Jeff Hill
Author
Language
English
Description
Teens face powerful pressures to look a certain way. Body image is one of the most fragile areas to take hits on, especially if you're not pencil thin or the picture of athletic health. This volume talks candidly about eating disorders. It describes the different types of eating disorders, their prevalence in society, and what research suggests about causes and risk factors for having an eating disorder. Readers will learn how eating disorders are...
Author
Publisher
Omnigraphics, Inc
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Examines the history of the women's suffrage movement and its impact on American life and society. Features include narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, detailed chronology, and annotated sources for further study"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Omnigraphics
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Provides coverage of all aspects of the Holocaust, from roots of anti-Semitism to Nazi "Final Solution" actions and policies. Features include narrative overviews of key events and trends, 100+ primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and subject index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Omnigraphics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Provides users with a detailed and authoritative overview of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the centerpiece of the New Deal programs put in place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to tame the Great Depression and get America back on its feet. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--
Author
Publisher
Omnigraphics
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Provides information about the history, symbols, customs, and traditions of important life-cycle events within the broad range of cultural and religious groups in the United States. Entries are arranged in sections on birth and childhood, coming of age, adulthood, and death and mourning"--Provided by publisher.
6) Prohibition
Publisher
Omnigraphics
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Saturday Night” is the intimate history of the original “Saturday Night Live”, from its beginnings as an outlaw program produced by an unruly band of renegades from the comedy underground to a TV institution that made stars of John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris, Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy. This is the book that revealed to the world what really happened behind the scenes during...