Hal Marcovitz
23) Club drugs
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Provides information about club drugs, also known as designer drugs, looking at the history of the drugs, and discussing club drug abuse, the dangers of club drugs, and attempts to eliminate club drugs.
24) Diet drugs
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Discusses what diet drugs are, the difference between prescription and other diet drugs, alternatives to such drugs, and the history of dieting.
26) World War II
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Offers a brief history of World War II and discusses the Treaty of Versailles, Japanese militarism, and the Normandy Invasion.
28) Painkillers
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Presents a concise overview on issues associated with painkillers; and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics, including how they affect the body, their dangers, government oversight, and alternatives.
29) Extremist groups
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Discusses extremist groups in the U.S., such as American jihadists, abortion oppositionists, white supremacists, eco-terrorists, and others, and covers issues about the rights of these groups and related court cases, and provides a timeline.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Many extremist groups have emerged in recent years. Moreover, many individuals harbor extremist viewpoints and have taken action on their own. They do this to call attention to their beliefs, cause chaos, and very often commit acts of violence under the misguided notions that their causes are justified and would find widespread acceptance by the American people. Very often, though, these extremists ultimately find themselves sharing prison cells"--...
33) Suicide
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Offers factual information about suicide, providing a brief history, discussing risk factors and mental disorders, addressing young victims and the right to die, and exploring suicide as a weapon, experiences of people left behind, and prevention.
34) Do ghosts exist?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Examines the myths and legends surrounding ghosts, covering such topics as famous ghosts, investigations of hauntings, different kinds of ghosts, and possible scientific explanations for ghosts.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The notion that UFOs are real is one that is very much alive in today's society. In fact, sightings of UFOs as well as close encounters with actual alien visitors have been reported for centuries. And for hundreds of years, such sightings were often dismissed by skeptics because the men and women who reported encounters with aliens could provide no evidence other than the stories of their experiences. But starting in the latter half of the 20th century,...
38) The war on ISIS
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
By the early years of the 2000 decade, Americans as well as others in the West had become all-too-familiar with Islamist terrorism. The attacks of September 11, 2001, took the lives of nearly three thousand Americans who were killed when airliners hijacked by terrorists slammed into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attack. (Al-Qaeda is an Arabic...
39) 3-D printing
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Describes the invention and development of 3-D Printing. Explores trials and tribulations along with the technological advances seen today. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"A lot of people believe in ghosts; many of them believe they can also communicate with the spirits of the dead. Others believe fortune tellers can predict the future, witches cast magical spells and that Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, vampires, and other eerie creatures are real. People's fascination with the strange and spooky shows how a belief in the supernatural has become part of the culture of the modern world."--