Global Air Pollution in Aging: Reading Smoke Signals is a complete reference connecting environmental pollution research to the human aging process. Since 1800, lifespans have more than doubled as infections declined and medicine improved. But the 20th century introduced a new global scourge of air pollution from fossil fuels with the potential to damage arteries, hearts and lungs that has been related to chronic exposure of air pollution from fossil fuels. Risk areas of study include chil...

Written by Caleb Finch, one of the leading scientists of our time, The Biology of Human Longevity: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans synthesizes several decades of top research on the topic of human aging and longevity particularly on the recent theories of inflammation and its effects on human health. The book expands a number of existing major theories, including the Barker theory of fetal origins of adult disease to consider the role of inflammation and Ha...

The Handbook of Models for Human Aging is designed as the only comprehensive work available that covers the diversity of aging models currently available. For each animal model, it presents key aspects of biology, nutrition, factors affecting life span, methods of age determination, use in research, and disadvantages/advantes of use. Chapters on comparative models take a broad sweep of age-related diseases, from Alzheimer's to joint disease, cataracts, cancer, and obesity. In addition, the...

In "Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories," Florence Finch Kelly weaves a tapestry of narratives that reflect the complexities of life in the American West during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Utilizing a vivid and approachable literary style, Kelly captures the intricacies of human emotion and societal dynamics against the backdrop of rugged landscapes and burgeoning towns. Her stories hold a mirror to the evolving roles of women and the challenges they face, often infused wi...

This book-collection file includes: Alcatraz, Black Jack, Bull Hunter, Gunman's Reckoning, Harrigan, The Night Horseman, The Rangeland Avenger, Riders of the Silences, Ronicky Doone, The Seventh Man, Trailin', The Untamed, and Way of the Lawless. According to Wikipedia: "Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today is primarily known by one, Max B...

Hours of great reading await, with Western tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (famous for Conan the Barbarian), and Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more!HIS KIND OF HELLION, by Johnston McCulleyTEXAS JOHN ALDEN, by Robert E. HowardTHE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT, by Bret HarteTHIEVES OF BLACK ROCK DESERT, by Bill AnsonTHE RATTLER ROU...

This book-collection file includes: Cabin Fever, Casey Ryan, Chip of the Flying U, Cow-Country, Flying U Ranch, The Flying-U's Last Stand, Good Indian, The Gringos, The Happy Family, Her Prairie Knight, The Heritage of the Sioux, Jean of the Lazy A, Lonesome Land, The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories, The Long Shadow, The Lookout Man, The Lure of the Dim Trails, The Phantom Herd, The Quirt, The Ranch At The Wolverine, The Range Dwellers, Rim O' The World, Rowdy of the "Cross L", Sawtooth R...

This book-collection file includes: Arizona Nights, Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life, The Blazed Trail, the Claim Jumpers, The Forest, The Forty-Niners, The Gray Dawn, The Killer, The Mountains, and The Riverman. According to Wikipedia: "Stewart Edward White (12 March 1873 September 18, 1946) was an American author. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan he earned degrees from University of Michigan (Ph.D., 1895; M.A., 1903). From about 1900 until about 1922, he wrote adventure tr...

This book-collection file includes: An Apache Princess, A Tale of the Indian Frontier; A Daughter of the Sioux, A Tale of the Indian Frontier; The Deserter; Foes in Ambush; From the Ranks; Lanier of the Cavalry or A Week's Arrest; Marion's Faith; Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier; Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land; Tonio Son of the Sierras, A Story of the Apache War; Under Fire; Waring's Peril; Warrior Gap, A Story of the Sox Outbreak of 1...

This book-collection file includes: Adrift in the Wilds, Camp-Fire and Wigwam, The Cave in the Mountains, Cowmen and Rustlers, The Daughter of the Chieftain, Deerfoot in the Mountains, Footprints in the Forest, The Huge Hunter, The Hunters of the Ozark, In the Pecos Country, Klondyke Nuggets, The Land of Mystery, The Lost Trail, Oonomoo the Huron, The Phantom of the River, The Story of Red Feather, Through Forest and Fire, and Two Boys in Wyoming. According to Wikipedia: Edward Sylvester E...

The Western Novel MEGAPACK® presents four classic tales of the Old West, by four different writers. Included in this volume are:GUN LAW ON THE RANGE, by Burt ArthurTHE STRANGER IN BOOTS, by A. Scott LeslieTALL IN THE SADDLE, by Chuck MartinTHE CAGE, by Talmage PowellIf you enjoy this volume of classic westerns, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 400+ other entries in this series, covering classic an...

Yes, it's another another great selection of four western-themed books from Wildside Press! Here are:THE TONTO KID, by H. H. Knibbs ... Few Western novels present such a powerful and ruthless character as young Pete in The Tonto Kid. Like Billy the Kid, Pete started his violent career at an early age; by thirteen he was famous as a “killer.” His vivid life is a classic in Western fiction, written by a man who knows the drama of a colorful American era....