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Cultural Globalization and Celebrating Diversity

Product Description: The approach the United Nations takes in supporting cultural diversity is explored in this volume. From health care and poverty reduction to environmental stewardship and protecting religious freedomthe UN plays an important role in supporting the welfare of peoples around the world...read more

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422234297 | Mason Crest, September 1, 2015, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The approach the United Nations takes in supporting cultural diversity is explored in this volume.

The Birth of the Un, Decolonization and Building Strong Nations

Product Description: In this volume, the origins of the UN are explored. In particular, its roots in the world wars of the twentieth century and its resulting focus on human rights and self-determination are considered. Also covered are the complex international relations that led to the organizations establishment and the vital role it has played in the decolonization and independence movements that followed...read more

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422234303 | Mason Crest, September 1, 2015, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In this volume, the origins of the UN are explored.

International Law and Playing by the Rules

Product Description: Historical background on international law, plus its grounding and codification in the UN system and its role in conflict resolution, will be explored in this volume. These foundations, plus specific legal areas, such as maritime law, international drug trafficking, and terrorism, will help students appreciate the full scope of this critical tool in the UN arsenal, one so important in maintaining international peace and security...read more

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422234334 | Mason Crest, September 1, 2015, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Historical background on international law, plus its grounding and codification in the UN system and its role in conflict resolution, will be explored in this volume.

How Do AIDS & Society Connect?

Product Description: Find out more about the impact AIDS has on our world, from family life and sex education, to health care policy and legislation. Learn about the toll AIDS takes on economies around the world. Discover how the stigma of AIDS affects efforts to combat the disease...read more

By Sheila Nelson

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9781625240644 | Village Earth Pr, January 1, 2014, cover price $42.79 | About this edition: Find out more about the impact AIDS has on our world, from family life and sex education, to health care policy and legislation.

Hallucinogens: Unreal Visions

Product Description: Looks at hallucinogenic drugs, including their history, how they affect the body, their dangers, and their legal status.Title: HallucinogensAuthor: Nelson, SheilaPublisher: Mason CrestPublication Date: 2012/09/01Number of Pages: 128Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 201103256...read more

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422224328 | Mason Crest, September 1, 2012, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Looks at hallucinogenic drugs, including their history, how they affect the body, their dangers, and their legal status.

9781422201558 | Mason Crest, September 1, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Book by Nelson, Sheila

At the Back of the North Wind

Product Description: George MacDonaldâs fantasies inspired C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles. Now Anamchara Books brings a todayâs readers a modern-language version of MacDonald's classic story. Diamond, a child of Victorian London, sleeps above the stable...read more

By Sheila Nelson (editor)

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9781933630847 | Anamchara Books, April 15, 2011, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: George MacDonaldâs fantasies inspired C.

Never Again: Survivors of the Holocaust

Product Description: The Holocaust was one of the darkest times in recent Western history. The Jews bore the brunt of the Nazis' hatred, but other groups were targeted as well: Roma, homosexuals, and Jehovah's Witnesses. How does a person survive such a thing? This title tells the stories of some of those who did survive the Holocaust...read more

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422204597 | Mason Crest, January 15, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The Holocaust was one of the darkest times in recent Western history.

AIDS & Society

Product Description: AIDS & Society covers the broad range of HIV- and AIDS-related issues as they have impacted and changed human society throughout the world. AIDS and HIV have affected politics and governmental policy, health care treatment, family life, dating and sex practices, sex education, and much more...read more

By Sheila Nelson

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9781934970263 | Alphahouse Pub, December 15, 2008, cover price $42.79 | About this edition: AIDS & Society covers the broad range of HIV- and AIDS-related issues as they have impacted and changed human society throughout the world.

Helping Youth with Mental, Physical, and Social Challenges

By Noa Flynn, Phyllis Livingston, Kenneth McIntosh, Sheila Nelson and Ida Walker

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9781422201336, titled "Helping Youth with Mental, Physical, and Social Challenges: The Complete Series" | Mason Crest, December 31, 2007, cover price $374.25

Youth with Cancer: Facing the Shadows

Book by Nelson, Sheila, Walker, Ida

By Sheila Nelson and Ida Walker

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9781422204399 | Mason Crest, September 15, 2007, cover price $14.95

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9781422201398 | Mason Crest, September 1, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Book by Nelson, Sheila, Walker, Ida

Decolonization: Dismantling Empires And Building Independence

Describes the role of the United Nations in the ending of colonial empires throughout the world, including the use of trustee territories, and discusses the process in three areas and the relationship between decolonization and terrorism.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200667 | Mason Crest, December 30, 2006, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes the role of the United Nations in the ending of colonial empires throughout the world, including the use of trustee territories, and discusses the process in three areas and the relationship between decolonization and terrorism.

