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Jobs in the hi-tech fields have wide appeal to todayÎs teens. Every book in Exploring Hi-Tech Jobs profiles six jobs in a specific hi-tech field. The books explore what itÎs like to do these jobs, needed education and training, typical pay, and future prospects. All books feature a Q&A interview with someone who works in the field as well as comments from other industry insiders.

Exploring Indian Mythology

Picturesque landscapes, magnificent palaces, bloody battles, divine interventions, and magical powers abound in the fantastical tales that make up the mythology of India. Though the stories originated in ancient times, they still play a central role in modern Indian life and culture. Exploring Indian Mythology tells many beloved and engaging stories of creation, good and evil, war, destiny, and fabled animals.

Exploring Jobs in the Skilled Trades

There has never been a greater demand for workers in the skilled trades. These jobs in solar and wind technology, construction, and the auto and home service industries provide a quick ticket to middle-class wages without incurring college debt. This book explores six jobs in skilled trades. What the jobs entail, what they pay, and future prospects are discussed along with insights from industry insiders.

Exploring Norse Mythology

The Norse, also called the Vikings, who inhabited northern Europe in the mid-to-late medieval era, were a devout people. Many of their distinctive beliefs have survived the ages in the form of colourful stories about their gods and national heroes. These entertaining tales continue to capture the publicÎs imagination, spawning a steady stream of novels, movies, and TV series.

Exploring Solutions

There is no shortage of ideas for how to solve big societal problems, but disagreement is seemingly endless when it comes to deciding which solutions will work, whether they will cause more or different problems down the road, and even whether they should ever be attempted. The goal of the Exploring Solutions series is to examine some of the most interesting, most prominent, and most innovative solutions to seemingly intractable societal problems. Books in the series explore the rationale behind

Exploring the Occult

Even in an age when science holds sway, fascination with the occult has not diminished. Social media, books, and news stories are filled with tales of ghost and angel encounters, monster hunters, clairvoyants, and witchcraft practitioners. The Exploring the Occult series explores both history and present-day experiences with the occultÑbuilding on the sense of wonder that keeps these topics fresh and alive.

Extreme Weather and Climate Change: What's the Connection?

Hot weather is getting hotter while hurricanes, droughts, floods, and forest fires are increasing in intensity. Extreme Weather and Climate Change: What's the Connection? explores the science behind recent weather-related disasters and explains the role climate-changing emissions play in the recent record-shattering weather extremes.

Eyes Open

S-nia, an aspiring poet, lives under the Salazar dictatorship in 1960s Portugal. Her comfortable middle-class life is upended when her boyfriend is arrested for anti-government activities and her family's restaurant is closed for its association with ""undesirable"" artists. S-nia is forced to leave school and take a low-paying job at a hotel laundry to support her family. There, she bonds with her coworkers and joins efforts to improve working conditions. But fighting for justice means walking

Fairy Godmothers Inc.

In a world where fairy tale situations are as much a fact of life as death and taxes, everyone knows hiring Fairy Godmothers, Inc. is the best way to assure that your beautiful daughter or enchanted frog of a grandson will get the happily-ever-after he or she deserves. Kate, an experienced Fairy Godmother, who's enough of a romantic to frustrate her rigidly rule-bound boss, has just received a specialty assignment from one of the company's board of directors. Cinderella—Rellie for short—was plac

Fake News and the Manipulation of Public Opinion

Fake news is not new but, thanks to the Internet and social media, it is spreading faster and farther than ever before. Fabricated stories are creating doubt and confusion and easing the way for the manipulation of public opinion. In some cases, web sites and news articles are designed to confuse people into thinking that they are looking at trusted sources and factual stories. In other cases, the label fake news serves as a tool for discrediting unflattering accounts or opposing points of view.