encyclopedias

Examines the power of junk food and fast food, the influence of the companies that manufacture or sell them, and their alarming affect on the country's state of health.

Contains alphabetically-arranged entries that provide information about physical fitness and nutrition, from additives and processed foods to weight management, and includes a glossary and other additional resources.

Introduces the major systems of the human body; covering the circulatory, digestive, endocrine, integumentary, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal, and urinary systems; providing detailed descriptions of the related physiological processes for each bodily system; and describing cells and tissue types, as well as the organs and their roles within the larger systems.

Provides comprehensive coverage of the writers of the Beat generation, who emphasized experimental techniques, bohemian lifestyles, and rebellious attitudes, and whose writings had a profound effect on the literature and culture of the 1950s and '60s.

Presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.

Presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.

Contains numerous entries on medical conditions, from avian flu to warts. Entries cover infectious diseases, injuries, genetic disorders, and others.

Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons.