Looks at the weather phenomena known as the big freeze, explaining what big freezes are, where and why they occur, and what conditions are like during a big freeze, and discusses how people prepare for and cope with abnormally frigid conditions.
Looks at the weather phenomena known as a heat wave, explaining what heat waves are, where and why they occur, and what conditions are like during a heat wave, and discusses how people prepare for and cope with abnormally hot conditions.
Looks at the weather phenomena known as a blizzard, explaining what blizzards are, where and why they occur, and what conditions are like during a blizzard, and discusses how people prepare for and cope with these fierce snowstorms.
Looks at the weather phenomena known as a tornado, explaining what tornadoes are, where and why they occur, and what conditions are like during a tornado, and discusses how people prepare for and cope with these powerful windstorms.
Looks at the weather phenomena known as a hurricane, explaining what hurricanes are, where and why they occur, and what conditions are like during a hurricane, and discusses how people prepare for and cope with these huge storms.
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Besides describing the effects of marijuana, this volume also provides information about drug testing, dependence and withdrawal, and finding help for treatment.
