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Eating St. Louis: The Gateway City's Unique Food Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Corrigan, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Reedy Press, A banquet on the page, Eating St. Louis explores why we eat what we eat, and where we eat it-serving up stories (from days gone by to earlier this week) of the places, people, and comestibles that have come to define and feed our fair city. Picture this: Color photos of food that will make your mouth water as well as historic images that recall our culinary heritage serve to season these pages, tucked in among photos of our town's restaurateurs, chefs, brewers, and others in the food service industry. Feast on facts about local farmers' markets (and the sources of the bounty), and sample a spoonful of the politics of food. Thirsty? Eating St. Louis also raises a glass to local breweries, wineries, and iconic watering holes. Published in cooperation with Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University.

National Guide to Funding for Information Technology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Foundation Center, PUBLISHER: Foundation Center, This volume represents a valuable source of information for organizations eager to enhance their services with the latest technologies. The National Guide provides essential facts on over 400 grantmakers, each with a history of awarding grant dollars to projects involving information technology. Imagine the time you will save by having, in a single convenient source, a list of grantmakers already interested in this field The National Guide covers all the facts you need to bolster your target list of funding prospects. Each entry provides crucial data -- address, financial data, giving priorities, application procedures, contact names, and key officials. The volume also includes close to descriptions of recently awarded grants -- a sure indication of foundation giving interests. A range of indexes will help you target funders by specific program areas favored and geographic areas preferred by grantmakers. Each year the grantmakers featured in this volume award millions of dollars for projects involving computer science, engineering and technology, telecommunications, and media and communications to a range of educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations. Don't let your organization miss its share of foundation grant dollars -- order your copy today.

Zoo Album

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morecroft, Richard / MacKay, Alison / Lloyd-Diviny, Karen, PUBLISHER: Enchanted Lion Books, Dive into "Zoo Album" for a fascinating and mem-orable encounter with a wonderful array of animals. The ten animals portrayed are: western lowland gorilla, Sumatran tiger, black rhino, Tasmanian devil, short-beaked echidna, little penguin, Andean condor, komodo dragon, green anaconda, and poison arrow frog. Their personalities, habits and habitats are as diverse as the food they eat and the sounds they make. Capturing the reader's attention with its superb realistic illustrations, "Zoo Album" also informs with facts and details about the animals and how they live. The basic facts for each animal are: name, age, height, weight and food preference. There is a general description of behavior and living conditions. Moreover, "Did you know?" boxes provide unusual information followed by a statement from each animal's keeper -- the person best able to describe its personality and special characteristics. "Zoo Album" is eye-catching, fun and interesting. After reading it, children will visit the zoo with a new, constructive understanding of the experience. Enhancing the volume for educational purposes is a handy "Resources" section, which provides links to websites that offer loads of pictures and rich information about zoos, animals, wildlife, and issues of extinction, conservation and environmental awareness.

The Nez Perce

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk / Himler, Ronald, PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Their history, customs, and facts about the tribe today.

Chemistry, a First Course

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kroschwitz, Jacqueline I., PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, This proven, introductory chemistry text has been thoroughly enhanced to prepare your students for a general chemistry or general, organic, and biological chemistry course. With a logical organization and balanced treatment of concepts and practical applications, Chemistry: A First Course fosters a solid understanding of chemistry basics, rather than just memorization of facts. Throughout the text, concepts are reinforced by referring to material previously discussed. This respected author team's lively, conversational, and highly descriptive writing style will quickly engage your students and draw them into the world of chemistry.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Cliches

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ammer, Christine, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, While dictionaries define cliches as trite phrases or expressions that convey popular or common ideas

Changing Ecosystems: Effects of Global Warming

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Casper, Julie Kerr, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, Changing Ecosystems looks at this serious issue and the far-reaching effects it is having right now, and will have in the future, on every ecosystem on Earth. It is crucial that readers understand the relevant issues now so they can prevent this problem before it is too late and many species and habitats are gone forever. By discussing the effects of global warming on ecosystems, this new volume enlightens students on the many ways they can become more eco-responsible now and in the future.

Authors & Artists for Young Adults

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McMahon, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Gale Cengage, With Author & Artists Young Adults, teens have a source where they can discover fascinating and entertaining facts about the writers, artists, personalities and cartoonists that most interest them, including: -- Mary Cassatt -- Stephen Crane -- Emily Dickinson -- Alfred Hitchcock -- Jacqueline Woodson -- And others. International in scope, each volume contains entries offering personal behind-the-scenes information, portraits, movie stills, bibliographies, a cumulative index and more.

