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A wide-ranging introduction to the study of contemporary science fiction cinema.

Can we really learn to be happy? Yes, we can. Each semester, nearly 1, 400 students sign up for Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar's life-changing class, How to Get Happy. Currently it's the hottest course at Harvard, taken by twenty percent of its graduates. In Happier, Professor Ben-Shahar brings the ideas of the Ivory Tower to Main Street, distilling the lessons and exercises from his course into a slim volume of practical wisdom. Grounded in...

Can we really learn to be happy? Yes, we can. Each semester, nearly 1, 400 students sign up for Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar's life-changing class, How to Get Happy. Currently it's the hottest course at Harvard, taken by twenty percent of its graduates. In Happier, Professor Ben-Shahar brings the ideas of the Ivory Tower to Main Street, distilling the lessons and exercises from his course into a slim volume of practical wisdom. Grounded in...

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Broken Spur is an adventure thriller as three Texas Rangers ride a trail of revenge across Texas fighting the Comanche's as they track down the murderers that ambushed their friends in south Texas. The main character's goal is to marry his sweetheart and build a horse ranch in Kansas but the temptation of hitting the trail is more than he can bear.

A wandering American crocodile is caught and taken back to its home. Wildlife Rescue is a company that helps wild animals. They take care of animals that are sick, injured, or in danger. Each rescue becomes an adventure. It takes our group of heroes all over the country to help endangered animals. Students learn about life science concepts, ecosystems, and the environment. (Genre: Realistic Fiction)

Some kids investigate a marsh and discover how important wetlands are to the environment. In the Planet Protectors series, students are introduced to some of the key environmental issues affecting the United States today. Each book explores a particular environmental problem. These fictional accounts develop as students identify a problem and then design a solution. Readers will be thrilled by the engaging stories and, at the same time, they w...

A lost California condor chick is found and returned to its nest. Wildlife Rescue is a company that helps wild animals. They take care of animals that are sick, injured, or in danger. Each rescue becomes an adventure. It takes our group of heroes all over the country to help endangered animals. Students learn about life science concepts, ecosystems, and the environment. (Genre: Realistic Fiction)

Students learn about dolphin intelligence when an injured baby dolphin is rescued and successfully returned to its parents. Wildlife Rescue is a company that helps wild animals. They take care of animals that are sick, injured, or in danger. Each rescue becomes an adventure. It takes our group of heroes all over the country to help endangered animals. Students learn about life science concepts, ecosystems, and the environment. (Genre: Realisti...

Wildlife Rescue helps return endangered black-footed ferrets to the wild. Wildlife Rescue is a company that helps wild animals. They take care of animals that are sick, injured, or in danger. Each rescue becomes an adventure. It takes our group of heroes all over the country to help endangered animals. Students learn about life science concepts, ecosystems, and the environment. (Genre: Realistic Fiction)

A mother who came a long way from a family of eleven children, five of whom are boys. Four sons were born first. Fatherhood did not come easy. The degree of respect shared and the struggle for survival broke every barrier extended to a father. His sons became his Jewels and back bone to feed clothes and house a family of eleven children. The price he paid to uphold his title as a great dad did not come easy. That is what fathers are for, to be...

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Provides an analysis of the translating profession and the translation industry. This book starts with a presentation of the diversity of translations and an overview of the translation-localisation process. It also describes the translation profession and the translators' markets.

Featuring contributions from international experts, Free and Moving Boundaries: Analysis, Simulation and Control emphasizes numerical and theoretical control of moving boundaries in fluid structure couple systems, arteries, shape stabilization level methods, family of moving geometries, and boundary control. It explores the problems of optimal control theory applied to partial differential equations arising from continuum mechanics. It also sp...

A Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) provides a safe place for students to discuss issues, meet others, and get support from those who care. Gay-Straight Alliances: A Handbook for Students, Educators, and Parents explains exactly how to begin this important type of school club that helps build positive relationships and promotes knowledge and tolerance. This guide tells students what it takes to start a GSA at their school, teachers how best to work ...

Valued for its unique flavors, textures, and colors, berry fruit is a rapidly-growing crop that provides significant health benefits due to its many bioactive components. Berry Fruit: Value-Added Products for Health Promotion provides an understanding of the functional chemicals, shelf-life and microbial safety concerns, and applications in the food industry. Written by international experts, each chapter presents scientific background, resear...

For everyone in the music industrya "record labels, managers, music publishers, and the performers themselvesa "it is important to understand the world music marketplace and how it functions. Yet remarkably little has been written about the music business outside of the U.S. The Global Music Industry: Three Perspectives gives a concise overview of the issues facing everyone in the international music industry. Designed for an introductory cour...

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This important new book provides a thorough analysis of the ethical dimension of performance enhancing drugs in international sport. Reviewing the literature in this complex field, the book makes a major contribution to the ethical debate. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal 'Sport in Global Society'.