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DK Nature: Conservation

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO SAVE WILDLIFE? HOW DO CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAMS WORK? HOW CAN ORDINARY PEOPLE HELP CONSERVATION? HAS CONSERVATION SAVED WILDLIFE IN THE PAST? WHAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN TO…

Maurice Sendak

—Hope O'KeeffeSource: The National Endowment for the Arts “The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible…

Writing Well: Seek and Ye Shall Find

Seek and Ye Shall FindWriting WellSeek and Ye Shall FindBook LearningMags and RagsResearching on the I-WayYou're Not Done Yet You've got your subject, you've narrowed it to a topic, and you've…

DK Human Body: Hormones

HOW DO HORMONES WORK? FIND OUT MOREHormones are control chemicals that trigger major changes in the body. They control many important functions, including body chemistry, growth and sexual…

Notable Boxers

See also Muhammad Ali: Timeline, Biography, and Stats People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Boxing: Encyclopedia Boxing Summary Olympics: Boxing Biographies…

Selected Golfers

Tiger Woods See also Tiger Woods Timeline People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Golf Summary Biographies by Category Cotton, Henry, golfer Daly,…

Notable Filmmakers and Directors

Notable Filmmakers and Directors Spike Lee See also Actors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and Theater…

Notable Filmmakers and Directors

Spike Lee See also Actors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and Theater Personalities Women Stage and…

Donen, Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Donen, Stanley, 1924–2019, American film director, choreographer, and producer, b. Columbia, S.C. He is best known for directing some of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's finest musicals. In 1940…

emphysema

(Encyclopedia) emphysemaemphysemaĕmfĭsēˈmə [key], pathological or physiological enlargement or overdistention of the air sacs of the lungs. A major cause of pulmonary insufficiency in chronic…