Books with author Lydia Bjornlund

How the Refrigerator Changed History examines the invention and evolution of the refrigerator and explores how refrigeration has changed the way people eat and live. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Details the Bolshevik revolution from the perspectives of those involved, including the protesters, Vladimir Lenin, Tsar Nicholas II, and others. Additional features include a bullet-point summary of the events, compelling narrative descriptions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, questions to spark critical thinking, sources to guide further research, historical photographs, informative captions, a table of contents, an index, an introduction to the author, and a phonetic glossary.

How Dangerous Are Performance-Enhancing Drugs? Over the past decade, the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by professional and amateur athletes at elite levels has made headlines in newspapers across the country—and beyond. Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines What Are the Origins of the Performance-Enhancing Drugs Controversy?; Do Performance-Enhancing Drugs Put One’s Health at Risk?; Do Performance-Enhancing Drugs Harm the Integrity of Sports? Should Sports Organizations Take Stronger Measures To Stop Performance-Enhancing Drugs?; How Can the Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs Be Prevented?

Natural hazard research has tremendous potential to help communities save lives and protect property threatened by earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and many other natural phenomena. This knowledge drives the research toward a fuller understanding of natural disasters and the development of warning systems and mitigation strategies. This title examines the science behind natural disaster research in the following chapters: Why Study Disasters?; What Are Natural Disasters?; Reading the Earth and Its Movement; Wind and Weather; Mapping and Modeling; and New Directions in Disaster Research.