Women Suffragists

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Helmer, Diana Star, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, Each volume in the American Profiles series provides middle and high school students with concise information on eight to thirteen important and influential figures in a particular field of endeavor. Profiles are organized around a movement, event, or profession that has had a significant, lasting impact on American history and contemporary life. Essential biographical information is included for each figure, but the heart of each profile describes the critical achievements and contributions of the individual under consideration and assesses the subject's significance, not only in the context of the person's own lifetime, but in the broader sweep of American history. Placing each figure's achievements and contributions in a historical context makes each profile the ideal source for preparing reports. Students can use this framework as a basis for comparisons and contrasts, which will give them a better understanding of how individuals shape, and are shaped by, the times in which they live. Profiles: Sojourner Truth; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Lucy Stone; Amelia Jenks Bloomer; Susan B. Anthony; Victoria Woodhull; Carrie Chapman Catt; Mary Church Terrell; Jeannette Pickering Rankin; and Alice Paul.

Handbook of Critical Care Nursing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moreau, David / Springhouse, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, For each alphabetically organized condition, nurses learn pathophysiology, clinical assessment, the diagnostic tests likely to be ordered, treatment and care (including medical and nursing interventions), prognosis, and discharge planning. Pathophysiology drug charts alert readers to significant drugs and protocols used to treat major body system disorders. Readers will find discussions of ethical problems, current trends, a helpful index, and more. Appendices offer crucial data on common emergency drugs and laboratory values, therapeutic and toxic drug levels, normal hemodynamic variables, and commonly encountered nursing diagnoses.

Southern Africa Bibliography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Musiker, Reuben / Musiker, Naomi, PUBLISHER: Scarecrow Press, Lists the significant books and monographs on Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe published since . This reference source covers a broad range of subjects including: art, culture, economy, history, politics, religion, society, and important persons, places, events and movements. The work is arranged by subject and contains detailed author, title and subject indexes.

Princess

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lilly, Melinda, PUBLISHER: Rourke Publishing, If you had been born in the Middle Ages, would you have been a peasant or princess? History comes alive in this series filled with surprising details about everyday life in the Middle Ages. Facts, dates, and places are presented in a fun and educational context for great reports and entertaining reading.

Backstreet Boys

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacDonald, Elizabeth / Carlton Books, PUBLISHER: Carlton Publishing Group, Read the extraordinary story of the Backstreet Boys in this picture-packed illustreated biography containing all the facts on Nick, Kevin, AJ, Brian, and Howie. With beind-the-scenes info about their lives and loves plus gorgeous photographs of the boys at work and play, this book is larger than life.

Kitty Libber: Cat Cartoons by Women

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Warren, Roz, PUBLISHER: Crossing Press, From the mundane (hairballs and mice) to the surreal (Elvis impersonators and feline drug use). All the great universal themes are covered.

Moose

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mallard, Ann / Carey, Alan / Carey, Sandy, PUBLISHER: Booksales, With glorious full-color photographs, this volume pays tribute to one of North America's most interesting creatures, the moose. Full of fascinating facts and images of the moose through all seasons and life cycles.

Beneath the Waves: Exploring the Hidden World of the Kelp

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wu, Norbert / Chronicle Books, PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books, Sensational photographs take readers on a journey beneath the waves and introduce them to the amazing life of the kelp forest environment. Readers will learn fascinating and varied facts such as how kelp grows, how it feeds and protects the animals that live in it, and how it can be ecologically harvested to produce such diverse products as ice cream and ink. Traveling through this hidden world, young marine biologists will discover gentle sea otters, giant jellyfish, spiny sea urchins, preying wolf eels and much, much more. The lively text is enhanced by a glossary and an index, making the book ideal for school and classroom collections as well as home libraries.

