Greenhaven Press/Gale San Diego.Greenhaven Press/Gale San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. 10911 Technology Place, San Diego, CA 92127 1-800-231-5163 www.gale.com The Greenhaven "Contemporary Issues Companion" series of nonfiction discussions holds plenty of detailed arguments and discussions perfect independent study and highschool classroom curriculum enrichment. Muslims In America (0737723-157, $34.95), for example, surveys the history and social experiences of Muslim men and women in this country. The diverse articles are written from different perspectives thereby offering very different viewpoints. Joan Brodsky Schur's The Arabs (0737721480, $34.95) covers a century of Arab immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. to this country and tackling such contemporary and important issues as regional neighborhood experiences, anti-Arab discrimination before and after 9/11, and more. Bradley Steffens' The Free Speech Movement (0737711566, $34.95) surveys the promise, limits and potentials of free speech, with articles discussing both civil rights and social liberties issues and the rights of states and regions to determine free speech issues. Readers concerned about drugs and mental disorders have three to choose from: Club Drugs Club Drugs Definition Club drugs is the generic term for psychoactive drugs, usually illegal, that are used by participants of the rave and dance club and recreational drug subculture. (073771607X, $28.70) which surveys the dangers of recreational drug use Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational purposes rather than for work, medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ; William Dudley's Antidepressants Antidepressants Medications prescribed to relieve major depression. Classes of antidepressants include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (fluoxetine/Prozac, sertraline/Zoloft), tricyclics (amitriptyline/ Elavil), MAOIs (phenelzine/Nardil), and heterocyclics (0737719516, $34.95) which joins others in the 'History of Drugs' series covering who antidepressants were initially slow to catch on but now are everywhere; and Melissa Abramovitz's Bipolar Disorder bipolar disorder, formerly manic-depressive disorder or manic-depression, severe mental disorder involving manic episodes that are usually accompanied by episodes of depression. (1590185897, $28.70), adding to the 'Diseases and Disorders' series in surveying an increasingly common disorder. |
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