The National Academic Press "publishes over 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy." These books are made available to read online for free. One of the latest offerings is entitled Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management, written by the Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council. The Open Book page image presentation framework (which is the tool used to view the book) is fully browseable, searchable, printable, and unfortunately a bit clumsy to use. More books are being presented in PDF format, which should help in this regard; nonetheless, the offerings provide good timely information at a great price.