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Kids can learn science in a fun and gross way! This series presents fascinating facts about disgusting things found in the backyard, the body, the home, the hospital, at school, and underwater. From creepy crawlers hiding in the backyard to germs lurking inside the body, there are plenty of icky things to discover. Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences will encourage reluctant readers to learn about all things gross!...

This new edition of Dr. Weil's eight-week plan focuses all of his expertise in both conventional and alternative medicine on a practical week-by-week, step-by-step program that covers diet, exercise, lifestyle, stress, and environment--all of the aspects of daily living that affect health and well-being.

"A Cute, Practical Guide Packed with Useful, Straightforward Information for All! In this day and age, women are expected to have a killer full-time job, time to hang out with friends and family, a successful fitness regime, and oh yeah, glowing skin. According to just about every traditional media source, women have never been more into skincare, and the craze shows no signs of abating. So it's no surprise that in these stressful times, we've turned...

"Children have always disappeared from Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere ... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced ... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care...

Nortin Hadler's clearly reasoned argument surmounts the cacophony of the health care debate. Hadler urges everyone to ask health care providers how likely it is that proposed treatments will afford meaningful benefits and he teaches how to actively listen to the answer. Each chapter of Worried Sick is an object lesson on the uses and abuses of common offerings, from screening tests to medical and surgical interventions. By learning to distinguish...

The author presents an entertaining, comprehensive, illustrated skin care guide. Offers essential information on skin care, whether you're hitting adolescence or the middle years--including acne treatments, anti-aging advice, step-by-step tutorials, quizzes, prevention, and tips.

Eleven-year-old Michael Patrick Kelly from New York City is sent to a foster home, a Missouri farm with a sadistic owner, a bullying son, and a number of secrets, one of which may be murder.