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"Readers will discover the science behind wildfires and learn how first responders aid in the coping, healing, and rebuilding of the affected communities post-disaster. Focused on 21st Century content, the SEL- (social-emotional learning) and inquiry-based sidebars encourage young readers to think, create, guess, and ask questions. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, bibliography, and sidebars"--

"Readers will discover the science behind floods and learn how first responders aid in the coping, healing, and rebuilding of the affected communities post-disaster. Focused on 21st Century content, the SEL- (social-emotional learning) and inquiry-based sidebars encourage young readers to think, create, guess, and ask questions. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, bibliography, and sidebars"--

"This book covers how both gun rights and gun control organizations explain and justify their respective positions on the ownership and use of guns in American society. It combines media sources, primary (previously unpublished) research by the author, personal experiences and organizational activities to create a balanced and comprehensive approach to a serious and continuous public debate"--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Confronting Risk Tradeoffs -- 2 Estrogen Therapy for Menopause -- 3 Clozapine Therapy for Schizophrenia -- 4 Licensing the Elderly Driver -- 5 Saving Gasoline and Lives -- 6 Eating Fish -- 7 Seeking Safe Drinking Water -- 8 Recycling Lead -- 9 Regulating Pesticides -- 10 Protecting the Global Environment -- 11 Resolving Risk Tradeoffs -- References -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Intro -- Praise -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Seventeen -- Eighteen -- Nineteen -- Twenty -- Twenty-One -- Twenty-Two -- Twenty-Three -- Twenty-Four -- Twenty-Five -- Twenty-Six -- Twenty-Seven -- Twenty-Eight -- Twenty-Nine -- Thirty -- Thirty-One -- Thirty-Two -- Thirty-Three -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Copyright.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Author's Note -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Copyright.

Introduction : Reading the book of nature -- Prelude : trouble over Bridgewater -- Part I: Writing. Becoming a Bridgewater author; Writing God into nature --Part II: Publishing. Distributing design; Science serialized -- Part III: Reading. Science and the practice of religion; Preachers and protagonists; Being a Christian "man of science"; Religion and the practice of science -- Conclusion : "the fashionable reign of the Bridgewater Treatises".

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- An Introduction to the Immediate Future of the United States -- Dispatch One: The Battle of the Bridge -- Dispatch Two: Portrait of an Assassination -- Dispatch Three: The Fall of New York -- Dispatch Four: The Outbreak of Widespread Violence -- Dispatch Five: The End of the Republic -- Conclusion: A Note on American Hope -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- About the Author -- Copyright.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraphs -- Contents -- Preface: Seeing between Worlds -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Plan of the Book -- Chapter 1. Learning in Navajoland -- Chapter 2. "Indians" -- Chapter 3. Federal Anti-Indian Law -- Chapter 4. The Domination Matrix -- Chapter 5. Revoking Christian Discovery Doctrine -- Chapter 6. Federal Anti-Indian Law in the Classroom -- Chapter 7. Call to Consciousness -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Description -- Contents -- How to Use This Series -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Command-and-ControlModels -- Chapter 2: Command and Control for Healthcare -- Chapter 3: Key Roles in Command-and-Control for Healthcare -- Chapter 4: Command Center Design -- Chapter 5: The Business Cycle and Documentation -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Adpage -- Backcover.

"Readers will learn about the first UN Sustainable Development Goal and what it takes to commit to ending poverty by 2030. Aligned to curriculum standards, this book also highlights key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Public Policy, Health and Wellness, Civics Literacy, and Environmental Stewardship. Includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and infographics"--

The book is a personal account of the changes in the economies, politics and societies of former Soviet Union countries, and the role of the IMF in helping them make the transition from planned to market economies. From 1992 to 2003, the author was in charge of the IMF's work on the fifteen countries that emerged from the former Soviet Union.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Atmospheric Citizens: How to Make Breathable Worlds -- 1. Instrumental Citizens: How to Retool Action -- 2. Speculative Citizens: How to Evidence Harm -- 3. Data Citizens: How to Reinvent Rights -- 4. Multiple Citizens: How to Cultivate Relations -- Conclusion. Sensing Citizens: How to Collectivize Experience -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Definitions, Statistics, and Issues -- 2. Media Messages -- 3. History's Strange Fruit -- 4. Racial Discrimination, Racial Profiling, and Racial Monitoring -- 5. Racial Hoaxes -- 6. White Crime -- 7. Race and Crime Literacy -- 8. The Soul Savers -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Data Snapshots on Race and Crime -- Appendix B: Racial Hoax Cases -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Behavior and Power -- 2 How to Influence Human Behavior -- 3 Cognitive Illusions -- 4 Policy Makers as Architects of Choice -- 5 Behavioral Change in Policy Making -- 6 Behavioral Bureaucracy -- 7 Is Nudging Libertarian? -- 8 Irrational or Adaptive? -- 9 Adaptive Nudging: BRANs and Boosts -- 10 Self-Nudging -- Conclusion: "Nudgood" or "Nudgevil"? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.