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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--and its serious effects on children, adults, and society. More than 1 in 7 American children are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)--three times what experts have said is appropriate--making it one of the most mishandled and debated conditions in medicine. The numbers are rising every year. Now doctors...
Author
Publisher
Patagonia
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Dylan Tomine takes us to the far reaches of the planet in search of fish and adventure, with keen insight, a strong stomach and plenty of laughs along the way. Closer to home, he wades deeper into his beloved steelhead rivers of the Pacific Northwest and the politics of saving them. Tomine celebrates the joy--and pain--of exploration, fatherhood and the comforts of home waters from a vantage point well off the beaten path. Headwaters traces the evolution...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"People have been experimenting with drones for more than 150 years. During the U.S. Civil War, they tested hot-air balloons loaded with explosives on timing devices. These early drones were dangerously unreliable and uncontrollable. Spies in hot-air balloons proved the importance of aerial surveillance but also the risk. Technology soon caught up and made flying and spying using unmanned aircraft possible. Today, drones do more than ever before....
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Electric cars have been around since the 1880s. New York City had more than 600 electric taxicabs in 1907. Henry Ford's wife drove an electric car rather than her husband's popular Model T. By the 1920s, electric cars died out. People preferred cars with gas engines because they went faster and farther. When gas is burned for fuel, it causes air pollution. Air pollution is causing problems for the planet and for people. Electric cars are making a...
6) Creating augmented and virtual realities: theory and practice for next-generation spatial computing
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite popular forays into augmented and virtual reality in recent years, spatial computing still sits on the cusp of mainstream use. Developers, artists, and designers looking to enter this field today have few places to turn for expert guidance. In this book, Erin Pangilinan, Steve Lukas, and Vasanth Mohan examine the AR and VR development pipeline and provide hands-on practice to help you hone your skills. Through step-by-step tutorials, you'll...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"We're living in an aha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never seen before. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking - suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Using politics, psychology, and history for attitude, Eyes Wide Open shows how to see the principles driving events...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
20240507
Language
English
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Description
"Over the past decade, mood disorders have skyrocketed among women, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed as men. ... In a healthcare system steeped in gender bias, women's complaints are often dismissed, their normal emotions are pathologized, and treatments routinely fail to address the root causes of their distress. Women living at the crossroads of racial, economic, and other identities face additional barriers. How can we pinpoint what's wrong...
Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 9
Language
English
Description
In 1918, a ransom of enormous size was paid to free the Romanovs from the Bolsheviks, but, as history knows, the Romanovs died anyway. And the ransom? During World War II, the Nazis stole it from the Russians, and after that -- it vanished. When a modern-day kidnapping captures the attention of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, the couple soon learn that these long-lost riches may be back in play, held in trust by the descendants of a Nazi...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Junior Great North Run is coming soon to Newcastle Upon Tyne and Liam needs to train. But his elderly neighbor, Harry, needs a hand moving and Liam is asked to help. Little does he know that Harry ran in the Great Run as a young lad and has a very interesting story to tell!
14) Real Americans
Author
Publisher
Knopf Publishing Group
Pub. Date
20240430
Language
English
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16) The dark sun
Author
Series
Bamboo kingdom volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Bamboo Kingdom is once again safely led by guidance of a real Dragon Speaker-three Dragon Speakers, in fact! But a troubling vision from the Great Dragon warns of a "Dark Sun" coming soon. And while Rain, Leaf, and Ghost argue amongst themselves about what it means, the monkeys are hatching a plan to use this moment of uncertainty to their best advantage... Unless the pandas learn to trust each other, their biggest challenges may still lurk on...
19) Kamui gaiden
Publisher
FUNimation Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
日本語
Description
Kamui trusts no one. Cruelly shunned by his people as a child. Now a solitary warrior, he wanders Japan, surviving on lethal skill and instinct to evade countless violent attacks from the Ninja clan he left behind.
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