New Releases by Paul Mason

Discusses rock climbing history, equipment, locations, techniques, and special language.

This engaging series examines places around the globe where life is anything but serene.

What sort of footprint are you leaving on the environment? Do you have a heavy footprint or a light footprint? Everything we do and everything we use has an impact on the environment. Heavy footprints harm the environment and use lots of natural resources. Light footprints harm the environment as little as possible and use fewer natural resources. Read the Environmental Footprints series to decide what type of footsteps you want to take in the future! In How Big Is Your Shopping Footprint? read about what makes up a Shopping footprint and the effect this has on the environment. Discover ways to reduce your Shopping footprint and live sustainably. Special Features Rethink! feature offer ways to lighten your footprints Case studies give real-life examples of heavy-footprint and light-footprint actions. Book jacket.

What sort of footprint are you leaving on the environment? Do you have a heavy footprint or a light footprint? Everything we do and everything we use has an impact on the environment. Heavy footprints harm the environment and use lots of natural resources. Light footprints harm the environment as little as possible and use fewer natural resources. Read the Environmental Footprints series to decide what type of footsteps you want to take in the future! In How Big I Your Clothing Footprint? read about what makes up a clothing footprint and the effect this has on the environment. Discover ways to reduce your clothing footprint and live sustainable. Special Features Rethink! feature offer ways to lighten your footprints Case studies give real-life examples of heavy-footprint and light-footprint actions. Book jacket.

An authoritative and highly readable book on this popular species.

How do oceans affect the world''s climate? Why might coral reefs vanish in the future? What can you do to help save our oceans? For a global tour of Earth''s threatened habitats, explore ''World in Peril.'' This series offers a striking panorama of endangered habitats around the world. Stunning, large format photographs show the damage caused to our planet, but also the possible solutions that can lead to a greener future.

Israel and Palestine are regularly in the news. Arguments between Israelis and Palestinians often lead to wars, bomb attacks, shootings, and other violence, which hit the headlines around the world. Israel and Palestine tells the story of this ancient region, and the conflicts that have made life so difficult for its people. Book jacket.

Describes how population growth, increased farming, and pollution affect rivers and lakes, contributing to habitat destruction and other damage, and discusses ways to make a difference.

Why are the world''s grasslands shrinking? What will happen if the grasslands disappear? What can you do to help save out grasslands? For a global tour of Earth''s threatened habitats, explore ''World in Peril.'' This series offers a striking panorama of endangered habitats around the world. Stunning, large format photographs show the damage caused to our planet, but also the possible solutions that can lead to a greener future.

Describes how logging and other threats to the forests affect the environment, contributing to animal endangerment, the effect it has on the soil, and other situations, and discusses ways to make a difference.

Describes the issues with the growing urbanization of the world, including unsafe and unsanitary conditions, shortages of resources, and pollution problems.

Describes the history of reported alien activities, and discusses theories behind UFO sightings and faked photographs.

Mason gives a series of vivid glimpses into brain science, the last frontier of medicine, and explores fragility of the brain and the sense of self, life, and order that resides there.

Photographs and illustrations describe what volcanologists do, why their research is so important, and what it takes to become a volcanologist.

Examines the phenomenon of stone circles and the various theories that exist to explain them.

This title discusses topics such as making and separating mixtures, dissolving, filtering and evaporation.

Explores plants and animals with unique methods of defending themselves including armadillos, hermit crabs, porcupines, cactus, skunks and poisonous frogs.

Why do leopards have spots? What happens if you step on a wobbegong? Which slugs can change color? This title uses the nonfiction genre ''report'' to explore examples of animals, bugs, and plants that have amazing abilities to change to fit their environment.

Explains some of the unusual techniques animals and insects use to protect themselves from predators, to catch prey, and to attract a mate.

As twentieth-century city planners invested in new transportation systems to deal with urban growth, they ensured that the automobile rather than mass transit would dominate transportation. Combining an exploration of planning documents, sociological studies, and popular culture, Paul Fotsch shows how our urban infrastructure developed and how it has shaped American culture ever since. Watching the Traffic Go By emphasizes the narratives underlying our perceptions of innovations in transportation by looking at the stories we have built around these innovations. Fotsch finds such stories in the General Motors "Futurama" exhibit at the 1939 World''s Fair, debates in Munsey''s magazine, films such as Double Indemnity, and even in footage of the O. J. Simpson chase along Los Angeles freeways. Juxtaposed with contemporaneous critiques by Lewis Mumford, Theodor Adorno, and Max Horkheimer, Fotsch argues that these narratives celebrated new technologies that fostered stability for business and the white middle class. At the same time, transportation became another system of excluding women and the poor, especially African Americans, by isolating them in homes and urban ghettos. A timely, interdisciplinary analysis, Watching the Traffic Go By exposes the ugly side of transportation politics through the seldom-used lens of popular culture.

Introduces some of the world''s most dangerous animals, including great white sharks, box jellyfish, and poison frogs.

Which forces make a roller coaster ride so thrilling? Buckle up and read this book to take a thrilling and scientific ride.

Age 9-11. Describes animals that use their special skills and senses to give them an advantage over their competition, including crocodiles, bears, and sharks.

Introduces structures with unique architecture, from the pyramids of Giza and the Colosseum in Rome to the Ice Hotel in Sweden and the underground town of Coober Pedy in Australia.

Examines the world''s fastest machines, from airplanes to elevators.

Explores world''s most dangerous places.

This is an excellent country studies series for less able readers.

This is an excellent country studies series for less able readers.

Explains the forces at work when people play extreme sports or perform stunts.

Over the past century, the growing food industry has brought dramatic changes to what foods people eat, where foods come from, and how they are produced. These changes have affected our diet, our health, our lives, and our planet. This title provides a fascinating overview of the challenges the global community faces surrounding food production and consumption today. The book includes topics such as modern-day farming techniques, fair trade, and the debate surrounding genetically modified crops.