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The creators of the award-winning science podcast for kids, Brains On!, present a humorous, fact- and fun-filled look at life on Earth—from deep sea creatures and carnivorous plants to the human body and stinky bacteria. Perfect for STEM fans! Did you ever wonder why jellyfish sting? Or if trees communicate with each other? How about why you can't tickle yourself? Well hold on to your noggins, because you're about to find out! Join the creators of the award-winning science podcast Brains On!

From environmental activist, renowned crusader, champion fighter, maverick—a book that looks at our present situation with water and shows us how we can each take action to make changes in our cities, towns, and villages, before it is too late. In Erin Brockovich's long-awaited book—her first to reckon with conditions on our planet—she makes clear why we are in the trouble we're in, and how, in large and practical ways, we each can take actions to bring about change.

From the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon, Les Stroud has made a life of surviving in the harshest, and most remote, regions on Earth. Whether seasoned in the outdoor arts or new to adventuring, everyone will learn something from this book.

Though fashions may change, certain things never go out of style--like your favorite little black dress that can take you from a business meeting to a dinner party to a night on the town. But what makes it work is not the dress, it's how you present yourself while wearing it. A woman who is polite, well spoken, gracious, charming, and thoughtful is always welcome, though such women appear to be in short supply these days. With this insightful guide, you'll be loving life with style, class, and grace in no time.

When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman, discovers to her horror that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List, she sets out on a quest to unearth and fully comprehend her family's haunted history.

20 CLÉS pour comprendre les enjeux actuels Sous La Direction De Francis Huot AVEC LES TEXTES DE: Yves-Marie Abraham • Antoine Baby-Bouchard • Laurence Bherer • Lisa M.

A guide to the World Wide Web and its archives for the contemporary historian.

High-yield topics physicians and medical trainees need to know to treat the most commonly encountered ophthalmic diseases. This resource provides a clinical approach to the examination, diagnosis, and management of common ocular diseases and ocular emergencies based on the collective knowledge of one of the nation's foremost academic departments, the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto. Features include: Diseases broken down by etiology, clinical features, and management, including when emergency referral to ophthalmology is required.

The image of the dusty, undisturbed archive has been swept away in response to growing interest across disciplines in the materials they house and the desire to find and make meaning through an engagement with those materials. Archival studies scholars and archivists are developing related theoretical frameworks and practices that recognize that the archives are anything but static. Archival deposits are proliferating, and the architects, practitioners, and scholars engaged with them are scarcely able to keep abreast of them.

From an award-winning journalist covering gender and politics comes an inside look at the female candidates fighting back and winning elections in the crucial 2018 midterms. After November 8, 2016, first came the sadness; then came the rage, the activism, and the protests; and finally, for thousands of women, the next step was to run for office-many of them for the first time. More women have been campaigning for local or national office over the past two years than at any other time in American history.