Subject(s): Environmental health | Health risk assessment Summary: From the Publisher: The second edition of Environmental Health: From Global to Local, a comprehensive introductory text, offers an overview of the methodology and paradigms of this burgeoning field, ranging from ecology to epidemiology, from toxicology to environmental psychol

Subject(s): Medical jurisprudence | Nurses Review: ""Drs. Muscari and Brown have synthesized the key information on forensic pediatrics and produced a m̀ust read' text that needs to be on every person's bookshelf."--Ann Wolbert Burgess, DNSc, APRN, BC Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Boston College" "Health care pr

Subject(s): Christianity | Church history Summary: "The Christian faith has the allegiance of one third of the human race. It has succeeded in influencing civilization to such a degree that we now take its existence almost for granted. Yet it might all have been so different. Christianity began with the words and deeds of an obscure village

Subject(s): Politics and war -- History -- 20th century -- United States | Political culture -- History -- 20th century -- United States | Political parties -- History -- 20th century -- United States | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Political aspects -- United States | World War, 1914-1918 -- Political aspects -- United States | World War, 1939-194

Subject(s): Muslims -- Europe | Islam -- Europe | Culture conflict -- Europe | Multiculturalism -- Europe | Europe -- Emigration and immigration | Islamic countries -- Emigration and immigration | Europe -- Race relations Religious aspects | Europe -- Civilization -- 21st century | Europe -- Civilization Islamic influences Summary: Europe has u

Subject(s): Terrorism -- Fiction | Islamic fundamentalism -- Fiction Summary: "When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they instantly galvanize--but to do what? They know nothing about it: the what, where, or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someon

Subject(s): Obama, Barack | United States -- Politics and government -- 2009- Summary: Explores the challenges facing America in 2009--from economic failures and two wars to what the authors describe as the world community's eagerness to take advantage of current issues--and assesses the Obama administration's first one hundred days.

Subject(s): Information organization | Information science | Information storage and retrieval systems | Electronic information resources Summary: Covering various aspects of the digital information environment from iPads and e-books to the future of information and how it can be controlled, this book provides a comprehensive guide to what'

Subject(s): Technological innovations -- Economic aspects History -- Europe | Europe -- Economic conditions | Europe -- Social conditions | Europe -- Intellectual life Summary: "This concise and accessible introduction to European economic history focusses on the interplay between the development of institutions and the generation and diffu

Subject(s): Landscape design | Landscape architectural drawing | Landscape architecture -- Graphic methods Summary: "Part of Wiley's new Graphic Standard Field Guides series, Graphic Standards Field Guide to Softscape is the reference for the on-the-go professional. The perfect companion to the main Landscape Architectural Graphic Stand