Travel to the Arctic with a team of environmental research scientists to examine the effects of global climate change on the ecosystem's natural cycles. Students will discover how increases in greenhouse gasses caused by human activities have begun to transform the Earth's weather and water patterns. They'll see firsthand how these changes are threatening the Arctic—and the rest of the planet.
It's everywhere. People are always trying to avoid it and keep clear of it. There's only one question...what is it? Bacteria is the oldest form of life on Earth. Learn what bacteria is and where it comes from. Find out more about how bacteria can hurt and help us at the same time, and learn about its structures and life functions.
STRAIGHT FROM THE CEO: WORLD'S TOP BUS LEADERS REV: The World's Top Business Leaders Reveal Ideas That Every Manager Can Use
Working closely with the Price Waterhouse management team, CEOs who are successfully managing today's rapid pace of economic change present their ideas about motivating people, unleashing innovation and creativity and revitalizing the corporation. These are insights of leaders who every day must find ways to test and validate new ideas, implement change to improve the bottom line, and ultimately focus on the core ideas that will truly reshape the corporation. Simultaneous hardcover release from Simon & Schuster. 2 cassettes. .
Andy Prescott is the most laid-back young lawyer in Austin, Texas. Specialising in traffic law, he operates from a small room above a ramshackle tattoo parlour. He rides a trail bike and spends way too much time drinking beer in the sunshine. Ambition has never been Andy's strong point he prefers to take it easy. That is, until one of Texas's wealthiest men walks into his office. On the spot, billionaire Russell Reeves retains Andy as his lawyer and, in exchange for some easy legal work, pays him more money than he has ever earned before. Andy's life is transformed.
