Product Description: Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being.

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Surveys the burgeoning study of genetics, from its origins to the current progress in identifying the causes of diseases, the ethical questions raised by bioengineering, and the effect of genes on human sexuality. Reprint. K.

Product Description: Travel south of the Mason-Dixon line and discover the mystery of the Deep South. In spite of humidity and mosquitoes the size of golf balls, exploring the Deep South's wilderness is richly rewarding. With the region's amazing geographical and meteorological diversity, it pays to have the inside scoop on mountain biking...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Veteran mountain bike author Steve Jones explains why and how his technique works and offers a wealth of important information, including: how to perfect the art of braking; how to navigate different terrain such as sand, rock, and mud; and the secret to cresting long, steep climbs...read more

Product Description: Disney's Magic Kingdom isn't the only magical place in Florida. America's Sunshine State offers mountain bikers a fantasyland of off-road trails, and Mountain Bike! Florida will help you discover its most unforgettable rides. Newly revised, this guide provides detailed information on over 80 trails in the Panhandle, the Big Bend area, the Suwannee River area, Jacksonville and Gainesville, Central Florida, Southeast Florida, and the Southern Gulf...read more

Product Description: Virtual Culture marks a significant intervention in the current debate about access and control in cybersociety exposing the ways in which the Internet and other computer-mediated communication technologies are being used by disadvantaged and marginal groups - such as gay men, women, fan communities and the homeless - for social and political change...read more

Product Description: Experienced educators, all widely published in the field, present an accessible, supplemental text which offers a comprehensive yet succinct introduction to contemporary cellular and molecular biology. Thoroughly covers the essentials of the molecular and genetic components of cells...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Like its predecessor, the best-selling CyberSociety, published in 1994, Cybersociety 2.0 is rooted in criticism and analysis of computer-mediated technologies to assist readers in becoming critically aware of the hype and hopes pinned on computer-mediated communication and of the cultures that are emerging among Internet users...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: For Men Only: Winning at the Dating Game Chicago, IL -- The Resource Marketing Group is now launching an exclusive new book containing breakthrough information designed to teach men how to master the Dating Game and meet women...read more

Product Description: The Internet is a medium with great consequences for social and economic life. This book is written to help people discern in what ways it has commanded the public imagination, and the methodological issues that arise when one tries to study and understand the social processes occurring within it...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: With rides for all types of mountain biking enthusiasts, North America by Mountain Bike Series provide readers with at-a-glance key information for each route profiled. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Disney's Magic Kingdom isn't the only magical place in Florida. America's Sunshine State offers mountain bikers a fantasyland of off-road trails, and Mountain Bike! Florida will help you discover its most unforgettable rides. Newly revised, this guide provides detailed information on over 80 trails in the Panhandle, the Big Bend area, the Suwannee River area, Jacksonville and Gainesville, Central Florida, Southeast Florida, and the Southern Gulf...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Lusitania Story is the complete story of this famous ocean liner, told for the first time in a single volume with verified passenger and crew lists as well as an accurate record of those who survived and perished. The value of this book is enhanced by its many illustrations.

Product Description: Since the 1950s, writing about popular music has become a staple of popular culture. Rolling Stone, Vibe, and The Source as well as music columns in major newspapers target consumers who take their consumers seriously. Until recently, no one has tackled popular music criticism as a genre of journalism with a particular history and evolution...read more

In this important work, Joan Lombardi, one of Americas foremost experts on child care, shows how our current system is not meeting the needs of America's families and describes a vision for redesigning this system to promote healthy child and youth development. Both as an expert and as a parent, the author guides the reader through the problems that face the current child care system and outlines the possible solutions. Drawing on the most recent innovations from across the country, she offers fresh ideas for improving the quality and availability of child care, both for young children and those in after school programs. From renewal of welfare reform to the administration's efforts to promote literacy, debate at both the state and federal levels about child care will continue for the foreseeable future. Joan Lombardi shows how to bridge the gap between early education and child care by taking advantage of the hours that children spend in care to encourage child and youth development and by creating a system of program and community supports to improve quality. The author, Joan Lombardi served as the first Associate Commissioner for Child Care in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where she was responsible for the direction and leadership for the nation's child care assistance program. Prior to that, she served as the staff director for the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Head Start Quality and Expansion. She currently serves as an advisor to a number of national foundations and organizations including Zerotothree, and the Center for Law and Social Policy in Washington D.C. (view table of contents)

Entries cover new media systems, covering such topics as art, business and commerce, cyberculture, networking, open source software, and organizations. (view table of contents)