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1	Sense and Nonsense about Crime and Drugs: A Policy Guide more books like this by Dr. Samuel Walker add to wishlist This text discusses such topics as: the administration of criminal justice in the United States; conservative and liberal crime control proposals; policies concerning guns and gun crimes, which occupy an ideological middle ground; and drug policy, the war on drugs, and the legalization of drugs. The final section of the text summarizes all of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Young Men & Fire more books like this by Norman MacLean add to wishlist Norman MacLean scrupulously examines the tragic events of August 5, 1949, when lightning struck and started a forest fire in the Rocky Mountains. Thirteen young airborne firefighters were killed trying to extinguish it, when a 200-foot high firestorm erupted into a vast wall of death. MacLean, who had been both a forester and a firefighter in his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.64! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Industrial Safety and Health Management more books like this by C Ray Asfahl add to wishlist For senior/graduate-level courses in Industrial Safety, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Technology, and Operations Management. Unique in approach, Industrial Safety and Health Management, 6th Edition combines -- in one volume -- an exploration of the time-tested concepts and techniques of safety and health management, a modern perspective on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $66.99! \| SVS
4	Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines of American Wildfire more books like this by John N MacLean add to wishlist The author of "Fire on the Mountain" combines action-packed storytelling with moving insights and informed analysis of firefighting strategy past and present in this report from the front lines of the American landscape where wildland fires keep getting hotter, bigger, and more dangerous. 30 illustrations. 3 maps. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $18.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Crime and Everyday Life more books like this by Marcus Felson add to wishlist Crime and Everyday Life is written in a clear, concise style and the authors unique approach to crime causation is popular with lecturers and students. This Third Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include such new chapters as white-collar crime and the use of technology in crime control. Felson challenges the conventional wisdom ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $46.48! \| SVS
6	Stress, Diet & Your Heart more books like this by Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D. add to wishlist Preventative medicine pioneer Dean Ornish produced STRESS, DIET, AND YOUR HEART, his first book on reversing heart disease, as a result of his early research in the field of coronary care. This basic program is composed of stress management coupled with a vegetarian diet. Stretching, meditation, visualization, and deep breathing are described in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire more books like this by John N MacLean add to wishlist In this story of the 1994 fire on Storm King Mountain, the author chronicles the many mistakes in policy and firefighting that resulted in the loss of many lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.44! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Bloodborne Airborne Pathogens more books like this by Nsc add to wishlist The National Safety Council has been the leader in protecting life and promoting health in the workplace for nearly 100 years. Its mission is to educate and influence people to prevent accidental injury and death. The National Safety Council's courses have grown to meet the changing needs of emergency responders at all levels of expertise. More ... see all copies from $2.05! new only from $12.47!
9	Stress Reduction and Prevention more books like this by Donald Meichenbaum (Photographer), Matt E Jaremko (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.94! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America more books like this by Kristin A Goss add to wishlist More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of gun violence that terrorize neighborhoods and ... see all copies from $15.63! new only from $22.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Visions of Social Control: Crime, Punishment and Classification more books like this by Stanley Cohen add to wishlist Visions of Social Control is a wide ranging analysis of recent shifts in ideas and practices for dealing with crime and delinquency.In Great Britain, North America and Western Europe, the 1960's saw new theories and styles of social control which seemed to undermine the whole basis of the established system. Such slogans as 'decarceration' and ... see all copies from $22.40! new only from $31.05! \| SVS
12 view cover	Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention more books like this by David Schottenfeld add to wishlist This much anticipated Third Edition provides a comprehensive presentation of the global burden and patterns of cancer occurrence, along with new developments in our understanding of cancer causation and prevention. Special attention is given to epidemiologic approaches that incorporate molecular biomarkers based on genomic and other emerging ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $210.44!
