Mold may be part of the natural world, but elevated levels of household mold and mildew are indoor pollutants that can cause serious health problems. Mold can flourish in older houses as well as in newer, more energy efficient homes, leaving homeowners vulnerable to allergies and breathing difficulties--not to mention unscrupulous or incompetent ...
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, which include suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage ...
Volume 3 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series In Wah'Kon-Tah, John Joseph Mathews relied heavily on the papers of Osage agent Major Labian J. Miles to recreate the world of the Osage during the last quarter of the Nineteenth century and first quarter of the twentieth century. Using his own experiences, Mathews stressed the ...
In this novel, based loosely on an underdocumented episode in the life of Edgar Allen Poe, John May brings to life New York City in 1845. After the publication of his poem "The Raven" made him famous, Poe moved to the city, where he hung out with the literary world's most glittering lights, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen ...
'Informative, interesting, humorous, and sparkling-this is the book to read if you want to learn about the world's most interesting animals (and, if you hate insects, it's the book that'll change your mind).' -Thomas Eisner, entomologist and naturalist cinematographer
This book is a blackjack nuclear bomb. There is information in it that has never appeared anywhere except in the secret world inhabited by a handful of elite professional blackjack players. Learn real strategies that not only the casinos don't want you to know, but that many of the greatest blackjack players would prefer to keep all to themselves.
This novel deals with the legend that the great 18th century Manchu Emperor Qianlong was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese descended, as a result of a baby swap, from the Chens of Haining in Southern China.
The sudden appearance and rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002 served to alert the world to the fact that emerging infections are a global problem. Living in affluent societies with well-developed healthcare systems does not necessarily protect people from the dangers posed by life-threatening infections. The SARS ...
Traces the rise of this organization from its first protest voyage in 1971, through the bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior" in 1985 and up to the present day with the issues it is currently confronting. This book also looks at how Greenpeace has grown from a handful of determined people to an international network with a membership of more than three ...
The clever author of the acclaimed Ninety-Nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers offers a companion volume that runs the gamut from the regrettably familiar, including ticks, cockroaches, and mosquitoes, to bizarre and obscure creatures such as sheep keds, mantispids, and reindeer throat bobs.
Australian native May (ecumenics, Trinity College, Dublin) analyzes the encounter between the two world religions and the native religions of Papua New Guinea, where he did ecumenical work between 1983 and 1987. His goal is to identify core characteristics of each religion, and assess the comparativ
This clearly written book exposes the underlying errors of a failing system while suggesting new ways to approach such a monumental problem as the increasing violence in America. It urges us to rethink incarceration policy, especially as it intersects with race, social class, gender, morality, technology, the media, profiteering and legislated ...
Culled from "Godey's Lady's Book, " perhaps the most popular magazine for women in 19th-century America, these recipes (receipts) reveal the wide variety of regional cooking that characterized American culture. Information on Union and Confederate army rations, cooking on both homefronts, and substitutions used during the war by southern cooks is ...
Investigating events of the most urgent kind, this is the most comprehensive record ever published of nuclear accidents and radiation incidents--the real and hidden history of the nuclear enterprise, official lies, and the true human cost.
This useful new book answers the need for data-driven estimates of recent (1600 onwards) extinction rates as a basis for more accurate projections of extinction rates for the centuries to come. This book provides a more wide-ranging and data-driven treatment of present and likely future rates of extinction than any text currently available. It is ...
Full syllabus match for the NEW BTEC National launching in 2001 * Comprehensive coverage for F/HE and introductory degree courses * John Bird's 'learning by example' technique is a thoroughly practical way of gaining knowledge and understanding. Engineering Mathematics contains: * 850 worked examples * 1500 problems (answers to problems included) ...
The Washington Conference was one of the most celebrated diplomatic meetings between the two world wars. In late 1921, representatives of the world's leading powers met to establish a naval arms control regime and to bring stability to East Asia. Their deliberations took almost three months. At the time, the work of the delegates received almost ...
A collection of essays born in Ireland, marking the 50th anniversary of the Irish School of Ecumenics. In Ireland and elsewhere, people live in a world of many religions, in which religion is often a source of conflict. However, reconciliation and peace are part of the theology of all major religions. In this collection of essays, Asian and ...
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