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Author:Noël Merino
Abortion
Abortion has been a procedure that dates back to ancient times, laws regarding abortion are found as early as 1075 B.C. This volume explores both sides of the debate on the moral and social issues surrounding abortion. Is it immoral? Does it violate human...- $33.80
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America's Global Influence
Your readers are presented with essays of opposing viewpoints on how America has used its influence to achieve a global position through a mix of hard power and soft power. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate criticisms of America's global influence, if U.S. Military...- $33.80
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Bilingual Education
This informative edition explores debates related to bilingual education. It covers the successes and failures of bilingual education. It examines the popularity of dual-language learning programs, and how they can help close the learning gap for immigrant students. It covers some failures of a...- $27.80
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Bilingual Education
This informative edition explores debates related to bilingual education. It covers the successes and failures of bilingual education. It examines the popularity of dual-language learning programs, and how they can help close the learning gap for immigrant students. It covers some failures of a...- $40.40
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Birth Defects
Give your readers a balanced study about birth defects. Essays are arranged so that they provide more than one intelligent viewpoint on the topics covered. Chapter one introduces the most common birth defects. Essay sources include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and...- $33.80
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Capitalism
Editor N. Merino examines whether capitalism is a good, practical, moral, and sustainable economic system. Readers will explore concerns about the relationships between capitalism and democracy, poverty, and personal freedom, and looks at the role of capitalism in the global economic crisis. This book...- $32.00
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Civil Liberties
This essential book provides a collection of articles in which authors debate whether limits should be placed on freedom of expression. Essays debate whether the First Amendment requires separation of church and state. Readers will also evaluate whether the right to due process is...- $33.80
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Civil Liberties
This volume takes readers across to the globe to learn about civil liberties from a variety of international perspectives. Chapter one addresses free speech and the freedom of expression in different cultures such as India and Canada. Media freedom and freedom of the press...- $31.70
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Coming of Age in Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild
The subject of endless speculation, Chris McCandless abrupt journey into the American wilderness and his subsequent mysterious death play a central role in Jon Krakauer's 1996 nonfiction book Into the Wild. This comprehensive edition provides an in-depth analysis of the life, work, and career...- $32.00
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Criminal Justice
This essential volume presents viewpoints that are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications. Readers will evaluate whether the criminal justice system needs reform, and consider the state of the incarceration system in the United States. They will analyze whether...- $33.80
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Cybercrime
Cybercrime is a very real threat in our Internet-connected society. This anthology provides your readers with a solid base of knowledge on cybercrime and provides resources that help to develop critical thinking skills. The essays in this volume offer a broad array of viewpoints....- $32.00
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Death Penalty
The use of the death penalty has been declining in recent years, and in 2016 the number of executions in the U.S. hit a 25-year low. This anthology provides a collection of essays that present a diverse array of views on the death penalty....- $32.00
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Domestic Surveillance
The Patriot Act dramatically expanded the government's ability to gather surveillance on American citizens. This anthology contains a diverse collection of essays that present opposing viewpoints on domestic surveillance. Disparate viewpoints are encapsulated with the use of a question-and-response format. Students are encouraged to...- $32.00
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Ethics
Ethics provide us with a moral center, and give us a sense of good and bad, but they are always in the eye of the beholder. This essential volume will help readers navigate through the endless debates about ethics. Divergent viewpoints are shared as...- $33.80
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Gender Roles
This essential volume explores whether gender roles are important, how gender roles affect parenting and reproduction, how gender roles affect the workplace, and how gender roles are changing. Essays are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications....- $33.80
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Genetic Engineering
This timely volume explores the controversial subject of genetic engineering, by placing expert opinions in a unique pro versus con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications. By choosing from such diverse sources and including both...- $33.80
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Government Spending
This collection of essays takes a critical look at a huge topic; government spending. Readers will explore whether government spending, be it on education, health care, or designated projects, is wasteful. They will evaluate whether government spending should allow deficits and debt, and the...- $33.80
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Gun Violence
This assembly of essays explores how the purchasing of firearms, background checks, and current firearm regulation are affecting the rate of gun related violence. Other topics include whether or not gun violence is on the rise and if there is cause for concern. This...- $33.80
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How Valuable Is a College Degree?
