Stevens: 1588 books

Kankakee became the county seat when Kankakee County was established in 1853. The largest city in the county, Kankakee embraced the railroad from its 19th-century beginning, becoming an important railroad hub in Illinois. The Kankakee County Historical Society has long worked to preserve the city�s...

Are you feeling nervous because you’re about the take the IELTS exam (Academic test format)?Do you have very little time to prepare and you need last minute important tips that will help you achieve a high score?Do you want a list of important rules to pass the IELTS (written by an...

Written by industry thought leaders, Java Web Services Architecture is a no-nonsense guide to web services technologies including SOAP, WSDL, UDDI and the JAX APIs. This book is the trusted advisor to systems architects and provides an unbiased look at many of the practical considerations for implementing...

Memory Prime It is the central core of an immense computer library -- an elite network of research planetoids. Here, the Pathfinders -- the only artificial intelligences legally permitted to serve the Federation -- control and sift the overwhelming dataflow from thousands of research vessels across...

This book is an essential resource for educators who are teaching or leading schools with single-gender classes, whether they're in public, private, or Catholic schools. It is a "soup-to-nuts" guide, covering everything from curriculum planning and classroom design to school policies and...

Do you know that when you eat a food containing carbohydrates, your body breaks it down to produce energy? And do you know also that the impact a food will have on the blood sugar depends on many other factors…. Yes, those factor and their impacts are measured by what is called The glycemic...

Raw Food Cookbook As we learn more about nutrition and health, more of the benefits of raw foods are coming to light. It's well known that diet and health are inextricably linked - and that many common diseases can be prevented by adopting a healthier diet. Raw foods provide us with the maximum nutritional...

Ketogenic diets is one of the most popular diet in the news today…well, that is not for nothing anyway, as they have been shown in many studies to be an effective solution to reduce inflammation, improve metabolism, enhance brain function and even prevent or reduce frequency of epileptic seizures. Now,...

Fatty liver is a descriptive term that refers to the buildup of lipid within hepatocytes. It is normal to have fat in your liver, but if it exceeds some percentage, it starts to invade the liver, gradually penetrating the healthy parts of your liver which lessen the healthy tissues in it. This...

Without any fear to sound contradictory, I can say weight gain and obesity can be traced as the root cause or origins of the main health concerns in the modern era of our civilization. And in fact, obesity in particular is one of the principal causes of avoidable death in the world nowadays....

By way of definition, we have to first understand that Gastritis as a condition is the erosion, swelling/inflammation or irritation of the abdominal linings. However, this can be sudden or gradual. And when the process is sudden it is referred to as acute gastritis but when it is gradual it is known...

What Is Irritable Bowel Syndrome? You may want to ask! Well, first and foremost, let us understand that the irritable bowel syndrome is not a disease but simply a change of the functionality of the gastrointestinal tract, and in fact, it can be simply explained as a functional gastrointestinal...

The word “love” in our culture has many meanings. It can mean desire,” I love chocolate cake.” It can define an amorphous happy feeling we have toward those people and things in our life we deem important. “I love my grandchildren.” Where does love come from? What does it really mean?...

Cabbage soup diet is probably one of the best-known diets in the world without any controversy! In fact, I believe that everybody who has ever needed to shed a few or a lot of pounds must have tried it or thought about trying it at some point.  But to be honest with you, cabbage soups tastes...