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Basketball
From peach baskets to the playoffs, author Diane Yancey gives your readers the full breadth of basketball. She engagingly presents the origins, history and changes, and the biomechanics and physiology of playing and movement. Readers will learn about related health and medical concerns, and the causes and treatment of sports-related injuries.
Eating Disorders
When she entered high school, Hannah decided she needed to control her appetite and went on a diet for the first time. She successfully shed 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms), and was proud of her loss, even though none of her friends seemed to notice. "I didn't let it show, but I was hurt. They paid attention to other, more expressive people -- even commented on how skinny other girls were. It made me feel invisible". Even though Hannah was attractive and popular, the distorted image she had of her own body helped her along the path toward an eating disorder. She is one of several teenagers you will meet in this book who resorted to dieting, starvation, and bingeing and purging to control their wei...
Al Capone
Discusses the early life of Al Capone, lawlessness, prohibition, gangster, family life, prison, and legacy of Al Capone.
Body Image
Body image is the mental picture you have of your body that influences factors like confidence, weight control, and self-esteem. This expansive volume delves into the complex topic of body image. The book discusses what body image is, how society and culture affect body image, and if advertising distorts body image. Readers are provided with discussion questions, a list of organizations to contact, and a comprehensive index.
Anxiety Disorders
Real-life case studies and information from experts provides tools young people need to understand various anxiety disorders.
Life in the Elizabethan Theater
Discusses theater in sixteenth-century England, describing playwrights, plays, the audience, and Queen Elizabeth's sponsorship.
Tracking Serial Killers
Tracking serial killers is a difficult job, but the men and women who do it help put brutal murderers in jail. As readers explore gripping main text, detailed photographs, and informative fact boxes and sidebars, they discover how the methods used to track serial killers have changed throughout history. They also discover the importance of science and technology in this line of work. Readers interested in pursuing a career in this kind of crime scene investigation are presented with valuable information to help them begin preparing now for such a challenging career path.
Body Image and Body Shaming
Puberty is a critical time for young adults in forming a positive self-image. They are constantly bombarded with images and comments regarding ideal body types from the media, friends, and family. Through charts and full-color photographs, readers gain information about the subjectivity of beauty standards and the importance of being healthy regardless of body type. The material engages readers and allows them to think critically about the stereotypes they are subjected to. A list of websites is included to offer them assistance in dealing with the pressure of conforming to expectations.
The Monstrumologist
A monster-hunting doctor and his apprentice face off against a plague of monsters in the first book of a terrifying series. Publishers Weekly says “horror lovers will be rapt.” These are the secrets I have kept. So starts the diary of Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a doctor with a most unusual specialty: monster hunting. In the short time he has lived with the doctor in nineteenth-century New England, Will has grown accustomed to his late-night callers and dangerous business. But when one visitor comes with the body of a young girl and the monster that was eating her, Will’s world changes forever. The doctor has discovered a baby Anthropophagus—a headless monster that feeds through a mouth in its chest—and it signals a growing number of Anthropophagi. Will and the doctor must face the horror threatening to overtake and consume the world…before it is too late. The Monstrumologist is the first stunning gothic adventure in a series that combines the terror of HP Lovecraft with the spirit of Arthur Conan Doyle.
Leaders of the North and South
Discusses the leaders of the Civil War and their accomplishments, including statesmen, abolitionists, commanders of the Union and the Confederacy, cavalrymen, and women of courage.
