The population explosion is putting enormous pressure on the world. Farmers cannot produce enough food to feed everyone. Families are living in overcrowded housing. Some people do not have access to clean water. Earth’s Growing Population explores some of the major issues people around the world are facing. Find out about rising unemployment, poor health care, and lack of education. This book also suggests ways in which people can ensure everyone has the same opportunities to live happy, healthy lives.

People around the world are suffering from pollution. It affects everything on the planet, from the air we breathe to the food we eat. Stopping Pollution looks at some of the major issues, from exhaust emissions and the chemical chaos on our farms to forest fires and the looming waste mountain. This book also suggests some of the ways in which people can make a difference to reduce the pollution problems on our planet.

The artist uses the despised cockroach as her subject in a collection of photographs that find the troublesome pest in a variety of poses and in unusual locations, including a living room couch and a bedroom dresser.

Product Description: A fresh look at the laws of nature, in startling, beautiful, and at times unsettling detail.Working with a menagerie of insects and animals she raises in her New York City studio, Catherine Chalmers makes images that ask us to examine the lives we ordinarily overlook...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)