Books with author Kevin Hillstrom

This series provides users with accessible information for evaluating the often conflicting and ever-changing issues surrounding nutrition and healthy living.; This title in Lucent's Nutrition and Health series examines the history of vaccines, current usage, and controversies surrounding vaccinations.; Individual volumes focus on a specific health or nutrition-related topic, such as body image, diets and dieting, junk food, or vegetarianism. Each contains a topic overview, information about changing trends, up-to-date scientific analysis, and a look at

The in-depth biographical profiles are written for readers ages 9 and up and include portaits and other illustrations. The 11 environmental leaders covered in this volume are John Cronin (Hudson River clean-up), Dai Qing (Chinese journalist and author of banned books on Yangtze River dam project), Ka Hsaw Wa (Burmese human rights and environmental activist), Winona Laduke (Native American environmental activist), Aldo Leopold (American author of A Sand County Almanac), Bernard Martin (Canadian environmentalist), Cynthia Moss (American elephant researcher), John Muir (founder of the Sierra Club), Gaylord Nelson (conservation-minded senator known as the father of Earth Day), Douglas Tompkins (American entrepreneur and environmentalist who acquires land for wilderness preservation), and Hazel Wolf (recently-deceased 100-year-old Audobon Society activist from Seattle).

Young people today are inundated with information but often lack the tools for understanding the complex issues that stir public debate; this series provides clear, balanced, and thoughtful examination of the hot-button issues of the day.; This title in the Hot Topics series explains what Fracking is, how the process works, and describes benefits and the drawbacks of this new energy technology.; Carefully crafted narrative, fully documented primary and secondary source quotations, informative sidebars, and study questions all provide excellent starting points for research and discussion. Full-color photographs, maps, and charts enhance volumes in this series.