Jakab, Cheryl

Addresses the topic of waste management and uses case studies to show both positive and negative examples. Discusses how readers can produce their production of waste and includes full-color photographs and a glossary.

Photographs, diagrams, and text describe how the body's skeletal system works, the parts of the skeletal system, advancements in diagnosis and treatment of bone problems, and the development of the skeleton.

Photographs, illustrations, and text describe how the body's nervous system works, the parts of the nervous system, how the brain receives messages, and how injuries and genetic disorders can affect the nervous system.

Photographs, illustrations, and text describe how the body's circulatory system works, the parts of the circulatory system, advancements in diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulation problems, and ways to keep the circulatory system healthy.

Photographs, diagrams, and text describe how the body's muscular system works, the parts of the muscular system, advancements in diagnosis and treatment of muscular problems, and the development of healthy muscles.

Photographs, illustrations, and text describe the function of the body's digestive system.

Discusses the most urgent issues with natural resources around the globe, including high rates of consumption, damage from mining, lumber harvesting decreasing forest cover, loss of soil fertility and erosion, and throwing resources away as garbage.

Discusses the most urgent energy supply issues around the globe, including high demand for energy, limited supply of nonrenewable fossil fuel, pollution and global warming, running out of renewable resources, and problems with new alternative fuel.

Discusses the loss of biodiversity and its impact, including introduced species pushing out local species, threatened and endangered large mammals, threats to ocean life, and the need to protect areas rich in species found nowhere else.

Discusses various issues related to water supply, covering decreasing supplies, damage caused by the building of dams, wasting irrigation water, overuse of ground water, and access to freshwater, and including two case studies for each as well as advice on what that reader can do to help.