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Offers advice to students on how to recognize and deal with potential crises, featuring vignettes that show a girl who is feeling suicidal after being dumped by her boyfriend, and a victim of bullying who is threatening revenge.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel reflects upon his life, his work as a writer, journalist, and human rights activist, and his concerns about terrorism and the future of mankind.

Looks at various types of crashes, including race car accidents, motorcycle-automobile collisions and how to prevent associated injuries, a skydiver whose parachute malfunctioned, the possibility of an asteroid colliding with Earth, and the Tevatron particle accelerator.

Presents a history of the invention and use of assembly lines in manufacturing.

Describes the eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius and the resulting destruction of the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, and draws from archaeological evidence to analyze Roman lifestyles.

Collection of episodes about the manufacturing of various personal transportation vehicles and their parts.

Examines some of the new and resurgent diseases that pose a threat to global public health in the early twenty-first century including AIDS and avian flu, and discusses the urgent need to strengthen global public health systems.

Identifies the natural and synthetic fibers most often used in clothing, discusses the properties of each, and explains where they come from and how they are made into fabric.

Traces the life of Chinese philosopher Confucius from his impoverished childhood to his years as a famous teacher, and discusses why his message of five virtues was not universally accepted.

"Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and ... interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion"--Container.