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Coyote Peterson's Brave Adventures: Wild Animals in a Wild World!
by Coyote PetersonThe Emmy-winning host of Brave Wilderness shares his wildest encounters with animals across the world in this illustrated book for young readers.After catching his first snapping turtle as a kid, Coyote Peterson was fascinated by wild animals. Now he shares that fascination through his YouTube channel, Brave Wilderness, and his Animal Planet series, Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild. Over the years, he and his camera crew have had some incredible moments with wildlife, both on and off camera.From the time a giant alligator nearly caught Coyote in its bone crushing jaws, to the time an 800-pound Grizzly Bear helped him teach viewers what NOT to do when facing one of them in the wild, every tale is full of fast paced action and daring adventure. With danger often looming for Coyote, these stories remind readers that animals rule the wild places of this planet, and if we respect them from a safe distance, even the most frightening creatures are more likely to be afraid of us than we are of them.
CpG Islands: Methods And Protocols (Methods In Molecular Biology #1766)
by Tanya Vavouri Miguel A. PeinadoThis detailed volume examines bioinformatic and molecular biological methods useful to identify and to explore the functions of CpG islands, key navigation points to understand gene regulation in fundamental processes such as development and cell differentiation as well as in diseases like cancer. Beginning with a historical perspective and important properties of CpG islands, the book continues with sections on computational and wet lab methods related to the study of DNA methylation, and in-depth protocols for the analysis of CpG island functional features including epigenetic profiling and chromatin interactions. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, CpG Islands: Methods and Protocols aims to provide readers with the information and methodologies necessary to continue to decipher how a genome’s structure and organization contribute to regulate biological processes.
Crabs (Nature's Children)
by Jen GreenHow many different kinds of crabs are there? What do crabs eat? Do all crabs live in the ocean? How big are giant spider crabs? Find the answers to these questions, and learn much more about the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and lives of crabs.
Crabs, Dabs and Rock Pools (Early Reader Non Fiction)
by Tony De SaullesDiscover the wonderful world of beach creatures with this brand new green Early Reader factbook from Horrible Sciences illustrator, Tony De Saulles.Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A green Early Reader is a first factbook.It's never too early to find out about . . . Rockpools, crabs, shells and seaweed!Did you know that crabs can grow new shells as they get bigger? Or that starfish have lots of tiny feet for moving around underwater?A fact-filled guide to everything you could ever want to find at the beach, with full colour illustrations on every page.
Crabs: A Global Natural History
by Peter J. DavieA richly illustrated natural history of the world's crabs that examines their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behavior, and moreThis lavishly illustrated book offers a remarkable look at the world’s crabs. More than 7,000 crab species, in 100 different families, are known today. Their unique physiology and complex behaviors have made them one of the most diverse and adaptable of all animal groups. They can thrive in the darkness of abyssal seas, on the edges of scalding hot volcanic hydrothermal vents, on sunlit coral reefs, on wave-washed rocky shores, and in tropical rain forests at the tops of mountains. They even persist in some of the harshest desert conditions. Playing a vital role in marine and coastal ecology, crabs have been identified as keystone species in habitats such as coral reefs and coastal tropical swamps.Crabs comprises five chapters: evolutionary pathways; anatomy and physiology; ecology; reproduction, cognition, and behavior; and exploitation and conservation. Individual chapters include a variety of subtopics, each illustrated by exceptional images, and followed by numerous double full-page species’ profiles. Each profile has been chosen to emphasize remarkable and intriguing aspects of the life of these fascinating creatures. Some species may be familiar, but many are beyond anything you have probably seen before and will stretch your understanding of what a crab is.Written by a world authority, Crabs offers an accessible overview of these fascinating crustaceans.More than 190 spectacular color photographsAccessible and well-organized chaptersFull profiles on 42 iconic species from across the world
Crack and Culture: On Representations of Movement in Anthropology and Philosophy (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy)
by Andrzej ZaporowskiThis book analyzes the representations of movement that reflect time. The author scrutinizes movement critically assuming that (1) movement is composed of change, (2) a change may be a crack, (3) the crack demonstrates a disturbance in the experienced movement, and (4) it is culture that is a remedy to the crisis caused by this disturbance. It is shown that artistic sensitivity allows for the detection of various cracks, and it is, among other examples, religious mythology and scientific narratives where one finds a multiplicity of representations to manage the consequences of this detection. Zaporowski sees these tools as purposefully constructed to respond to the human experience of discontinuity in the world and proposes to frame time cyclically while – critically – paying attention to the cracks as significant indicators that force one to amend one’s conduct in an ordered fashion. He appeals to the notion of culture, which allows one to manage the cracked nature of movement. Culture conditions one’s purposeful and ordered actions, and is subject to possible reconfigurations through a series of interactions. It allows for foreseeable conduct while at the same time being aware of possible and irreversible changes. This volume appeals to researchers, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in philosophy and anthropology.
