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Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever? by Nancy Leys Stepan
Publication Date: 2019
Enlightening for general readers and specialists alike, Eradication is an illuminating look at some of the most urgent problems of health and disease around the world.
Smart Water Technologies and Techniques by David A. Lloyd Owen
Publication Date: 2018
Explores future directions for smart water development in the pursuit of balanced supply and demand. This book answers the questions, assuages concerns, and explains the technology that could revolutionize the way water is accessed and supplied.

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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick
Call Number: HV 6433 .I722 I8593 2015
In a thrilling dramatic narrative, awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents.
Climate Change by Edmond Mathez; Jason Smerdon
Call Number: QC 981 .8 .C5 M378 2018
This book provides a broad, informative introduction to the science that underlies our understanding of the climate system and the effects of human activity on the warming of our planet. Mathez and Smerdon describe the roles that the atmosphere and ocean play in our climate, introduce the concept of radiation balance, and explain climate changes that occurred in the past.

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