Impact book

Examines how large U.S. corporations can influence the activities of federal, state, and local governments.

Photographs and text discuss crack, the dangers involved in using this drug, and what is being done to fight the problem of illegal drug use.

Examination of the science versus pseudoscience controversy offering ten useful guideposts for determining what is science.

Examines the causes and consequences of use of alcohol by teenagers, problems of teenage alcoholism, and sources of help.

Discusses missing and abducted children, abused children, and murder victims, and outlines ways to prevent and cope with these increasing problems.

Recounts the life of the nineteenth-century German philosopher and interprets his ideas which played a revolutionary role in the development of Communism.

Examines the role of animals in testing for biological research, medical purposes, and consumer products, and discusses controversies raised over such practices.

Examines potentially dangerous chemicals, gases, and metals that can unknowingly endanger people in their homes, schools, and workplaces and destroy the environment.

Discusses the causes and history of prejudice against minority groups in the United States, reviewing the damaging effects of prejudice and suggesting ways to eliminate it.

Text and photographs examine five ethnic groups living tribal existences around the world and show how assimilation into mainstream society and other factors are threatening their cultures.