Imagine breaking hundreds of bones in your lifetime. Imagine breaking a bone by simply coughing or sneezing. Imagine a never-ending world of hospital visits, plaster casts, and ambulance rides. A world of pain. This is life with brittle bones. Yet through it all, Gregory Smith has survived. How? How did he beat the overwhelming odds of an incurable disease to become one of the oldest survivors of brittle bones in the world? An Unbreakable Spirit is a true story of love, faith, and hope. Fo...

The scientific disciplines of hydrology and hydrogeology are expanding as the Earth's water is being recognized by governments and individuals as a shrinking resource—no entity can afford to take water for granted. At the present time, there is no single reference source for definitions. The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Hydrogeology is a practical, comprehensive reference guide with complete definitions of terms in hydrogeology and other fields closely related to water practices. This concis...