Subject(s): Dollar, American | Financial crises -- United States | Economic history -- 21st century | United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009- Summary: "How to profit from the events leading up to the likely collapse of the U.S. dollar Society is at a crossroads. Here at home and around the world, we are living in a manner that is a

Subject(s): Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259-210 B.C | Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese -- Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D | Excavations (Archaeology) -- China Shaanxi Sheng | China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C | Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Antiquities | China -- Kings and rulers | China -- History -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D | China -- Antiqu

Subject(s): Surveying | Surveys -- Plotting | Real property | Map reading Summary: "Land boundaries are the physical, technical, and legal entities that define the extent and limits of a particular parcel of land, whether a small acreage of private property or the delineation between sovereign nations. This book is intended to be a tutorial

Subject(s): Bosch, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Police -- Fiction -- California Los Angeles | Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction | Serial murderers -- Fiction | Political corruption -- Fiction | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction Summary: LAPD detective Harry Bosch simultaneously investigates a killer who has been operatin

Subject(s): Environmental engineering | Environmental protection Summary: From the Publisher: Green Technology is an eight-volume set that examines the relationship between human activities and their sometimes harmful consequences for the environment and explores new methods of repairing and restoring the Earth. Approaching environmental issue

Subject(s): Middle class -- Juvenile literature -- United States Summary: From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate,

Subject(s): Religion and science -- History Summary: "The idea of an inevitable conflict between science and religion was decisively challenged by John Hedley Brooke in his classic Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge, 1991). Almost two decades on, Science and Religion: New Historical Perspectives revisits this argu

Subject(s): Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Social aspects | China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949 | China -- History -- 1937-1945 Summary: "The Chinese peoples' experience of war during the Second World War, as it is known in the West, was one of suffering and stoicism in the face of dreadful conditions. China's War of Resistance

Subject(s): Debts, Public Summary: "An intelligent analysis of the dangers, opportunities, and consequences of global sovereign debt Sovereign debt is growing internationally at a terrifying rate, as nations seek to prop up their collapsing economies. One only needs to look at the sovereign risk pressures faced by Greece, Spain, and Irel

Subject(s): Older people -- Case studies -- United States | Success | Self-realization Summary: "'What should I do with the rest of my life?' captures the singular lives of everyday, yet extraordinary "late bloomers" who have bravely embraced new callings, discovered unforseen pleasures, and overthrown the usual expectations