Describes historical, archeological, cultural, architectural, and gastronomic attractions

The Traveler's Atlas: France the Ultimate Tour Guide (English and French Edition)

Travel

Jacobson, Michael

Cabanne, Pierre

Bordas, Herve

Houdebine, Philippe

Europe

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested in the emerging scientific discipline. Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that has been rapidly developing over the last two decades. New information is included in this updated edition so that the text remains relevant. This volume contains five new chapters, but of special importance is the inclusion of an expanded set of student exercises. The two senior authors are leading scientists in their fields and have been awarded numerous prizes for their research efforts.

Earth System Science: From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Changes (Volume 72) (International Geophysics, Volume 72)

Science & Math

Orians, Gordon H.

Charlson, Robert J.

Rodhe, Henning

Chemistry

Academic Press

Salt Wars: The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet

From the crusader credited with popularizing the phrase "junk food," Salt Wars uncovers the group of scientists who worked with food industry lobbyists and fought all efforts to reduce the dangerous levels of sodium in our food. How food industry lobbyists and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food.A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks. It's been estimated that excess sodium in the American diet causes as many as 100,000 deaths deaths and many billions of dollars in avoidable health-care costs each year. And yet salt is everywhere in our diets-in packaged foods, fast foods, and especially meals at table-service restaurants. Why hasn't salt received the sort of public attention and regulatory action that sugar and fat have? In Salt Wars, Michael Jacobson explains how the American food industry and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food. Despite an abundance of research going back more than half a century showing that high-sodium diets lead to hypertension and other ills, a few scientists argue the opposite-that American consume a healthy amount of salt and that eating less would increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. This "man bites dog" take on sodium confused consumers and was enthusiastically taken up by food industry lobbyists. Jacobson, a salt wars combatant for more than forty years, explains what science actually says about salt intake and rebuts "sodium skeptics." He discusses what other countries are doing to cut dietary salt, and describes some recent victories in the United States. He advises readers how to reduce salt-warning them against "salt bombs" (Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, for example, packs an entire day's worth of sodium in one can)-and calls on them to suit up for the next battle in the salt wars.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

The MIT Press

This book documents the "unholy alliance" between corporations and Hollywood and takes up issues as how marketers turn citizens into consumers, ads that kill, sex in advertising, marketing in public schools, and selling of social issues. It acts as a primer on the social ills of commercialism.

Marketing Madness: A Survival Guide For A Consumer Society

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Routledge

Pell’s Equation is a very simple Diophantine equation that has been known to mathematicians for over 2000 years. Even today research involving this equation continues to be very active, as can be seen by the publication of at least 150 articles related to this equation over the past decade. However, very few modern books have been published on Pell’s Equation, and this will be the first to give a historical development of the equation, as well as to develop the necessary tools for solving the equation. The authors provide a friendly introduction for advanced undergraduates to the delights of algebraic number theory via Pell’s Equation. The only prerequisites are a basic knowledge of elementary number theory and abstract algebra. There are also numerous references and notes for those who wish to follow up on various topics.

Solving the Pell Equation (CMS Books in Mathematics)

Williams, Hugh

Earth Sciences

Springer

Navigating today's world is in many ways as challenging as it was in our ancestor's times. Sometimes we learn from our mistakes, sometimes we have to stumble again. Within the adventures in the life and times of our friend, Coyote, he does have his friend and faithful companion, Horse. Together they will traverse life's adventures and meet new friends along the way, be prepared to learn and grow with them. The most important lesson; education, common sense, and humor are all on the same path as you, enjoy the journey.

Horse and Coyote: Adventures, friends and enemies

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Michael

Windmill Hill

HodderHeadline

We are becoming more unhealthy with each passing generation. As our lives speed by, we turn to fast food, processed dinners, and exercise is replaced with 'vegging out' on the couch. But our bodies belong to God and we are to honor Him with our bodies. How do we do this? According to Dr. Michael Jacobson, good health practices are those that begin with placing the Creator in His proper place. In A Word on Health, Dr. Jacobson argues that the church must lay a biblical foundation for health care, taking seriously the Bible's promises for health and long life. He provides very practical steps every believer should take when facing illness. Dr. Jacobson covers a wide variety of subjects most often debated and wondered about within the Christian church. Some of those topics include: Bible's promises of long life and health, Types of sickness, Diet and doctrine, Nutrition and the Bible, The role of stress and illness, Learn to treat your health in a manner that honors God. A Word on Health will give you a great start!

The Word on Health: A Biblical and Medical Overview of How to Care for Your Body

Moody Publishers

In 1983, Reese's Pieces made their debut on the silver screen, gobbled up by that lovable alien ET, and sales of the candy shot up instantly by 66 percent. Reebok has sponsored the U.S. Olympic teamand the Russian team, as well! The British Boy Scouts sell space on their merit badges to advertisers.Michael Jacobson, founder of the Washington, D.C.based watchdog group, Center for the Study of Commercialism (CSC), and Laurie Ann Mazur have produced the book on marketing mania in the United States and the deleterious effects it is having on our ailing culture. Beyond documenting the unholy alliance” between corporations and Hollywood, the authors take up such disquieting issues as how marketers turn citizens into consumers, the quiet battle between private consumption and social welfare, ads that kill (alcohol and tobacco), the litter of billboards, stealth advertising, corporate interference with public television, the commercialization of Christmas, sex in advertising, marketing in our public schools, and the selling of social issues.This highly readable book interlocks fascinating illustrations with hard statistics and analysis drawn from years of research conducted under the aegis of the CSC. The result is a powerfully revealing book that informs, astounds, enrages, and instructs. It is a primer on the social ills of commercialism gone rampant, a call to action for all concerned citizens. As the authors contend, this book documents the problem, analyzes its effects, and empowers the reader by offering what you can do' suggestions for personal action.”

Collins, Ron

Mazur, Laurie

Industries

Westview Press

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