This general reference atlas presents a comprehensive picture of the world and major geographical issues. Topics, which include climate and weather, the oceans, population, the world economy, health and communications, are presented through maps, satellite images, 3D terrain models, photographs, statistics and graphics. These are backed up by detailed world statistics on key socio-economic indicators. The comprehensive index contains over 45,000 place names and includes special gazetteer-style entries which provide key facts about selected places and geographical features around the world.

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An updated edition reflects the world's latest boundary, place name, population, and environmental changes, in a resource complemented by satellite images, a gazetteer-index, and a glossary of geographical terms.

Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, Eleventh Edition (TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD COMPREHENSIVE EDITION)

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

Moalem, Sharon

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Harpercollins Entertainment

How to Grow a Human: Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made

A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading.
After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons – essentially mini-brains – Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves.
In an age when we are increasingly encouraged to regard the 'self' as an abstract sequence of genetic information, or as a pattern of neural activity that might be 'downloaded' to a computer, he return us to the body – to flesh and blood – and anchors a conception of personhood in this unique and ephemeral mortal coil. How to Build a Human brings us back to ourselves – but in doing so, it challenges old preconceptions and values. It asks us to rethink how we exist in the world.

BALL, PHILIP

William Collins

Two summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball’s arm and turned it into a rudimentary “mini-brain.” The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life—but whose?\nIn his most mind-bending book yet, Ball makes that disconcerting question the focus of a tour through what scientists can now do in cell biology and tissue culture. He shows how these technologies could lead to tailor-made replacement organs for when ours fail, to new medical advances for repairing damage and assisting conception, and to new ways of “growing a human.” For example, it might prove possible to turn skin cells not into neurons but into eggs and sperm, or even to turn oneself into the constituent cells of embryos. Such methods would also create new options for gene editing, with all the attendant moral dilemmas. Ball argues that such advances can therefore never be about “just the science,” because they come already surrounded by a host of social narratives, preconceptions, and prejudices. But beyond even that, these developments raise questions about identity and self, birth and death, and force us to ask how mutable the human body really is—and what forms it might take in years to come.

Little Blue Book: Philadelphia Suburbs 2010-2011

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Little Blue Book Philadelphia Suburbs 2011-2012

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The essential guide to refining and improving grammar – from the basics of sentence structure to the art of composing written works. A concise, comprehensive handbook of the basic rules of grammar and usage that presents invaluable tips on how to implement these rules in everyday writing and speaking. Succinct and immensely practical with coverage of punctuation, capitalization, the parts of the sentence, words often confused, foreign words and phrases, numbers, signs and symbols, etc.

The Elements of Grammar

SHERTZER, MARGARET D.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Longman Pub. Group

In this newsmaking report of the largest study to date of mental illness in America, Robins and Regier and a roster of leading psychiatrists and epidemiologists document the true dimensions of the various psychiatric disorders afflicting millions of contemporary Americans.

Psychiatric Disorders in America: The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study

Darrel A. Regier

Lee N. Robins

Psychology & Counseling

Free Press

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

Zinsser, William K.

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