13 view cover	Firefighter's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting: Strategy, Tactics, and Safety more books like this by William C Teie add to wishlist This is the most current book on this critical subject. The author recently retired from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection after a 34-year career, starting as a seasonal firefighter and working his way up to Deputy Director for Fire Protection. This 336-page book was written for the firefighter with primary or intermittent ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.47! \| first editions
14	Wildland fire fighting more books like this by Margaret Poynter add to wishlist Describes the dangers and devastation of fires in forests, plains, and other wilderness areas, and the strategies used to fight such fires. see all copies from $6.01! first editions
15 view cover	World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth more books like this by Stephen J Pyne add to wishlist World Fire is the story of how fire and humans have coevolved. The two are inseparable, and together they have repeatedly remade the planet. "Stephen J. Pyne writes about fire as if he were on fire, with searing, consuming heat and light. When he looks at fire he sees not biological catastrophe but social illumination and natural renewal.... This ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.89! \| first editions
16 view cover	Smoke Chasing more books like this by Stephen J Pyne add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.88! \| SVS
17 view cover	A Season of Fire: Four Months on the Firelines in the American West more books like this by Douglas Gantenbein add to wishlist SEASON OF FIRE documents some of America's deadliest forest fires of 2001 and the damage left in their wakes. It examines how smokejumpers train for these catastrophes and what goes through their minds during a fire. In addressing the American West specifically, the book also explores the economic and ecological conditions that precipitate a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Living Heart Diet more books like this by Michael E Debakey add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Pressure Ulcers: Guidelines for Prevention and Management more books like this by Joann Maklebust, Mary Sieggreen add to wishlist In this thoroughly updated edition, readers learn the full scope of the pressure ulcer problem to deliver quality care and educate patients and their families more expertly. Content includes skin anatomy and physiology, pressure ulcer etiology and pathophysiology, wound healing, assessment, prevention, treatment, care planning, policy and ... see all copies from $3.65! new only from $16.00!
20 view cover	Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever more books like this by Ignaz Semmelweis, K Codell Carter (Translator), Ignac Fulop Semmelweis add to wishlist In 1859 a Hungarian obstetrician named Ignaz Semmelweis, reflecting on his years as resident in the Vienna maternity clinic, wrote a graphic account of his attempt to diagnose and eliminate the then epidemic scourge of childbed fever. The resulting Etiology triggered an immediate and international squall of protest from Semmelweis's colleagues; ... see all copies from $8.94! new only from $15.96! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Fire on the Mountain more books like this by John N MacLean (Read by) add to wishlist In this story of the 1994 fire on Storm King Mountain, the author chronicles the many mistakes in policy and firefighting that resulted in the loss of many lives. see all copies from $2.67! new only from $24.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Quit Before You Know It: The Stress-Free, Guilt-Free Way to Stop Smoking - By Planning Your Relapses more books like this by Sandra Rutter add to wishlist A breakthrough plan to quit smoking--one "slip" at a time. Most smokers approach quitting with a "forever" mindset. Yet psychologist Sandra Rutter, Ph.D., says this "quit forever" approach is doomed from the start because it creates unnecessary anxiety and eventually sets up the big fall. For too many smokers, having one puff after "quitting ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.01! \| SVS
23 view cover	The HIV Pandemic: Local and Global Implications more books like this by Eduard J Beck (Editor), Nicholas Mays (Editor), Alan W Whiteside (Editor) add to wishlist As we approach the 25th anniversary of the first recognition of HIV/AIDS in 1981, this book reflects on the international impact of the disease. It has persistently remained a global issue, with more than 50 million people worldwide estimated to have been infected since that date. This ambitious book, written by 165 authors from 30 countries, ... see all copies from $17.02! new only from $30.37!
24 view cover	Breast Self-Examination more books like this by Dr. Albert R Milan, M.D. add to wishlist Gives advice on how to replace worry with confidence during a monthly three-part, ten-minute breast inspection that can dramatically reduce the incidence of death from breast cancer, the number one killer in women in the UK. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Cancer Prevention and Control more books like this by Peter Greenwald, M.D., Dr.Ph. add to wishlist Describes the science and practice of the rapidly emerging discipline of cancer prevention and control, placing specific emphasis on the magnitude of the cancer problem, methods and study design issues, and the prevention of specific tumours. Appendices with important resource information such as screening and dietary guidelines, state cancer ... see all copies from $4.53! new only from $56.49!

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