Picture This! Animals

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hynes, Margaret, PUBLISHER: Kingfisher, The PICTURE THIS series is a brand-new program of reference books that aims to engage and interest a new generation of visually sophisticated children and general readers. Fresh, clean, direct and uncluttered, every spread distills one subject area into a visual medley of raw facts, figures and statistics relating to the most essential aspects of the topic. The purely graphic approach provides a clear and concise overview, as a jumping-off point to further investigation and cross-referencing. In some ways a visual dictionary, in other ways a revision guide, the quirkily inventive graphics, icons, tables, graphs, maps and step-by-step illustrations are an entertaining way of absorbing information and getting to grips with concepts that can be difficult to understand when explained through a more conventional text-and-image format. Picture This Animals is a quick, clean, no-nonsense reference book all about the animal world. Designed for the sophisticated eye of todayOs middle schoolers, fascinating facts and important information alike about all types of animals is presented both visually and in text form. With clean, fresh illustrations and diagrams to provide extra support, "Picture This Animals" covers the themes most commonly covered in this widely studied science subject-area. Topics covered include animal characteristics, defense, habitats, migration patterns, food webs, adaptation, birth and growth, and conservation.

Byways of America

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ideals Publications Inc, PUBLISHER: Ideals Publications, Here is an armchair trip along the backroads of this great country with visits to community gatherings and folk festivals, articles about our legacy of handcrafts, magnificent photo aphs of backroad sights and interesting facts about each scene.

Staphylococcus Aureus Infections (Deadly Diseases and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kevin D Freeman Cook Lisa Freeman Cook, PUBLISHER: Facts On File Inc, NA Acquista Ora

The Search for Rational Drug Control

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zimring, Franklin E. / Hawkins, Gordon, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book presents a comprehensive examination of the drug control policy process in the United States. How are policy choices identified, debated and selected? How are the consequences of governmental policy measured and evaluated? How, if at all, do we learn from our mistakes? Zimring and Hawkins present different ways of understanding American drug policy and provide a foundation for an improved policy process. They argue that protection of children and youth should shape policy toward illicit crime, with attention to the fact that youth protection objectives may limit the effectiveness of some drug controls.

Practical Drug Enforcement, Second Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lyman, Michael D. / Lyman, Lyman D., PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Practical Drug Enforcement, Second Edition offers an incisive look at the technical methods required to conduct successful drug investigations. It explores specific enforcement problems, such as marijuana cultivation, clandestine laboratories, crack houses, booby traps, and raid planning. This second edition has been thoroughly updated, and it discusses contemporary concerns, recent case studies, and new developments in the law.

Radiation, Radioactivity and Insects.

Radiation, Radioactivity and Insects. O'Brien, R. D. / Wolfe, L. S. Published by Academic Press New York , hard cover,p. 211. Euro 25

Fish

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Richardson, Joy, PUBLISHER: Gareth Stevens Publishing, Eight of Earth's most recognizable groups of plants and animals are featured in this beautifully photographed, easy-to-read nature series. Each colorful volume investigates a specific group of living things, blending full-page photos and important facts into an exciting presentation that will entice even the youngest readers to learn about birds, fish, flowers, insects, mammals, mollusks, reptiles, and trees.

Pick Your Brains about Greece

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sanderson, Caroline, PUBLISHER: Cadogan Guides, At last, a book that tells children what they want to know about Greece, whether they are visiting on holiday, learning about Greece at school, bored at the airport or want to learn more about their Greek heroes. Pick Your Brains about Greece and find out its: Vital facts and figures * History in a nutshell * Local customs * Fabulous buildings and sights * Great inventors, artists, writers and scientists * Food and drink * Incredible festivals and the stories behind them * Sport * Good books and wicked websites * Emergency phrases in greek such as 'my parents will pay '.

Essential Tax Facts Edition: Simple Tips for Preparing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jacks, Evelyn, PUBLISHER: Knowledge Bureau Ltd, "It's Your Money, Your Life... and tax season is the best time to be more financially aware and increase your opportunities to build wealth over the long run. Pick up this book, and get involved Follow the blog at www.evelynjacks.comAnd the tweets: http: //twitter.com/evelynjacksJoin Evelyn on her annual book tour to talk taxes Read Essential Tax Facts with purpose. Start with the tax changes for . You?ll find them in part one of this book. Now, find your ?filing profile?, then drill down, ask more questions and get new answers to reaching your goal--paying only the least amount of taxes legally possible: ? Employees: Learn how to write off more deductions so you can invest more? Singles: Maximize deductions and reduce clawbacks of lucrative government benefits? Pre-retirees: Use your RRSP to buy a home and finance education? Seniors: Split income from pensions and investments and write off more medical costs? Families: Split income, deductions and credits with family members ? Investors: earn more tax efficient income from investments and reduce tax on capital? Executors: minimizes taxes filing final returns for deceased taxpayers? Homeowners: Win big by selling your tax-exempt residence or rental properties. "

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