Each year, all profiles and obituaries from the monthly issues of Current Biography are updated and presented alphabetically in a single hardcover volume. Current Biography Yearbook 2009 delivers near
Part of a series of reference works providing readings in current social and political trends, this volume on recent political upheaval in Arab countries provides a collection of speeches, articles, a
This reference on transportation infrastructure compiles journal articles from 2007 to 2012. The book begins with a preface by the editor, overviewing the history of the federal government's role in t
This reference for college students is also accessible to more prepared high school juniors and seniors. It collects articles and book excerpts published over the past 10 years, from publications incl
"Enthuslastically recommended for school, public, and college libraries."---Library Journal"A well-organized, quality resource with an outstanding price. The inclusion of the 2008 National High schoo
Designed primarily as a collection of scary fare for adults to tell elementary-age children, the tales may be read and some even told by children. Also contains notes on the stories
The authors of the New York Public Library Book of Answers series present a timeline of scientific progress and equally intriguing detours from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Within each year
In biographies ranging from one to five pages, this encyclopedia chronicles living performers (with the sad, unintentional exception of Robert Shaw) from many genres who have been influential with eit
Provides a temporal context for significant developments in creative endeavors from the earliest body ornamentation, musical instruments, rock engravings, and cave paintings to 20th-century literature
This chronology selectively fulfills its subtitle of "a record of philosophical, political, theological, and social thought from ancient times to the present" beginning with the Neanderthals in 48,000
Edited by Meier (science librarian, Penn State Univ.), this is a collection of articles from periodicals such as Scientific American, New Scientist, Smithsonian and Natural History. The first five cha
This volume collects 34 articles from a broad array of mainstream periodical sources that are intended to provide students with a starting point for thinking about the 2010-2011 debate topic of the Na
Part of a series for students that collects material discussing current issues, this volume's theme is the graphic novel and its evolution from "kid stuff" to serious literature. The articles, which f
