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Provides a brief overview of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, covering the bill itself and its implementation over the last half decade.

Explains the basics of hydraulic fracturing, considers the political and economic benefits, and explores the possible health dangers and damage to the environment.

An overview of higher education discussing debates over the value of post-secondary education, problems of affordability, concerns about the growing economic divide, and related topics.

" ... provides a concise overview of Al Qaeda's trajectory ... [and] the inner workings of this complex organization, ... offer[ing] readers answers to the fundamental questions about Al Qaeda and the Islamic State: who they are, where they came from, where they're going, and--perhaps most critically--what [people] can do about it"--Back cover.

Provides information on cybersecurity, discussing the central issues, how cybersecurity works, and why it is important.

Offers an overview of the history of Sudan and the origins of the conflict that has divided the region and the impact that conflict has had on the country's people; discusses the issues of citizenship, security, and oil field management that rose from South Sudan's 2011 change to an independent nation; and discusses the human rights crisis in Darfur.