Cracked Coverage: Television News, The Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy
by Richard Campbell Jimmie L. ReevesCarefully documenting the deceptions and excesses of television news coverage of the so-called cocaine epidemic, Cracked Coverage stands as a bold indictment of the backlash politics of the Reagan coalition and its implicit racism, the mercenary outlook of the drug control establishment, and the enterprising reporting of crusading journalism. Blending theoretical and empirical analyses, Jimmie L. Reeves and Richard Campbell explore how TV news not only interprets "reality" in ways that reflect prevailing ideologies, but is in many respects responsible for constructing that reality. Their examination of the complexity of television and its role in American social, cultural, and political conflict is focused specifically on the ways in which American television during the Reagan years helped stage and legitimate the "war on drugs," one of the great moral panics of the postwar era.The authors persuasively argue, for example, that powder cocaine in the early Reagan years was understood and treated very differently on television and by the state than was crack cocaine, which was discovered by the news media in late 1985. In their critical analysis of 270 news stories broadcast between 1981 and 1988, Reeves and Campbell demonstrate a disturbing disparity between the earlier presentation of the middle- and upper-class "white" drug offender, for whom therapeutic recovery was an available option, and the subsequent news treatment of the inner-city "black" drug delinquent, often described as beyond rehabilitation and subject only to intensified strategies of law and order. Enlivened by provocative discussions of Nancy Reagan's antidrug activism, the dramatic death of basketball star Len Bias, and the myth of the crack baby, the book argues that Reagan's war on drugs was at heart a political spectacle that advanced the reactionary agenda of the New and Religious Right--an agenda that dismissed social problems grounded in economic devastation as individual moral problems that could simply be remedied by just saying "no."Wide ranging and authoritative, Cracked Coverage: Television News, the Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy is a truly interdisciplinary work that will attract readers across the humanities and social sciences in addition to students, scholars, journalists, and policy makers interested in the media and drug-related issues.
Cracked Open: Liberty, Fertility and the Pursuit of High Tech Babies
by Judy Norsigian Michele Goodwin Miriam ZollCracked Open is Miriam Zoll's eye-opening account of growing into womanhood with the simultaneous opportunities offered by the U. S. women's movement and new discoveries in reproductive technologies. Influenced by the pervasive media and cultural messages suggesting that science had finally eclipsed Mother Nature, Zoll postponed motherhood until the age of 40. When things didn't progress as she had hoped, she enters a world of medical seduction and bioethical quagmires. Desperate to conceive, she surrenders to unproven treatments and procedures only to learn that the odds of becoming a mother through reproductive technologies are far less than she and her generation had been led to believe.
Cracked: Life on the Edge in a Rehab Clinic, A Doctor's Story
by Drew Pinsky Todd GoldDr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and prescription drugs. At the center of these stories is Pinsky himself, who immerses himself passionately, almost obsessively, in his work. From the sexually compulsive model to the BMW-driving soccer mom, Cracked exposes, in fast-moving, powerful vignettes, the true scope and severity of addiction, a nationwide epidemic.