This book explores issues related to the value of a college degree. It covers topics such as a college degree as an investment. It examines college degrees and if having one prepares people for today's jobs. It looks at college degrees and the U.S....- $27.80
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Human Genetics
This book explores concerns about genetic technology and research, including the potential ethical issues, the need for oversight and control, and the pros, cons and unintended consequences of genetic testing. Disparate viewpoints of issues are encapsulated in each chapter with the use of a...- $32.00
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Illegal Immigration
This volume debates the issue of illegal immigration. Readers analyze such topics as whether illegal immigration impacts the United States, how effective are policies to stop illegal immigration, are immigrants treated justly, and how U.S. immigration policy should be reformed. Essay sources include the...- $49.80
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Illegal Immigration
This volume debates the issue of illegal immigration. Readers analyze such topics as whether illegal immigration impacts the United States, how effective are policies to stop illegal immigration, are immigrants treated justly, and how U.S. immigration policy should be reformed. Essay sources include the...- $33.80
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Immigration Reform
Despite the United States' history as a melting pot, debate has increased of late regarding people crossing the borders illegally into the country. This volume explores all sides of this issue, including whether or not amnesty and a path to citizenship are viable aspects...- $27.80
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Income Inequality
This volume focuses on the increasing evidence of income inequality. It analyzes if income inequality is a problem in the U.S., what causes it, how race, gender and ethnicity affect income inequality, and what should be done about it. Essays are arranged in a...- $33.80
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Legalization of Marijuana
The national debate over the legalization of marijuana is heating up as states begin to legalize its use for medicinal and recreational purposes. This volume deepens the discussion on marijuana; should it be legal or not? Does it help or harm users? Should medicinal...- $33.80
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Medical Ethics
The area where science, medicine, and ethics merge is a complicated one. Medicine seeks to treat and heal, science seeks to cure, and ethics is what's needed to keep all those processes in check. With that comes several controversial topics, which this book examines...- $32.00
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Medical Marijuana
Proponents of medical marijuana argue that it can be a safe and effective treatment for the symptoms of cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, pain, glaucoma, epilepsy, and other conditions. This anthology contains a collection of essays on topics relating to medical marijuana use. Written by...- $32.00
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Minorities and the Law
This evenly balanced volume examines issues surrounding minorities and the law, including affirmative action, voter ID laws, and racial profiling. Readers are given two perspectives on the same topic, supporting Social Studies curriculum as well as being a great resource for report-writing and researching.Author:...- $27.80
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Poverty and Homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness states that there are 564,708 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the U.S. The primary source writings in this anthology have been selected to provide your readers with a broad range of viewpoints on poverty and...- $32.00
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School Reform
This collection of articles, in a pro and con format, debates several issues relating to school reform. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate the policies that should guide reform, how students, teachers, and schools should be evaluated, the role of school choice in reform,...- $33.80
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Student Loans
It is very common for young people to have educational loans in order to obtain certification or degrees. This guidebook investigates student loans, how increasing loan debt has gotten out of hand, and what students should do about it. Government and private loans, repayment...- $27.80
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Tax Reform
This volume explores topics relating to tax reform in the United States by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate whether the U.S. tax system works, whether it is fair...- $33.80
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The European Union
Introduce readers to the controversies and details of the European Union, whose purpose is to promote greater social, political, and economic harmony among the nations of Western Europe. Essays are provided in a pro versus con format across several issues. Within four chapters, readers...- $33.80
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The Wealth Divide
Many economists argue that the Great Recession and the Occupy movement are just two symptoms of a deep issue in the United States: wealth is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Are these economists right? Should wealth be distributed equally? Should it be distributed...- $27.80
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Unemployment
This book examines the topic around the issues of the global problem of unemployment, the victims of unemployment, the causes of unemployment, and the solutions to unemployment. Primary sources, including speeches and government documents, join essays from international magazines and news sources for a...- $31.70
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Vaccines
This book examines the current issues surrounding vaccinations, such as the benefits and risks of vaccinations, the growing anti-vaccination movement, and the efficacy of vaccines for HPV and HIV. Includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives; eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials,...- $27.80
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