Fifty Years of Peeling Away the Lead Paint Problem: Saving Our Children's Future with Healthy Housing documents the history of childhood lead poisoning from paint between 1970 and 2022. Tracing the failure of the medical model (treatment after exposure) that marked the 1970s and 1980s and its replacement with a prevention housing-focused effort, the book documents the changes in health, housing and environmental science and policy. It is the first book to examine how the lead poisoning law...

The Ultimate SF Collection: 150 Classics maps the long formation of speculative fiction, from utopian voyage, Gothic experiment, and scientific romance to dystopia, planetary adventure, pulp wonder, and postwar social satire. Its extraordinary range encompasses proto-scientific fantasies, lost-world narratives, time-travel conceits, alien encounters, technological parables, and visions of future polity. Landmark texts such as Frankenstein, Gulliver's Travels, Erewhon, and The Machine Stops...

Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management is both the classic field handbook for manufacturing professionals in virtually any industry and the standard preparatory text for APICS certification courses. This essential reference has been totally revised and updated to give professionals the knowledge they need.

e-artnow presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D… George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution… Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Moon Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Marti...

Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales is a sweeping anthology that traverses the expansive universe of speculative fiction. This collection encapsulates an era of imaginative exploration stretching from the early visions of futuristic societies to the gripping narratives of cosmic odyssey. It captures the essence of speculative storytelling, weaving through diverse literary landscapes such as utopian vistas, alien encounters, and post-ap...

Here is a thoughtful new book for professionals who assist persons afflicted with neuromuscular disorders to help them and their families adapt to lifestyle changes accompanying the onset of these disorders. Health care professionals provide strategies to maintain the psychosocial well-being of children and adults with neuromuscular disorders which, in addition to physical damage, also assault the sense of self and challenge the individual’s ability to move and communicate. Chapters descri...

The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats inherent in places already built. However, there has been little awareness of the adverse effects of what we have constructed-or the positive benefits of well designed built environments.This book provides a far-reaching follow-up to the pathbreaking Urban Sprawl and Public Health, published in 2004. That book...

Ego Identity: A Handbook for Psychosocial Research contains an integrated presentation of identity theory, literature reviews covering the hundreds of research studies on identity, a discussion of the techniques of interviewing for psychosocial constructs, and model Identity Status Interviews and scoring manuals for three age groups: early- and middle- adolescence, the college years and adulthood. Special attention is devoted to questions of the personalit...

In the expansive anthology, "Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales," the reader is transported through a rich tapestry of speculative fiction that traverses time and space. This collection boasts an unparalleled variety of themes, from the mysteries of distant planets and the intrigue of forgotten worlds, to the stark realities of dystopian futures and the exhilarating suspense of apocalyptic narratives. The anthology captures the essenc...

There is no consensus about what someone who has violated society's rules must do in order to be fully restored to the community. Although repentance is a prominent idea in religions ranging from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to Buddhism and Hinduism, its use in civic culture is vague and inconsistent. For example, is remorse the same as repentance? Drawing from a variety of religious and civic perspectives, the renowned contributors to this book_from the fields of theology, philosophy,...

L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s The Magic of Recluce begins his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.Young Lerris yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. In Recluce this means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the lands beyond. Many do not survive.Lerris chooses dangergeld.Lerris will need ...

The Ultimate SF Collection: 150 Classics offers a sweeping survey of speculative fiction's evolution, presenting a diverse array of stories that collectively explore the limitless possibilities of science, technology, and human imagination. This anthology spans the genre's birth to its golden age, showcasing a rich tapestry of styles ranging from pioneering science fiction to visionary utopias and dystopias. Works within this collection captivate with their exploration of societal norms, e...