The UN and Cultural Globalization: One World, Many People

Describes the role of the United Nations in dealing with such global issues as environmental problems, health risks, international poverty, and interfaith relationships and religious freedom, and discusses possible future developments.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200728 | Mason Crest, October 15, 2006, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes the role of the United Nations in dealing with such global issues as environmental problems, health risks, international poverty, and interfaith relationships and religious freedom, and discusses possible future developments.

Pioneering International Law: Conventions, Treaties, And Standards

Describes the origins and development of international and maritime law and the role of the United Nations in this process and discusses the work of the United Nations against drugs, terrorism, and other international crimes.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200735 | Mason Crest, September 30, 2006, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes the origins and development of international and maritime law and the role of the United Nations in this process and discusses the work of the United Nations against drugs, terrorism, and other international crimes.

Before Canada: First Nations and First Contacts : Prehistory-1523

Discusses how Canada grew into the West, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Klondike Gold Rush and the immigrants traveling from across Europe to live in the West.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200001 | B&t Database Management/Cip, June 1, 2006, cover price N/A
| About this edition: Describes the westward expansion of Canada, including the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Klondike gold rush, and the effect the expansion had upon the native Mâetis people.

Redefining Canada: A Developing Identity, 1960-1984

Discusses the high and low points Canadians experienced in the 1960s through the early 1980s.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200087 | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes the development of Canada, from its hosting of the World's Fair in 1967 and Quebec's internal revolution to Canada's final ownership of its constitution in 1982.

Before Canada: First Nations And First Contacts, Prehistory-1523

Discusses the geographic regions of Canada and the cultures of the First Nations who lived there and explores some of the theories about how people first came to North America, as well as theories about early European visitors to Canada.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200018 | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Discusses the geographic regions of Canada and the cultures of the First Nations who lived there and explores some of the theories about how people first came to North America, as well as theories about early European visitors to Canada.

Conflicts, Changes, And Confederation, 1770-1867

Discusses the expansion of Canada from a few colonies to a populous country, and the struggle between Britain and their North American Colonies as Canada was formed.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200049 | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Discusses how Canada changed from a few sparsely populated colonies to a country in its own right.

Britain's Canada, 1613-1770

Discusses the fight between Britain and France over territory in Canada, specifically those wars and battles in and around Acadia.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200032 | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Discusses the fight between Britain and France over territory in Canada, specifically those wars and battles in and around Acadia.

Canada's Changing Society, 1984-present

Discusses Canada's role in the international response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200094 | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Discusses Canada's relationship with the United States and the world, including the recent prime ministers of Canada and their policies and Canada's response to the terrorist attacks in the U.

From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Canadian Expansion, 1867-1909

Discusses how Canada grew into the West, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Klondike Gold Rush and the immigrants traveling from across Europe to live in the West.

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9781422200056 | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes the westward expansion of Canada, including the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Klondike gold rush, and the effect the expansion had upon the native Mâetis people.

The Settlement of New France And Acadia, 1524-1701

Discusses the early days of New France and the ways the French transformed their first struggling habititions into a vast fur trading empire, and the conflicts that arose as a result.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200025, titled "The Settlement of New France And Acadia, 1524â1701" | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Discusses the development of New France in Acadia and how a vast fur trade was developed there, as well as the conflicts and agreements between the French settlers and their Native American neighbors.

Crisis at Home And Abroad: The Great Depression, World War II, And Beyond, 1929-1959

Discusses Canada in the first half of the twentieth century, including the On-to-Ottawa Trek during the Great Depression, how Canada was affected by World War II, and Canada's role in the founding of the United Nations and NATO.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200070 | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes Canada's place in world events taking place in the first half of the twentieth century.

A Nation Is Born: World War I And Independence, 1910-1929

Discusses Canada's participation in World War I, and how Canadian soldiers, fighting together at Vimy Ridge, changed the world's perception of Canada.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781422200063 | Mason Crest, September 8, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes Canada's participation in World War I, including important battles fought by Canadian troops, and how their participation led to greater respect and independence in the world stage.

The Northern Colonies: The Quest For Freedom 1600-1700

Discusses the founding of the northern colonies by various religious groups and explores their relationships with England, Native Americans, their constituency, and each other.

By Sheila Nelson

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9781590849019 | Mason Crest, April 1, 2005, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Discusses the founding of the northern colonies by various religious groups and explores their relationships with England, Native Americans, their constituency, and each other.

How America Became America

Explores the time in United States history when western territory was being explored, settled, and turned into states.

By Sheila Nelson, Ellyn Sanna and Eric Schwartz

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9781590849002 | Mason Crest, March 31, 2005, cover price $298.35 | About this edition: Explores the time in United States history when western territory was being explored, settled, and turned into states.

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