfectly safe or "clean," as Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima remind us. Even so, thirty countries are operating 444 reactors, accounting for almost 11 percent of the world's electricity...
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Food is a great unifying force on Earth.
Not only do humans need food to survive, it also gives structure to our days, offers dining and recreational opportunities, provides employment, and speaks to important societal issues such as food security, hunger, and nutrition.
Women and food make a dynamic duo. These 15 hardworking, innovative, and accomplished women have made great strides in the field of food, whether it's coming up with meals for astronauts...
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Activists are always working hard to change America for the better and to help Americans who need someone to advocate for them. Activists have been a part of this nation's social and political landscape since its earliest days, but the Progressive Era is known as the period when social activism and political reformation movements truly took off and led to real change for many Americans. Readers get a comprehensive look at this period of sweeping change...
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Readers may know the basic facts about the creation of the first transcontinental railroad, but the full story behind the push to connect the United States by rail is much more than the names and dates taught in history classes. Readers discover the exciting, important details-including the contributions of immigrants-as they encounter engaging main text, comprehensive sidebars, and historical images that include carefully chosen primary sources....
3713) Oceans
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The world's oceans and seas cover about 71 percent of the Earth's surface, and make up by far the largest biome on the planet. A huge variety of animals and plants live in the warm, shallow waters of the continental shelves. Oceans and the life they contain are vital to human existence, yet today this biome is threatened by pollution, overfishing, and the rising levels of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere by human activity. THE WORLD'S...
3714) I Did It… You Can, Too!
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I Did It, You Can, Too! captures a woman's journey returning to school and provides an opportunity for students to learn from the experience of a real person. Among varying benefits, this book will help students in need of motivation to know that dropping out is not an option and will propel dropouts, making their way back to the classrooms to:
• forget past failures
• overcome obstacles
• learn how to draw strength needed to get them through...
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Since she was a little girl, Maria Palomino always had weird dreams. Dreams about being somewhere else, often very far away, fighting or running from monsters and strange people. Yet, Maria found her dreams would become adventures. Every time she fell asleep, she felt like a traveler journeying to her past with people she met along the road of her life. It felt like another world altogether. Every door in her dreams opened a new and different place...
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Women have been traditionally underrepresented in space exploration, but that has changed in recent years. A career in space exploration is the perfect choice for a variety of people-from those, who like conducting research about the universe while on Earth to adventurous souls, who want to travel to and live in space. In this book, you'll learn about groundbreaking female astronauts and space research professionals, career paths in space exploration,...
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The devastation wrought by earthquakes and volcanoes often obscures the fact that these destructive forces are also some of the most creative on the planet birthing mountains and other land forms. With detailed diagrams outlining the structure of continental and oceanic crust and the distribution of major plate motion, this book introduces readers to the range of activity that can shape or decimate an entire region. Descriptions of famous earthquakes...
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Stay Safe This Summer: Health and Safety for Young Workers was, written to improve knowledge of safety among young workers and interns worldwide. It informs young adult and teenage workers who work temporary, summer and seasonal jobs of their rights as workers while clearly and simply explaining the need for all workers to be fully responsible for their own safety and health.
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Workplace Rights
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Millions of Americans take dietary supplements to improve health, lose weight, or increase athletic performance. Yet supplements are loosely regulated and some have been proven to be dangerous. Written by a R.N., Dietary Supplements helps readers make educated consumer choices.
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Watching women take home gold medals and sparkling trophies from sporting competitions was not always as commonplace as it is in today's society. Like in many aspects of our culture, women throughout history struggled against prejudice and dealt with condescending male counterparts before reaching their place in the spotlight of athletics.
Before Venus Williams volleyed her way to her fourth Grand Slam, Lucy Diggs Slowe proved African-American women...
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