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Health Care Careers in 2 Years

The emphasis in these timely volumes is on jobs that do not require advanced medical degrees from prestigious and expensive universities. The career fields covered include nutrition, veterinary sciences, medical technology, physical therapy, and dentistry, among others. Readers will become more confident as they learn that the first step into these career paths with rewarding pay is often certification and associate's degree programs. These practical, hands-on career guides fully support the car

Healthy Lifestyles

Healthy Living Library

This series examines some of the most prevalent health concerns for teens and young adults. Medical experts provide a comprehensive and sensitive overview of topics using timely and reliable information from leading health organizations.

Healthy Oceans: Why They Matter

Healthy oceans are critical to life on earth. This book discusses why the oceans are so important, and how their health is threatened by climate change, pollution, and overuse. It also explores some of things that can be done to improve ocean health.

Helping Yourself, Helping Others

Young people must grapple with life-altering and even life-threatening issues in their everyday lives more than ever before. This essential series contextualizes topics such as eating disorders, school shootings, cyberbullying, and more, helping readers to understand the underlying issues that lead to violence, harassment, and self-harm. The series focuses on proactive approaches to prevention and recovery, and each book provides essential information about where to turn, including phone numbers

Helping Youth with Mental Disabilities

Here Goes Nothing

Eighteen-year-old Beatrice has never been a fan of her neighbor Bennie, but when Beatrice's beloved younger sister starts dating one of Bennie's closest friends, Beatrice is drawn into their social circle. As Beatrice wrestles with increasingly confusing feelings for Bennie, her usually close relationship with her sister is fraying, her grief over their motherÎs death is simmering in the background, and sheÎs overwhelmed by looming senior-year decisions about what she wants to do with her life.

Here Lies Olive

Heredity and Genetics

Who am I?"" ""Where do I come from?"" Biologically speaking, the answers to these questions are far more complicated than a name and hometown. Advances in science now allow an individual to map his or her genes and trace his or her ancestry. Engaging language and detailed, colourful images, charts, and diagrams simplify complicated scientific principles so that students can answer the question, ""How are traits passed down from parent to offspring?"" Readers will learn how genetic variation resu

Hero or Villain? Claims and Counterclaims

Throughout history, there have been many controversial figures that divide opinion on whether they are considered a hero or a villain. This biography set presents an objective overview of the person at the center of the controversy and explores the complex and nuanced issues that elicit such opposing responses. Through understanding the historical context of their actions, as well as the arguments from both sides, students will be engaged to critically assess the layered and complicated response