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By David Waltner-Toews. 2007
All the big killer diseases - measles, tuberculosis, and smallpox - have come to us from animals and have decided…
they like us better. Other diseases, such as rabies, poker players' pneumonia, and dum-dum fever, visit us now and then, but they really prefer their animal homes, while "emerging" diseases, like mad cow disease, SARS, and avian flu, have dropped in to check us out; but we don't know whether they will take up permanent residence or if they are just passing through. Presents the various groups of animal diseases, explains what it is about our lifestyle and our environment that encourages them to visit, and offers suggestions for how to keep them at bay. 2007.By Charles Graeber. 2018
Charles Graeber details the discovery of cancer's secret weakness, and how a new generation of scientists finally cracked the code…
on how the human immune system can fight and beat the disease. 2018.By Barry Wittenstein. 2018
Earle Dickson and his new bride Josephine begin their lives together. The end. (Not really. There's more.) Josephine has a…
proclivity for injuring herself. Earle attaches cotton to long strips of adhesive tape, telling Josephine to cut off a length when she needs one. Since Earle works as a cotton buyer at Johnson and Johnson, he shares his idea. They're a big hit. The end. (Again, not really!) After a few false starts (much like the hilarious "the end"s in this story), the Band-Aid is developed and becomes a massive hit. The end. (Really.). Grades K-3. 2018.By David Callahan. 2004
Cheating on every level has risen dramatically in the last two decades. Why all the cheating? Callahan pins the blame…
on the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the past two decades. An unfettered market and unprecedented economic inequality have corroded our values, he argues-and ultimately threaten the level playing field so central to American democracy itself. 2004.By Theodore Taylor, Tippi Hedren. 1985
Actress Tippi Hedren and her husband, director Noel Marshall, decided to make a film about lions. To closely study the…
behaviour of these animals, they acquired more than 100 lions, leopards, tigers and cheetahs, and lived among them for 10 years. 1985.In this course, Howard University professor John K. Young takes audiences through the microscope on a journey of discovery into…
the world of cells and tissues, where a complex scheme of activity is taking place all the time, literally just beneath the surface. 2007.By Donna Davidson, Penny Manning. 1997
Everything you need to know about new dog ownership in Canada, from deciding whether to buy or adopt to choosing…
the right breed, preparing your home, and caring for and training your new charge. Also included is a section on where to get an adult dog, how to select a shelter dog, what to look for, and what to watch out for. 1997.By Judith Glassman. 1983
By Judith L Rapoport. 1989
A psychiatrist and her patients tell about their battles with this common condition, which compels patients to repeat actions such…
as hand-washing. Often ashamed, the afflicted examine the nature of their disorder and describe their treatment experiences. c1989.A look at what makes a bully, a victim, and a bystander, and what can be done to stop each…
of these from happening. Possible points of change include parents, teachers, and community. 2002.By Christophe André. 2014
Ce sont des hommes dune grande sagesse, réunis pour la première fois : un moine bouddhiste, un psychiatre, un agriculteur…
philosophe et un professeur de médecine. Face au mal-être contemporain, face à la crise de sens et aux désastres écologiques, ils proposent des remèdes. Après avoir discuté, dialogué, échangé, chacun a écrit un chapitre, fruit de son expérience, donnant au lecteur des pistes pour agir et des conseils pratiques. Cest en se changeant que lon changera le monde. 2014.By Sid Marty. 2008
1980. Many citizens of Banff, Alberta, valued living in a place where wildlife grazed on the front lawn, but none…
were expecting bear attacks that summer. During the massive hunt that followed, Banff was portrayed as a town under siege by a killer bear, and the tourists stayed away. The pressure was on to find and destroy the Whiskey Creek mauler, but he evaded park wardens and struck again - and again. When the fight was over, the hard lessons learned led to changes that would save the lives of both bears and people in the coming years. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2008.By Marc Freedman. 2011
Freedman seeks to alleviate much of the hand-wringing surrounding the aging baby boomer generation. Freedman hopes that by providing guidance,…
training, education and support to the millions entering the 60 to 80-year-old life phase, a windfall of surprising and innovative solutions to many growing issues will be the result. 2011.By Martha Barnette. 1987
The family of the second artificial heart recipient tells the dramatic story of their participation in an extraordinary medical experiment.…
Details the day-to-day events, including post-operative setbacks, unrelenting scrutiny by the press, confrontations with the surgeon, and their own struggle to cope. 1987.By Jonathan Eig. 2014
Immersed in radical feminist politics, scientific ingenuity, establishment opposition, and, ultimately, a sea change in social attitudes, this is the…
fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. 2014.By Peter Matthiessen. 2001
Cranes, the largest flying birds on earth, are held near-sacred in many lands. The author chronicles his journeys in search…
of the world's fifteen species to Siberia, India, China, Japan, Australia, Africa, Europe, and America. He joins both scientists and peoples of these lands to portray the tenacious cranes' beauty and their struggle to survive. 2001.By Lawrence Scanlan. 2007
On March 30, 1970, a wobbly foal named Secretariat was born on a farm in Virginia - but he was…
no ordinary horse. He was bigger and more muscled than racehorses his age, and after a slow start and lots of training, he went on to compete for the biggest prize in racing - the Triple Crown. This is also the story of the one person who helped Secretariat the most - feeding him grain, bathing him, and chatting with him at dawn each day - his groom, Edward "Shorty" Sweat. Grades 5-8. 2007.By Pierre Chalmin, Jean Malaurie. 2005
" Terre Humaine " a créé dans les sciences sociales et la littérature, depuis cinquante ans, un courant novateur dont…
cette anthologie permet de mesurer la fécondité. Traquant la vie, cette collection de regards croisés a d'abord renouvelé la littérature de voyage pour construire, livre après livre, une anthropologie à part entière, fondée sur l'engagement et l'expérience vécue. L'exploration de l'univers n'a pas de fin. Le spectacle de la vie reste une découverte, et les théories touchant les sociétés humaines se révèlent, les unes après les autres, toutes aussi fragiles. L'homme est à lui-même inconnu. Toujours d'avant-garde, " Terre Humaine " demeure, dans son combat résolu en faveur des minorités, un appel à la liberté de penser.By Mary Rose O'Reilley. 2000
O'Reilley embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this often hilarious book, she describes her work in an agricultural…
barn and her extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France. She seeks in both places a spirituality based not in "climbing out of the body" but rather in existing fully in the world. 2000.By Osha Davidson. 2017
C. P. Ellis joined the KKK as a youth. Ann Atwater quit her job as a maid to fight for…
civil rights. They met on opposite sides of the school segregation issue, yet forged a friendship. 2017.