The Vietnam War was one of the most painful and divisive events in American history. The conflict, which ultimately took the lives of 58,000 Americans and more than three million Vietnamese, became a subject of bitter and impassioned debate. The most dramatic--and frequently the most enduring--efforts to define and articulate America's ill-fated involvement in Vietnam emerged from popular culture. American journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets, songwriters, and filmmakers--many of them eyewitnesses--have created powerful, heartfelt works documenting their thoughts and beliefs about...
The Vietnam War was one of the most painful and divisive events in American history. The conflict, which ultimately took the lives of 58,000 Americ...
Michigan offers a bounty of paddling destinations, and this book is the most complete and up-to-date guide available. Paddling Michigan includes more than 70 trips in both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas for beginner and expert paddlers alike. Classic rivers suchas the Au Sable, the Manistee, and the Wild and Scenic Jordan River are included, as well as popular sea-kayaking destinations like Isle Royal Nation Park, Grand Island, and the Keweenaw Water Trail. Wheter you want whitewater or flatwater, this book has it all. Maps show access points and landmarks, and are complemented by detailed...
Michigan offers a bounty of paddling destinations, and this book is the most complete and up-to-date guide available. Paddling Michigan includes more ...
"North America, " tells the story of this environmental awakening and the continuing problems that the continent faces. It tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies of the North American environment.
According to some estimates, one out of every nine barrels of oil used in the world every day is consumed by a North American motorist. In 1996, World Wildlife Fund Canada estimated that the country was losing wilderness to development at a rate of more than one acre every 15 seconds. Today, this pace of destruction has been faulted for eroding much of...
"North America, " tells the story of this environmental awakening and the continuing problems that the continent faces. It tackles the tough issues...
Home to Earth's longest mountain range, largest river, and greatest rainforest, no region boasts greater geographic extremes, faces greater environmental dangers, and enjoys more economic potential from its biodiversity than Latin America and the Caribbean.
What are the political and economic factors affecting the Amazon's rapidly disappearing rainforest? What is being done to harvest life-saving drugs from the plants of the Orinoco? And what lies behind the mysterious disappearance of Central America's frogs? The work includes essays, tables and figures, and an appendix titled...
Home to Earth's longest mountain range, largest river, and greatest rainforest, no region boasts greater geographic extremes, faces greater environ...
This new reference shows readers the many ways throughout American history in which environmental concerns have intersected with issues of energy production and consumption, government regulation, private property rights, economic growth, and lifestyle choices.
This new reference shows readers the many ways throughout American history in which environmental concerns have intersected with issues of energy prod...
Kevin Hillstrom, the author of numerous books, a must-read marketing and analytics blog, and a highly engaging Twitter presence, is pushing the envelope once again with the release of "Hillstrom's 2011 Almanac." This unique format offers readers one marketing, analytics, or leadership tip per day. The goal is to not overwhelm the reader with too much detail or too many facts. Instead, Mr. Hillstrom avoids complex math and geeky formulas, focusing on common sense tactics and approaches to improve your marketing, analytics, and leadership efforts. The reader will not be exposed to what Mr....
Kevin Hillstrom, the author of numerous books, a must-read marketing and analytics blog, and a highly engaging Twitter presence, is pushing the envelo...
"Asia" tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the environment of this vast landmass. This volume encompasses everything from economics, land use, energy and transportation, to air pollution, rivers and lakes, oceans, and species and habitat protection.
In Malaysia, unchecked discharges of industrial waste and human sewage led the government to label 42 of its rivers officially "dead." According to some estimates, Southeast Asia alone accounts for more than half of the world's total transport of sediment to the oceans. In the...
"Asia" tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the environment of this vast landmass. This volu...
Brings together more than 150 primary-source historic documents that helps readers understand how US health policies have evolved to the point where they now exert a tremendous influence over virtually every aspect of American life, from the commercial fortunes of industries to the household budgets of ordinary families.
Brings together more than 150 primary-source historic documents that helps readers understand how US health policies have evolved to the point where t...
They are vast, distant, and scarcely populated. Yet the environments of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica are facing the same threats confronting the rest of the planet, as well as some unique ones of their own. How have human-introduced species impacted Australia's natural order? What new global conventions are helping close Antarctica's ozone hole? And how is global climate change threatening the South Pacific's species-rich coral reefs?
The region's governments are grappling with the spectre of global warming, which, if not meaningfullly addressed by industrialized nations...
They are vast, distant, and scarcely populated. Yet the environments of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica are facing the same threats confronting ...
Times are changing. Unfortunately, the process that catalogers use to select customers for individual mailings is largely the same as it was twenty-five years ago. In "Hillstrom's Contact Strategy," Kevin Hillstrom builds upon the principles outlined in his "Catalog PhD" booklet. Here, Mr. Hillstrom combines catalog value, email value, and paid search customer value, enabling the catalog expert to identify the most profitable combination of catalogs and email marketing campaigns, on an annual basis. The result is an elegant methodology that generates between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 of...
Times are changing. Unfortunately, the process that catalogers use to select customers for individual mailings is largely the same as it was twenty-fi...
