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Helmet Design: From Biomechanics to Health & Social Disparities in Sports

Author(s): Stefan Duma, Steven Rowson

This textbook provides a multidisciplinary description of helmet design with applications to all sports. The biomechanical design parameters for helmets are presented in the broader context of health and social disparities. Students will investigate different materials and padding designs relative t...

ESL: The Easy Way!

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"This book is designed for the millions of people trying to learn English as a second language. It concentrates on basic words and phrases and focuses on how to use these in daily conversation. Houghton & Houghton emphasize communication in everyday life. Once these basics have been mastered, the re...

From Persia to America: The Life and Work of Emma Ordjanian Melikian

Author(s): Stephen K. Batalden

Set within the contexts of American immigration history and women’s philanthropy, From Persia to America recounts the remarkable journey of a prominent Persian-Armenian immigrant and her commitment to a life of generosity in her adopted American homeland. Emma Ordjanian Melikian was born in Teheran ...

Science and Society: The Influence of Genetics on Human Life and Society

Author(s): Joseph Francis

The genetic revolution in biology we are experiencing today began early in the last century as biologists noted that dead bacteria could be resurrected by a “transforming principle.”  The structure of the transforming principle was determined to be DNA, in the middle of the last century, and within ...

The Reading Steward's Handbook

Author(s): David D. Paige

The Reading Steward’s Handbook has been written to help those pursuing advanced credentials in the teaching of reading. The objective of the Handbook is to place much of what students needs regarding effective tutoring instruction in an easily referable, central location—a book! The Handbook is orga...