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The Linguistics Encyclopedia
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The Linguistics Encyclopedia
The Linguistics Encyclopedia is a practical and stimulating resource, featuring contributions from international leaders in the field, such as Nicholas Coupland, Malcolm Coulthard, Adam Jaworski and Molly Mack. This volume offers comprehensive coverage of the major and subsidiary fields of linguistic study. Entries are alphabetically arranged and extensively cross-referenced, and include suggestions for further reading.For anyone with and academic or professional interest in language, The Linguistics Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference tool.
 
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Eating Disorders
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Eating Disorders Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are all associated with significant emotional and relational stress. They can have serious physical complications. Most cases of anorexia and bulimia nervosa remain undiagnosed, and many diagnosed cases are inappropriately treated. It is therefore essential to reduce the gap between research evidence and clinical experience in order to improve diagnosis and treatment of these mental disorders.

This latest volume examines the recurrent social and biological problem of eating disorders and provides:
    * Coverage of all aspects of eating disorders, including diagnosis, epidemiology and pharmacological treatment
    * Contributions from internationally acclaimed experts
    * An unbiased and reliable reference point
 
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Insectigations: 40 Hands-on Activities to Explore the Insect World
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Insectigations: 40 Hands-on Activities to Explore the Insect World
From butterflies and beetles to crickets and katydids, these experiments, art projects, and games will bring out the entomologist in every kid. Activities include collecting and sketching insects, making a terrarium for observation, raising mealworms, using math to measure bug strength, gardening to attract butterflies and other insects, and making an insect amplifier. A unique insect board game helps kids learn fascinating bug facts while they play. Sidebars offer a look into the world of professional entomology, as well as gross facts about insects that will provide great playground trivia, including the USDA's guidelines for allowable insect parts per cup of food. Kids will learn that science is not just something to read about, but something they can observe and study in the world around them.
 
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Scientific American Special Edition - 2004-06 - The Science Of Staying Young
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Scientific American Special Edition - 2004-06 - The Science Of Staying Young
We want to live better, more youthful days while we’re living longer. Diet, exercise and a lucky draw from the gene pool can take us only so far, however. That’s where science comes in.
In this special edition from Scientific American, you’ll find firsthand reports from the researchers leading the efforts to understand the mechanisms of aging. They are teasing out ways to slow the biological clock as well as the degradation that time imposes on our bodies and minds. They are battling the diseases of age, including cancer and heart disease.
 
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Pleasures of Pi,e and Other Interesting Numbers
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Pleasures of Pi,e and Other Interesting Numbers
Professor Shih Choon Fong, MS, PhD (Harvard)

... should appeal to the young from pre-teen to pre-university, in addition to grown-ups with an interest in mathematics.

Professor Cham Tao Soon, BE, BSc, PhD (Cambridge)
I find his book really fascinating.
 
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