Frank Carlson Library

Describes the parts of plows, how they work, and what they do.

Reamer examines the ethics involving intimate and sexual relationships with clients and former clients, practitioners' self-disclosure, giving and receiving favors and gifts, bartering for services, and unavoidable and unanticipated circumstances such as social encounters and geographical proximity. Case vignettes help illustrate important points. Reamer also gives practical risk-management models to aid human service professionals in the prevention...

Discusses a variety of piloting jobs, from helicopters to commercial jets, with their educational requirements, qualifications, duties, salaries, and employment outlook.

A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.

Illustrations and simple text describe machines that are used in road and house building, forestry, and mining industries.

Whether protecting their own rights or those of their clients, or navigating the juvenile justice, immigration, or welfare systems, social workers confront legal issues every day. This book explores legal concepts, legal reasoning, and legal processes―illustrated with case vignettes from social work practice―in order to provide social work practitioners and students with practical and accessible legal knowledge. It introduces readers to scholarship...

Simple text and illustrations explore the wonders of snow.

Simple text teaches readers the basics of BMX bikes and bike riding, the bikes' origins, mechanics, and basic safety precautions when riding them. The huge wheels, powerful engines, and loud noises of working machines seem to entrance children for hours. Now young students can pore over color photos as they learn about their favorite machines--inside and out. Each book builds vocabulary as it describes in simple language the basics of a machine: what...