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A New World Power
Chronicles the political and social history of the United States in the aftermath of one world war through its engagement in another.
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Alternative Energy
Ebook covers issues surrounding current energy sources and alternative energy options.
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America Between the Civil War and the 20th Century
Looks at American history between the Civil War and 20th century and includes firsthand accounts that reveal the prevailing ideologies of the time and shed light on significant people and events.
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American Decades
A cross-disciplinary source for junior and high school users who need to analyze periods of contemporary American social history.
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American Decades Primary Sources
This volume covers the first decade of the twenty-first century from monumental events and groundbreaking individuals to the details of Americans’ daily lives.
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American Eras, Primary Sources: Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1878)
A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era
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American Eras, Primary Sources: Development of a Nation (1783-1815)
A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era
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American Eras, Primary Sources: Development of the Industrial United States (1878-1899)
A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era
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American Eras, Primary Sources: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600
A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era
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American Eras, Primary Sources: Reform Era & Eastern US Development (1815-1850)
A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era
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American Eras, Primary Sources: Revolutionary Era (1754-1783)
A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era
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American Eras, Primary Sources: The Colonial Era (1600-1754)
A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era
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American Eras, Primary Sources: Westward Expansion (1800-1860)
A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era
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Awesome Animals and the Places They Live
This book discusses some awesome animals and where they live, featuring animals from the land, sky, and sea. Readers will take a trip around the world to discover unique and interesting facts about animals from the depths of rain forest, the icy polar regions, the dry desert, underground tunnels, and even endangered and extinct animals.
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Cities of the United States
Provides vital information on 199 of America’s top cities . City-specific profiles organize pertinent facts and data.
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Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
A user-friendly, accessible and colorfully illustrated work presents basic resources for understanding diseases and conditions.
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Contemporary Novelists
Includes biographies, bibliographies and critical essays on approximately 650 contemporary writers. Includes nationality and title indexes.
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Contemporary Poets
Provides bibliographies and biographical information on 787 of the world’s most important contemporary English-language poets.
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Drugs & Controlled Substances: Info for Students
Provides detailed information on the physiological and psychological effects of addictive drugs and substances, including illegal substances, prescription, and over-the-counter medications.
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Articles on food and its place in human culture and society. Find entries on everything from food preparation, distribution, holidays, cultures, nutrition and health.
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Encyclopedia of Recreation & Leisure in America
This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive survey of American pastimes from the Colonial era to the present.
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Encyclopedia of the New American Nation
Provides early US history with coverage beginning routhly from 1754 to the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson (1829).
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Ethics, Science, Technology and Engineering: A Global Resource
Considers both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the ethical and political issues raised by science and technology in an increasingly complex and global society.
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Exploring Science Through Science Fiction
Material in this book forms the basis of an interdisciplinary, college-level course, which uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts.
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Fashion, Costume and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages
Provides facts and information about the cultural, religious and social implications of human decoration and adornment throughout history, with a particular emphasis on the decades of the 20th century.
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Food: In Context
Examines food in relationship to nutrition, world health issues, agriculture, environmental concerns, current events and political decision-making.
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Gale Ebooks
A collection of electronic specialized encyclopedias and reference books on a wide variety of subject areas that can be searched individually or as a whole.
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Gale Encyclopedia of Diets
Covers special diets, popular weight-loss programs, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and some effects of a person’s dietary choices on one’s health.
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Gale Encyclopedia of Prescription Drugs: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Common Medications
This encyclopedia features entries on the most commonly prescribed drugs. It describes potential side effects, drug and food interactions, recommended dosages, and warnings/precautions.
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Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual & Unexplained
Information on topics relating to magic, witchcraft, the supernatural and other mysterious phenomena with a thorough look at the history of each topic, people and practices, popular literature, television programs and movies related to the subject.
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Gale Encyclopedia of US Economic History
This title presents 1,000 entries, era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.
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Grzimek’s Animal Life Encycolpedia
Features articles that familiarize readers with animals found everywhere on the globe, detailing their life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology and much more.
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Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia: Evolution
Covers evolution in detail and explores it from a scientific viewpoint. Includes comprehensive coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution.
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Human Diseases and Conditions, 3rd ed., 2017:
Presents information on numerous diseases and conditions. Articles include a definition of the disease or condition, an explanation of how it works in the body, information on causes, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment or cure, and lifestyles.
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Human Geography: People and the Environment
Provides insight into both regional and global issues by addressing fundamental and advanced topics critical to the study of human geography and places special emphasis on exploring the impact of human habitation and economic activity on the environment.
