Voyaging through over 50 countries, this book covers topics relevant to the environment's condition and factors which can play a role in determining its future: Earth, Agriculture, Cities, Oil, Global Warming, Sea, Water, Forest and Humanism. It focuses on practical solutions for the environmental challenges.
Throughout his research into memory theory, Nelson Dellis found existing memory improvement guides to be wanting--overcomplicated, dry, and stodgy. So he decided to write a book that is approachable and fun, centered on what people actually need to remember. In Remember It!, Dellis teaches us how to make the most of our memory, using his competition-winning techniques. Presenting the information in a user-friendly way, Dellis offers bite-size chapters, addressing things we wish we could remember but often forget: names, grocery lists, phone numbers, where you left your keys--you name it! This fast-paced, highly illustrated tour of the inner workings of the brain makes improving your memory simple and fun.
Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher''s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine.
Beginning with opium, the ''joy plant,'' which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.
A full-length account of the award-winning authors' internet-recorded experiment with dating each other for 40 days collectsin addition to artwork, photos and textsa wealth of previously unpublished materials. Original. 50,000 first printing.
Introduces readers to a range of styles - from casual to formal, vintage to urban - alongside photography and design stories. This book describes the design process of his projects, including a downtown loft, a traditional estate, and a converted schoolhouse. It explores a view on the modern design spectrum.
