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A father and his daughter enjoy each other's company in a park on a summer's day. Ally asks her dad who she is, thus the pair embark on a life-changing conversation about love, identity and forgiveness. While Ally feels out of place in her teenage world, her father does his best to explain to her how all of humanity is connected. The father uses examples from everyday life to help his daughter understand how people are unique but connected as ...

The air pollution that we breathe every day is largely invisible - but it is killing us. How did it get this bad, and how can we stop it? Far from a modern-day problem, scientists were aware of the impact of air pollution as far back as the seventeenth century. Now, as more of us live in cities, we are closer than ever to pollution sources and the detrimental impact on the environment and our health has reached crisis point. Gary Fuller's glob...

An urgent examination of one of the biggest global crises facing us today--air pollution--looking at the drastic worsening of the problem, and what we can do about it."Fascinating, readable, and terrifying in equal measure." -Mark Lynas, author of Six DegreesThe air pollution that we breathe every day is largely invisible-but it is killing us. How did it get this bad, and how can we stop it? Far from a modern-day problem, scientists were aware...

An examination of air pollution as one of the most urgent crises, highlighting what needs to change. From the "Guardian" Pollutionwatch columnist.

John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is among the most important books in philosophy ever written. It is also a difficult work dealing with many themes, including the origin of ideas, the extent and limits of human knowledge, the philosophy of perception, and religion and morality. This volume is original in that it focuses on the last two of these topics and provides a clear and insightful survey of these overlooked aspects of Lo...

John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is among the most important books in philosophy ever written. It is also a difficult work dealing with many themes, including the origin of ideas, the extent and limits of human knowledge, the philosophy of perception, and religion and morality. This volume is original in that it focuses on the last two of these topics and provides a clear and insightful survey of these overlooked aspects of Lo...

Dr. Steven Grant, Columbia University professor of political science and special assistant to the UN Secretary-General, is recruited by the CIA to identify a terrorist cell formed inside the United Nations. Still recovering from the death of his wife a year ago, Grant hopes this new adventure will spring him from the deep depression he's suffered.When an undercover Mossad agent posing as an Arabic aide at the UN discovers the terrorists' plan,...

Dr. Steven Grant, Columbia University professor of political science and special assistant to the UN Secretary-General, is recruited by the CIA to identify a terrorist cell formed inside the United Nations. Still recovering from the death of his wife a year ago, Grant hopes this new adventure will spring him from the deep depression he's suffered.When an undercover Mossad agent posing as an Arabic aide at the UN discovers the terrorists' plan,...

Gary Fuller¿s entertaining and informative guide uses geographic trivia questions as a springboard to learning about non-trivial aspects of our globe. An enlightening book for all readers, it enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun. Discover who named the kangaroo, where can you find Lakers and Salties, what chili peppers, pineapple, chocolate, and vanilla have in common, where Shangri La was, and who was the most successful ...

Fear rises that building tension between Palestinians and Israelis may cause local violence to spread. The President of the United States is scheduled as keynote speaker for a national conference on Homeland Security to address whether that violence could reach America. A small group of terrorists enter the US illegally and plot revenge attacks against Israelis and Americans. They plan to make this presentation by the President the last one ...

Fear rises that building tension between Palestinians and Israelis may cause local violence to spread. The President of the United States is scheduled as keynote speaker for a national conference on Homeland Security to address whether that violence could reach America. A small group of terrorists enter the US illegally and plot revenge attacks against Israelis and Americans. They plan to make this presentation by the President the last one ...

This entertaining book takes us on a fascinating exploration of the world of food. Take a journey with the dynamic father and daughter duo, geographer Gary Fuller and chef Tracy Reddekopp, as they travel around the globe into different cultures and traditions, enriching the trip with recipes to extend the experience into our kitchen and homes.

Gary Fuller's entertaining and engaging guide enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun, using trivia to open up new worlds of knowledge for all readers. Often dismissed as unimportant, trivia here highlights issues that are far from trivial, pondering, for example, what peaceful country requires citizens to keep guns in their homes? what continent contains at least 75 percent of the world's fresh water? and why aren't New York...

Distinctive Distance Learning Education Design: Models for Differentiated Instruction attempts to gather the traditional models of teaching and learning and present them in a way that is useful to both new and experienced online teachers in a manner that can assist in increasing the overall effectiveness of online courses and training sessions and provide a greater impact for both the teacher and the learner.