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Explores the future of wind power and discusses the role of the government in its future.

Explores the future of hydrogen power and discusses its impact on the environment, its cost, and if it can ever replace fossil fuels.

Explores the future of hydropower and discusses its impact on the environment, its costs, and if it can ever replace fossil fuels.

Explores the future of biofuels and discusses their impact on the environment, cost, and if they can ever replace fossil fuels.

Examines the debate over animal rights, discussing arguments for and against animals having rights, and encouraging students to utilize critical thinking skills to create informed opinions on the issue.

Discusses addiction including symptoms, treatments, and how to cope with it.

"'Black Lives Matter' covers the shootings that touched off passionate protests, the work of activists to bring about a more just legal system, and the tensions in US society that these events have brought to light"--Publisher's website.

Describes how a group of European scientists, including Copernicus, Kepler, Brahe, Galileo, and Newton, overturned the centuries-old accepted view of a geocentric universe and how these scientists risked their reputations and even their lives to challenge the very heart of Catholic dogma and scientific tradition.

Tells the story of Andersonville, a Civil War prison camp in Georgia where thousands of Union prisoners died in the last fourteen months of the war, drawing from a variety of documents to consider whether the prison's commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was justifiably convicted and hanged.

Presents ten critical essays on the works of Colombian author Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, and includes an interview with M?rquez, a biographical essay, a chronology, and a bibliography.