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"This [book] ... covers everything from the earliest efforts by seafarers at predicting storms to the way satellite imaging is revolutionizing hurricane forecasting. It reveals the latest information on hurricanes: their effects on ocean waves, the causes of the variable wind speeds in different parts of the storm, and the origins of the super-cooled shafts of water that vent at high altitudes." From the author of The USA Today Weather Book & the...
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Three natural resource managers provide a history of public lands in the United States while considering current environmental and social problems. The book recommends policy and management directions and encourages readers to get involved in public lands stewardship. The chapters offer contributions from writers and scientists such as Bruce Battitt, Rick Bass, and Patricia Nelson Limerick. The topics include land health and broad-scale declines in...
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"Examines the role that taxes currently play, the likely effects of recently introduced health savings accounts, the challenges of administering major subsidies for health insurance through the tax system, and options for using the tax system to expand health insurance coverage"--Provided by publisher.