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Life and Career Skills Series: Employment
This book guides the reader in gaining job skills, seeking work, interviewing, negotiating salaries and benefits, and thriving in the workplace. It also offers information that applies to all job seekers, as well as guidance for first-time job applicants and workers returning to the workforce after an absence.
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Life and Career Skills Series: Health & Wellness
This book guides readers in making healthy choices about hygiene, diet, exercise, and medical care. They present easy-to-understand information about health-care coverage options and offer overviews of the types of available medical care, from general practitioners to alternative medicine and mental health providers.
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Life and Career Skills Series: Personal Finance
This book guides readers in making prudent decisions about spending, saving, and borrowing, walking them through major life events, such as buying or renting a home, purchasing or leasing a car, and saving for college and retirement. It also offers practical guidance about purchasing insurance, applying for government benefits, and being an informed consumer.
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Life and Career Skills: Series: Social Skills
This book helps readers understand and hone the social skills necessary for success. Although the essays offer advice applicable to many aspects of life, the focus is primarily on the workplace. The essays guide readers in effective communication and conduct, emphasizing the characteristics of verbal, nonverbal, and written communication; stress the importance of ethics and etiquette; and provide tips for conflict resolution and teamwork.
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Literary Themes for Students: Race & Prejudice
Examines themes of race and prejudice found in literature. Includes author profiles and highlights more than 50 major works centered around the theme.
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Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream
Examines the overriding themes related to the American Dream found in literature.
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Literary Themes for Students: War & Peace
Examines themes of war and peace found in literature.
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Makers at Work
As all the interviews in this work show, makers have something in common: reverence for our technical past coupled with an aversion to convention. If they can’t invent new processes or products, it’s simply not worth doing.
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Middle East Conflict
Provides a comprehensive and objective overview of the people, events, and documents that are key to understanding the complex relationships of the countries and cultures of the Middle East.
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Notable Sports Figures
Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field.
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Nutrition & Well-Being A-Z
Examines the relationship between food and health on a historical, national and personal level. It analyzes how nutrition has affected quality of life, health and fitness in various countries at different times in history.
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Political Theories for Students
Provides in-depth information on major political theories and systems from all time periods.
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Real Life Math
Helps students better understand commonly studied math concepts by illustrating their use in everyday life. Designed to support mathematics curriculum.
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Real Life Math: Everyday Use of Mathematical Concepts
Math concepts are presented with multiple examples of how each is applied in everyday environments.
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Scientific Thought in Context
A comprehensive guide to the history of science. Supports curriculums in biology, chemistry, physical science, physics, and Earth science.
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Scratch Programming for Teens
Focuses on Scratch, a programming language intended to make programming easier to learn for novice programmers. It can be used to create computer games, interactive stories, graphic artwork and computer animation, and all sorts of other multimedia projects. Scratch can also be used to play digital music and sound effects.
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Shakespeare for Students
A collection of essential criticism to the Shakespeare’s most-popularly-studied plays and poetry in secondary schools and undergraduate curricula.
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Television in American Society
Content shows how television has reflected and influenced American society and culture throughout its history.
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The Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse
This Gale e-book covers the full range of illegal and legal drugs and how they impact society. Taking a global perspective, this new title looks at the worldwide drug trade and the effects of drug abuse in countries and cultures around the world, as well as in the United States.
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The Growth of a Superpower
Examines the trajectory of American history between the administrations of Harry Truman and Barack Obama and the factors that have shaped and sustained its development.
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The Maker Cookbook: Recipes for Children’s and ‘Tween Library Programs.
This guide helps librarians create engaging K-8 programs in science and technology, arts and crafts, and home skills that are suited for a library setting. Each “recipe” includes extensions, variations, and curriculum tie-ins.
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US Imperialism and Progressivism
Examines American history between the end of the Civil War and the end of World War I, considering in depth both the imperialist and progressive influences that heralded the country’s future position as a major force on the international stage.
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UXL Doomed: The Science Behind Disaster
Explores the science behind some of the worst global disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries, including structural and engineering failures, natural disasters, nuclear and industrial accidents, train derailments, and plane crashes.
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UXL Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Offers students detailed studies of approximately 88 tribes from all over the United States and Canada, including small tribes and some that no longer exist.
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UXL Encyclopedia of Science
This resource provides information on scientific theories, life forms, inventions, controversies and discoveries.
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UXL Encyclopedia of Weather & Natural Disasters
Includes content covering weather basics, climate, natural disasters, and the effects of human activities on the weather and advances in new technology.
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UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Helps students understand how mythologies reflect cultures and remain meaningful in society today.
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VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retreiver
Contains the most extensive listing of movies available on video.
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