Basic Environmental Toxicology provides a thorough, systematic introduction to environmental toxicology and addresses many of the effects of pollutants on humans, animals, and the environment. Readers are introduced to the fundamentals of toxicology and ecotoxicology, the effects of different types of toxicants, and how toxicants affect different compartments of the environment. Fundamental aspects of environmental health, occupational health, detection of pollutants, and risk assessment a...

Play and Performance offers hope to those lamenting the loss of play in the twenty-first century and aims to broaden the understanding of what play is. This volume showcases the work of programs from early childhood through adulthood, in a variety of educational and therapeutic settings, and from a range of theoretical and practical perspectives. The chapters cover an array of practices that can be seen across the play to performance continuum. Taken together, the myriad ways that play is ...

Continuing its 2024 focus on various aspects of grace, this edition of Words of Life examines 'Grace and Perfect Love', developed through writings offered by five contributors from The Salvation Army's New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Territory.The Christmas season is celebrated through a series entitled 'A kaleidoscope of encounters giving light to our journey', looking at the implications of Christ's incarnation and preparing readers for the dawn of a new year....

A charity anthology of dark fiction and poetry exploring the life, death, and regenerative forces of Nature, with all proceeds donated to Defenders of Wildlife. . Ranging in mood from macabre to mystical, these works evoke the sentient lives of animals and plants, their emotions, impulses, conflicts, and interrelationships. Their struggles to survive, often violent, demonstrate the tenacity and resilience of Nature in all its forms.Contributing Authors: Alison Armstrong, Pixie Brun...

Uğur Şahin und Özlem Türeci, Wissenschaftler und Mitgründer von BioNTech, haben den weltweit ersten zugelassenen Covid-19-Impfstoff entwickelt – und damit Medizingeschichte geschrieben. Der Financial Times-Journalist Joe Miller hat die beiden seit März 2020 begleitet und erzählt ihre Geschichte von den ersten Stunden des Kampfes gegen Covid-19 bis zur Zulassung des Impfstoffs. Miller beschreibt, wie Şahin und Türeci mit einem kleinen internationalen Team von Spezialisten in kürzes...

“UMANO. NONOSTANTE TUTTO QUELLO CHE POSSONO DIRE, PENSARE O CREDERE.” Dimenticate tutto ciò che sapete e preparatevi a una nuova, sbalorditiva interpretazione dell’eroe più famoso al mondo: cosa accadrebbe se le origini di Superman venissero raccontate per la prima volta nel XIX secolo? Fate ritorno a Metropolis per assistere al viaggio del ragazzo che divenne superuomo, in una versione completamente diversa. In un unico volume, la trilogia di graphic novel che hanno rifondato il mito dell...