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This ongoing series serves as a stepping stone in understanding specific careers and provides a wealth of information on the education and training needed within each profession along with a look towards the future of the field with an informative employment outlook.

Highlights hundreds of key figures who fought for human rights around the globe. These informative, in-depth biographies feature those activists who fought to end slavery and discrimination, promote the rights of women and children, and those whose mission is to promote peace, freedom and equal rights around the world.

Covers allergies, defined as hypersensitivity to the immune system, and immune disorders, which are dysfunctions of the immune system classified as different from allergies based on immune system disorders. The book explores allergies to common allergens, like pollen and certain foods, as well as a variety of immune disorders such as lupus.

Provides both an overview of and a more in-depth context to the stories of over 100 acclaimed writers. Each entry includes a comprehensive overview of each author's biography and literary career as well as a ready-reference listing of their major works in all genres.

A follow up to the popular first volume of Novels into Film (2018), this volume adds another 100 significant novels and movie adaptations ranging from classics to contemporary, offering a unique look at how a story makes its way from the printed page to the screen.

Introduces readers to the fundamentals of oceanography using easy-to-understand language. Readers will get a solid start and deeper understanding of this complex subject that affects much of our lives on Earth, from climate, to pollution, to food supply.

Energy, the capacity of an object to do work, is one of the most fundamental principles, affecting nearly every aspect of life on this planet. This volume in the Principles of Science series provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to energy, covering basic concepts, possibilities, ethical issues, and potential consequences of energy.

Examines how today's US citizen was first imagined, how citizenship was established and codified, and how it has been refined over time. Essays also consider barriers to full citizenship, including voting rights, civil rights, prisoner's rights, immigration quotas, and the process of becoming a naturalized citizen.

From the American Revolution to the present day, financial institutions and financial practices - from banks to the stock market to tariffs to bailouts - remain at the core of behaviours, politics, and even beliefs. The documents in this set discuss the political and social currents that have affected America's economy.

Explores the academic discipline of geology and related fields of study in more than 100 easy to understand entries. Broad categories covered in this volume include: plate tectonics, evolutionary history of life, geologic time, planetary geology, hydrology and dating techniques, like relative or absolute dating.

This new resource introduces students and researchers to the fundamentals of information technology using easy-to-understand language that provides both a solid background and a deeper understanding and appreciation of this important and evolving subject.

Plagues and pandemics are a part of global history, from the biblical ""plague of locusts"" to today's COVID-19 pandemic. This two-volume set includes content on the Black Death, smallpox, the plague, malaria, typhoid, polio, SARS, AIDS, Covid-19 and others.

Satire is one of the oldest, most common, and most important literary genres. Famous works of satire have been written from classical times to the present day. This volume will not only explore various particular works of satire, but will also examine satire as a specific kind of writing.

Shakespeare's intricately structured drama employs a rich range of poetry and prose to juxtapose fairies and mortals, fantasy and reality, reason and madness. This volume offers new perspectives on its complex form, rich language, key themes and reinterpretations in light of contemporary concerns with gender, harassment, social division and trauma.

Geography is the understanding the characteristics of places and the complex interconnections among them. This new edition of World Geography is arranged into six volumes by world region: North America and the Caribbean; South and Central America; Africa; Europe; Asia; Australia; Oceania, and the Antarctic.

Brings together overviews and in-depth analysis of hundreds of American women writers, from Colonial America to present day. This work concentrates on women writers of literature, including novels, short stories, poetry, and drama. Essays include a personal biography and a summary of works, with valuable top matter details.

Explores the ways in which civil rights have been given, cemented, overturned, or left unrecognised, from the first uprisings to the present day. This two volume work contains more than 350 in-depth essays that analyse the events that have shaped American attitudes from the start of the civil rights movement into the new millennium.

The Middle East and the United States have had a complex relationship, especially as it relates to the conflicts and wars that the region has endured over the past three centuries. This two-volume set includes in-depth chapters that provide a thorough commentary of significant primary source documents.

The first title in Salem's Principles of Health series, this book discusses the branch of medicine that deals with causes, evaluation, prevention and treatment of pain across medical specialties. This volume discusses pain as both a symptom and a primary disease.

The tension between openness and transparency with the need to keep information secure and out of the hands of an enemy has been at the heart of some of the most riveting episodes in American history. This title provides primary documentation on the secrets, leaks, and scandals throughout all of America's history.