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Atheism: What Everybody Needs to Know by RUSE MICHAEL
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
Over the last decade, "New Atheists" such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have pushed the issue of atheism to the forefront of public discussion. Yet very few of the ensuing debates and discussions have managed to provide a full and objective treatment of the subject.Atheism: Wh ...Show more
China's Economy - What Everyone Needs to Know® by Arthur R. Kroeber
Category: Business | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
China's economic growth has been revolutionary, and is the foundation of its increasingly prominent role in world affairs. It is the world's second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the world's steel and coal, the biggest source of international tourists ...Show more
Eating Disorders - What Everyone Needs to Know® by B. Timothy Walsh; Evelyn Attia; Deborah R. Glasofer
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
Eating disorders are potentially life-threatening psychiatric illnesses commonly accompanied by serious medical problems. They typically appear during adolescence or early adulthood, a time when young people are heading to college or interviewing for a first job. Many people recover fully from eating di ...Show more
FOOD POLITICS WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW by Paarlberg Robert
Category: Nature | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
Hoarding - What Everyone Needs to Know® by Gail Steketee; Christiana Bratiotis
Category: Personal Development | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
Hoarding disorder is the excessive saving of objects and difficulty parting with them to a point that interferes with one's ability to properly use rooms and furnishings in the home. Hoarding can become dangerous, sometimes resulting in structural problems and fires, or in hazardous sanitary conditions. ...Show more
Ptsd - What Everyone Needs to Know® by Barbara O. Rothbaum; Sheila A. M. Rauch
Category: Personal Development | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
What is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and who experiences it? Why do some people develop PTSD after a traumatic event, while others do not? What are the unique impacts of trauma on children? Are there effective treatments for traumatic stress disorders?PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know® is a sci ...Show more
Sudan, South Sudan, and Darfur by Andrew S. Natsios
Category: History | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
For thirty years Sudan has been a country in crisis, wracked by near-constant warfare between the north and the south. But on July 9, 2011, South Sudan became an independent nation. As Sudan once again finds itself the focus of international attention, former special envoy to Sudan and director of USAID ...Show more
Ukraine - What Everyone Needs to Know by Serhy Yekelchyk
Category: History | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
Conventional wisdom dictates that Ukraine's political crises can be traced to the linguistic differences and divided political loyalties that have long fractured the country. However, this theory obscures the true significance of Ukraine's recent civic revolution and the conflict's crucial international ...Show more
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