Cracking Anatomy
by Ken Okona-MensahFrom your dividing cells to your beating heart, this book takes a comprehensive look at the human body and reveals the extraordinary way your anatomy and physiology intertwine.In 13 illustrated chapters, Cracking Anatomy makes sense of all the body's systems, explains medical terminology and explores questions including:· How does your brain really see you?· How does age affect your muscles and bones? · How and why cells die?· Why the shape of a criminal's hands could be used to help identify them?· Can you exercise too much? · Which of the five senses is most important?· What triggers puberty?· Why your immune system has more than one line of defence?· Why anatomical quirks are more important than you think?· How long does it take for your body to digest food? · How many times does your heart beat in a day?· Why do we sleep?An accessible, comprehensive and fully illustrated guide to this absorbing area, Cracking Anatomy will both educate and excite all readers.
Cracking Anatomy (Cracking Series)
by Ken Okona-MensahFrom your dividing cells to your beating heart, this book takes a comprehensive look at the human body and reveals the extraordinary way your anatomy and physiology intertwine.In 13 illustrated chapters, Cracking Anatomy makes sense of all the body's systems, explains medical terminology and explores questions including:· How does your brain really see you?· How does age affect your muscles and bones? · How and why cells die?· Why the shape of a criminal's hands could be used to help identify them?· Can you exercise too much? · Which of the five senses is most important?· What triggers puberty?· Why your immune system has more than one line of defence?· Why anatomical quirks are more important than you think?· How long does it take for your body to digest food? · How many times does your heart beat in a day?· Why do we sleep?An accessible, comprehensive and fully illustrated guide to this absorbing area, Cracking Anatomy will both educate and excite all readers.
Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day
by Richard C AndersonA military historian analyzes the ingenious WWII tanks known as Hobart&’s Funnies, detailing their development and their role in the D-Day campaign. When the British and Canadians landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944, they were accompanied by specialized armored vehicles designed to remove German obstacles and mines. Developed by the Royal Engineers, these tanks known as Hobart's Funnies featured a range of ingenious innovations, from carpet-laying and bridge-laying devices to a giant 290-millimeter mortar. Examining these vehicles from technical development to combat deployment, military historian Richard C. Anderson Jr. gives a minute-by-minute account of D-Day's early hours on Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches—the critical moments when success hinged on the assault engineers&’ ability to clear a path or breach the seawall. Anderson also describes the events on Omaha and Utah Beaches, where U.S. troops, despite being offered these vehicles, stormed ashore without them. Through careful comparison of conditions and outcomes, Anderson assesses the vehicles&’ performance and impact on D-Day's successes and failures.
Cracking Key Concepts in Secondary Science (Corwin Ltd)
by Adam Boxer Heena Dave Gethyn JonesThe perfect companion to help you crack some of secondary science’s most challenging concepts in your teaching. Secondary science teaching is a heroic task, taking some of humanity’s greatest discoveries and explaining them to the next generation of students. Cracking some of the trickiest concepts in biology, chemistry and physics, with walkthrough explanations and examples inspired by direct instruction, this book will bring a fresh perspective to your teaching. · 30 key concepts explored in depth · Understand what students should know before and after the lesson · Tips and tricks offer detailed advice on each topic · Checks for understanding so you can test your students’ knowledge Adam Boxer is Head of Science at The Totteridge Academy in North London. Heena Dave was Head of Science at Bedford Free School. Gethyn Jones is a teacher of physics at an independent school in London
Cracking Key Concepts in Secondary Science (Corwin Ltd)
by Adam Boxer Heena Dave Gethyn JonesThe perfect companion to help you crack some of secondary science’s most challenging concepts in your teaching. Secondary science teaching is a heroic task, taking some of humanity’s greatest discoveries and explaining them to the next generation of students. Cracking some of the trickiest concepts in biology, chemistry and physics, with walkthrough explanations and examples inspired by direct instruction, this book will bring a fresh perspective to your teaching. · 30 key concepts explored in depth · Understand what students should know before and after the lesson · Tips and tricks offer detailed advice on each topic · Checks for understanding so you can test your students’ knowledge Adam Boxer is Head of Science at The Totteridge Academy in North London. Heena Dave was Head of Science at Bedford Free School. Gethyn Jones is a teacher of physics at an independent school in London
Cracking Neuroscience (Cracking Ser.)
