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Jonas Salk
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Peggy J. Parks |
A biography of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century. |
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Bath salts and other synthetic drugs
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Peggy J. Parks |
Examines the history, health effects, social issues, and legal status of different types of synthetic drugs through objective overviews, primary sources, and illustrated statistics.
Synthetic drugs … |
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The Black lives matter movement
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Peggy J. Parks |
Black Lives Matter was born in July 2013 after a jury exonerated the killer of an unarmed black youth named Trayvon Martin. Since that time it has become known as a formidable, often controversial, c… |
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Aswan High Dam
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Peggy J. Parks |
Describes the techniques used and difficulties faced in building Egypt's Aswan High Dam, which tamed the vital waters of the Nile and changed the lives of Egyptians, as well as 100,000 Nubians displa… |
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