Thursday, December 22, 2011

CHILD LABOUR AND SWEATSHOPS

By: Watkins, Christine

Collects twelve essays that provide information about child labor and sweatshops, discussing their harm to children, legislation, laws, the influence of free trade agreements and globalization, government boycotts of sweatshop products, and other related topics.
A TOLKIEN BESTIARY

By: Day, David

An illustrated guide that explores the physical apperance, language, culture and behaviour of all the imaginary races, beasts, moder nations deiteis flora and fauna of tolkien's worlds of middle earth and the undying lands.
CELL PHONES AND DRIVEING

By: Kiesbye, Stefan

The At Issue series includes a wide range of opinion on a single controversial subject. Each volume includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives -- eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials and many others. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to future research.TitlePeek
ARE NEWS PAPERS BECOMING EXTINCT?

By: Dorman, Jennifer

A collection of twelve essays that offers varying prespectives on issuses related to newspapers, disscusing whether or not they are becoming extinct, how they can survive, the influence of blogs on journalism, and more.
THE TITAN'S CURSE
By: Riordan, Rick



When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it’s up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared—a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever.Title Peek