by Jon TurneyFor so long, the brain was the great unknown of human biology; an evolved complex of cells, chemicals and electricity, which eluded even the understanding of its own grey matter. Now, in this comprehensive guide, the most complicated concepts from across the field of neuroscience - such as memory, addiction and mind mapping - are broken down into easily understandable bite-sized pieces, to give everyone the chance to understand their own brain. Includes sections on:-The anatomy of the brain-Neurons, synapses and axons - the building blocks of the brain-Differences in male and female development-Modern treatment of mental illness-The effects on the brain of different food and stimulants-Memory, senses, cravings-Fight or flight-Perception and sensation-The future of neuroscience
Cracking Neuroscience (Cracking Series)
by Jon TurneyFor so long, the brain was the great unknown of human biology; an evolved complex of cells, chemicals and electricity, which eluded even the understanding of its own grey matter. Now, in this comprehensive guide, the most complicated concepts from across the field of neuroscience - such as memory, addiction and mind mapping - are broken down into easily understandable bite-sized pieces, to give everyone the chance to understand their own brain. Includes sections on:-The anatomy of the brain-Neurons, synapses and axons - the building blocks of the brain-Differences in male and female development-Modern treatment of mental illness-The effects on the brain of different food and stimulants-Memory, senses, cravings-Fight or flight-Perception and sensation-The future of neuroscience
Cracking Phenomena in Welds IV
by John C. Lippold Thomas Boellinghaus Carl Edward CrossThis is the fourth volume inthe well-established series of compendiums devoted to the subject of weld hotcracking. It contains the papers presented at the 4th InternationalCracking Workshop held in Berlin in April 2014. In the context of thisworkshop, the term "cracking" refers to hot cracking in the classical andprevious sense, but also to cold cracking, stress-corrosion cracking andelevated temp. solid-state cracking. A variety of different crackingsubjects are discussed, including test standards, crack prediction, weldabilitydetermination, crack mitigation, stress states, numerical modelling, andcracking mechanisms. Likewise, many different alloys were investigatedsuch as aluminum alloys, copper-aluminum dissimilar metal, austenitic stainlesssteel, nickel base alloys, duplex stainless steel, creep resistant steel, andhigh strength steel.
Cracking Quantum Physics
by Brian CleggEnter the invisible world of sub-atomic physics and discover the very core of existence. Cracking Quantum Physics takes you through every area of particle physics to clearly explain how our world was, and is, created, and breaks down the most complex theories into easily understandable elements. Subjects covered include:-Time travel-The Higgs field-Dark Matter-The anatomy of the elements-Enter the atom-Quantum reality-Quantum tunnelling-Electrodynamics-Accelerators and colliders-The Zeno effectAn easy-to-understand guide to some of the most complex and intriguing topics: Cracking Quantum Physics is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the underlying forces and materials that make up the world as we know it.
Cracking Quantum Physics (Cracking Ser.)
by Brian CleggEnter the invisible world of sub-atomic physics and discover the very core of existence. Cracking Quantum Physics takes you through every area of particle physics to clearly explain how our world was, and is, created, and breaks down the most complex theories into easily understandable elements. Subjects covered include:-Time travel-The Higgs field-Dark Matter-The anatomy of the elements-Enter the atom-Quantum reality-Quantum tunnelling-Electrodynamics-Accelerators and colliders-The Zeno effectAn easy-to-understand guide to some of the most complex and intriguing topics: Cracking Quantum Physics is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the underlying forces and materials that make up the world as we know it.
Cracking the AP Biology Exam 2018, Premium Edition
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