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The RealAge Makeover The RealAge Makeover Michael F. Roizen The bestselling author of RealAge has more ways to turn back the clock and get a new lease on life.Thousands of Americans are younger today than they were five years ago. How? By following the specif… OL100831W
Amores que matan Amores que matan Vicente Garrido Genoves En Amores que matan el autor analiza en detalle la violencia física y emocional contra la mujer, así como el acoso, una experiencia de terror psicológico que en muchas ocasiones puede quedar impune. … OL10288408W
Anti-aging herbal drugs of Ayurveda Anti-aging herbal drugs of Ayurveda Gyanendra Pandey, Dr. With reference to India. OL1049204W
Violence Violence James Gilligan Drawing on firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, and literature, Gilligan unveils the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who will not only kill others b… OL109014W
Preventing childhood obesity Preventing childhood obesity Jeffrey P. Koplan,Catharyn T. Liverman,Vivica I. Kraak,Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth. "Preventing Childhood Obesity provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social environmental medical and dietary … OL11637591W
The Narcotic Farm The Narcotic Farm Nancy D. Campbell "From its opening in 1935, the United States Narcotic Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, epitomized the nation's ambivalence about how to deal with drug addiction. On the one hand, it functioned as a compa… OL11882902W
Forgotten people, forgotten diseases Forgotten people, forgotten diseases Peter Hotez The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common infections of the world's poor, but few people know about these diseases and why they are so important. This second edition of Forgotten Peo… OL11885653W
La lutte mondiale contre la corruption La lutte mondiale contre la corruption Radouane Bnou-Nouçair Cet ouvrage offre une étude du phénomène de la corruption. Après une définition de la terminologie, les cas les plus connus et médiatisés sont décrits chronologiquement de l'Empire romain jusqu'aux r… OL11894056W
Whatever it takes Whatever it takes Paul Tough An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to … OL11921156W
Blood wedding Blood wedding P. J. Brooke Inspector Max Romero investigates the death of a Muslim girl in Granada, Spain. The prime suspect may have terrorist links, but insensitive handling of the case leads to his suicide. As a result, Max… OL11947277W
Early warning Early warning Kumār Rūpasiṃha Articles on preventive diplomacy and conflict resolution. OL11958805W
Move a little, lose a lot Move a little, lose a lot Levine, James MD. Escape Your Desk Sentence!Dr. James Levine, one of the country's top specialists in obesity, says America suffers from "sitting disease." We spend nearly ten to fifteen hours of our day sitting--in c… OL12018320W
Responding to terrorism Responding to terrorism Robert Imre Terrorism and political violence as a field is growing and expanding. This volume, however, provides a cross-disciplinary analysis - political, philosophical and legal - in a single text and will app… OL12047113W
Can we put an end to sweatshops? Can we put an end to sweatshops? Archon Fung,Dara O'Rourke,Charles Sabel,Archon Fung "Knowing that information about the conditions of workers around the world can influence what consumers buy and what governments regulate, Dara O'Rourke, Archon Fung, and Charles Sabel argue that mak… OL12227132W
Bullyproof your child for life Bullyproof your child for life Jenna Glatzer,Joel Haber,Joel David Haber As featured in the New York Times-an expert's proven technique for stamping out bullying."Bully Coach" Joel Haber, Ph.D., is one of the foremost experts in the prevention of bullying. A pioneer in th… OL12255847W
Breakdown Breakdown John Cosgrove Between 1989 and 1999 half the teachers in England and Wales quit their posts. By the late nineties more than six thousand teachers a year were retiring early on grounds of ill health. In recent year… OL12383329W
The great American heart hoax The great American heart hoax Michael D. Ozner Addressing the importance of preventative measures over uncertain surgeries, this groundbreaking study reveals the secret to cardiovascular health. Illustrating the disturbing realities about the hea… OL12435576W
Making safety work Making safety work National Safety Council Discusses the importance of safety and ways to prevent accidents at home, in school, and in business and industry OL13159892W
Licensing parents Licensing parents Michael T. McFall "In Licensing Parents, Michael T. McFall argues that political structures, economics, education, racism, and sexism are secondary in importance to the inequality caused by families, and that the fami… OL13614193W
Suicide and self-harm in prisons and jails Suicide and self-harm in prisons and jails Christine Tartaro "Police and corrections personnel must always be mindful of the possibility that those in their custody may attempt suicide or commit an act of self-mutilation. Persons housed in prisons, jails, and … OL13614330W
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