Product Description: In Global Warming and War, the second novel in the ADIRONDACK GREEN trilogy, the people of a small American town respond to the dying of their forest, and to the death of one of their sons in Iraq. The 32 high school seniors boldly examine the threat to their Adirondack Park, and to the Earth itself...read more

Product Description: In Architects of Peace, the third volume in the Adirondack Green trilogy of novels, the town of Balsam Corners hosts more than one hundred disabled veterans from the war in Iraq, and their families, for one week in July. On adaptive bikes, the New American Veterans ride on highways free of motorized traffic, through the forested hills and welcoming villages of the Adirondack Park...read more

Product Description: Adirondack Green tells the story of a small American town that decides, after much debate, to put a wind turbine on top of the local ski mountain. This one Danish wind turbine is able to power the entire town. The Class of 2004, consisting of 32 high school seniors, learns on the first day of school in September that they must contribute 100 hours of community service in order to graduate in June...read more

'This novel, set in Norway, follows eight musicians from early morning on the first Saturday in April, to the symphony concert which they perform that evening in the Oslo Concert House.'--cover.

Product Description: Daily life for the real people in St. Petersburg, Russia during the 1990s. This book was written by an American teacher who lived there.

Product Description: A love story set above the Polar circle in the wild mountains of Norway. On a deeper level, this book is an introduction to global ecology.

Product Description: A book that explains in clear and vivid language both acid rain and global ecology. It presents many solutions.

Product Description: A novel set on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands about love between people touched by war and threatened by a nuclear accident.

Product Description: A poem, in both English and Russian on facing pages, about the creation of our world, the evil of war, and our challenge today.

Product Description: Twenty-one very positive short stories about people becoming better people.

Product Description: A panel of tobacco research experts from Canada and the United States explored at depth various methods of reducing the medical risks associated with the hazardous delivery systems of nicotine over four years. This volume resulted from this project, and provides an appraisal of the potential for harm reduction using alternative nicotine delivery systems and the overall impact of these alternatives on public health...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A love story about two high school sweethearts who meet again in the northwoods wilderness.

Gathers internal documents that show that the tobacco industry has known that the use of tobacco causes health problems and death and promoted smoking in spite of that knowledge

Product Description: Despite persistent warnings from the medical profession about the health risks involved in cigarette smoking, millions of people continue to smoke cigarettes. With contributions from renowned experts, this ground-breaking work defines and explains nicotine addiction as a primary problem or disease, instead of as a habit or risk factor for other diseases...read more

Product Description: Title: Narrative of the late proceedings and events in China. (Appendix.).Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more...read more