(Hardback)
By: E. Willard Miller
ISBN: 9781576070581
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
Discusses where and how floods occur in the US.
(Hardback)
By: Pat J. Fitzpatrick
ISBN: 9781576070710
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
This easily accessible reference work reveals the workings of savage tropical storms, charts their actions and cycles, assesses their economic and environmental impact, and reviews the latest research on hurricanes.
(Hardback)
By: Martin K. Gay
ISBN: 9780874368475
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
The era of the new information revolution is arriving faster than any other era in the history of humanity-and its implications for communication, work, democracy, and education are discussed in detail in this volume.
(Hardback, 2nd edition)
By: Kevin Bales
ISBN: 9781851098156
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
A shocking account of how slavery continues to afflict millions around the world today-from children in the carpet trade in Asia, to immigrants forced into prostitution in Europe, to domestic workers in the United States and other Western countries.
(Hardback, 2nd edition)
By: Harry Henderson
ISBN: 9781610693967
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
Provides timely and up-to-date facts, context, perspectives, and tools to make informed decisions about nuclear energy.
In the 21st century, nuclear power has been identified as a viable alternative to traditional energy sources to stem global climate change, and condemned as risky to human health and environmentally irresponsible.
(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)
By: Sarah J. Diehl
ISBN: 9781598840711
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
An updated edition of ABC-CLIO's classic reference book on nuclear arms programs and proliferation in nations around the world.
(Hardback, 2nd edition)
By: Judith S. Stern
ISBN: 9781440838040
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in countries like the United States. This book provides a comprehensive summary of obesity in America and around the world, discussing the causes and proposing ways to help stem the tide and to help those who are overweight.
(Hardback)
By: Peter J. Jacques
ISBN: 9781576076224
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
A sweeping overview of the problems, politics, and policies of international and domestic management of the world's oceans.
(Hardback)
By: Robert Gellman
ISBN: 9781598846492
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
The Internet is great-until someone hacks your accounts or otherwise violates your privacy. This expert book provides a thorough and up-to-date overview of the key issues and risks relative to online privacy and explains how to counter those risks with solutions everyone needs to know.
(Paperback)
By: Shauna M. McIntyre
ISBN: 9798765166994
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
See more...
This reference handbook is a valuable resource for students and general readers curious about the history, evolution, and growth of the organic food movement.
(Hardback)
By: Shauna M. McIntyre
ISBN: 9781440870033
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
(Paperback)
By: David E. Newton
ISBN: 9798765167526
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
See more...
Plastic plays a vital role in today's world but has become increasingly problematic. This book discusses the history and evolution of plastic, its many uses, and the implications that it has on our health and environment.
(Hardback)
By: David E. Newton
ISBN: 9781440875397
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
(Hardback)
By: Dean John Champion
ISBN: 9781576075999
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
With just the right dose of academic pragmatism, Police Misconduct in America assesses the history of police excesses from 1900 to the present.
(Hardback)
By: Leonard A. Steverson
ISBN: 9781598840438
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
This book maps the development of modern policingboth theory and practicefrom humans first efforts at social control, through the British roots of modern policing, to the unique institution of American policing today.
How Americans view police has varied dramatically through history.
(Hardback)
By: Christina G. Villegas
ISBN: 9781440877681
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
(Paperback)
By: Keisha L. Goode
ISBN: 9798765167106
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
See more...
This book provides students with information on how pregnancy and giving birth are transformative personal and social events.
(Hardback)
By: Keisha L. Goode
ISBN: 9781440869211
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
(Hardback)
By: David E. Newton
ISBN: 9781440839788
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
(Hardback)
By: David E. Newton
ISBN: 9781440877728
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
(Hardback)
By: Nicole Hahn Rafter
ISBN: 9781576071021
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
A handy source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, and programs and services in America's prisons.
(Hardback)
By: Cyndi Banks
ISBN: 9781440844379
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
(Hardback, 2nd edition)
By: Jeff Bumgarner
ISBN: 9781610698511
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
An unbiased examination of profiling in the criminal justice system-one of the most hotly contested public policy issues-on the streets, in the courts, and in the jails and prisons of America.
(Hardback)
By: Richard D. Van Scotter
ISBN: 9780874365955
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 1991
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
Beginning with a brief history of public education in the U.S., Public Schooling in America examines traditional and progressive movements and the current goal of combining educational excellence with equality of access.
