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The sequel to the best-selling "Children's Miscellany". Packed full of even more, even smarter, even stranger facts, "Children's Miscellany Volume Two" includes Shakespearian insults, the longest place names in the world, five ways to de-smell your trainers and how to hypnotize a chicken!

Selected from a diverse field of speakers and venues, this volume offers some of the most engaging American speeches of the year. Distinguished by its diversity, covering areas in politics, education, popular culture, as well as trending topics in the news, these speeches provide an interesting format to explore some of the year's most important stories.

This volume is a compilation of the year's most notable speeches from politics, business, and academia gives a concise snapshot of the year's most significant issues, including Health Care Reform, Disarmament and Arms Control and Financial and Regulatory Reform.

Sally Gregson runs a nursery specialising in epimediums and uses her experience to suggest the best classic and new cultivars to grow. She focuses on choosing companion plants to complement the delicate flowers and striking foliage of epimediums and illustrates the book with mouthwatering photographs. The useful resource section suggests the best places to see and grow these fascinating plants.

A comprehensive if not exhaustive reference focusing on the origins, histories, and functions of the deities. Also includes the names and alternate names, ancient and modern of the people who believed in them. Extensive cross-referencing identifies classes of deities, alternate spellings and names,

The International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology is the first encyclopedia in the field and a timely response to the surge of interest in economic sociology over the last 30 years. Economic Sociology deals with the multiple and complex relations between economy and society. In particular, it focuses on the impact of social, political and cultural factors on economic behaviour. The Encyclopedia gives comprehensive and accessible coverage of the wide range of areas and subjects covered by the...

H.W. Wilson's Current Biography, the monthly magazine, has been delivering up-to-date biographies of men and women of contemporary importance since 1940. The magazine is renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful selection and the wide scope of influence of its subjects.

The ultimate guide to life's big questions with all the answers inside. What is the secret of happiness? Can computers think? Why do we dream? Think About It has all the answers to the big questions that make you think about yourself and your place in the world. Each page focuses on one big question that will stretch your brain and fire your imagination into the realms of discovery. From questions about personality, thoughts, and dreams to the wider questions of life, the universe, and everyth...

Critical Insights: Animal Farm offers a multidisciplinary range of perspectives on George Orwell's classic satire. The volume of essay includes a consideration of Animal Farm's rhetorical use by contemporary British politicians, a biopolitical reading of the text, a consideration of the work within the tradition of beast fables, an assessment within the tradition of literary anthropomorphism, an analysis of Orwell's use of humor in the book, and a comparison of narrative strategies in Animal Far...

Such “social networking” websites as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter have revolutionized communication, changing the ways in which friends stay in touch, companies advertise products, and politicians reach voters, to name but three of their uses. This collection of articles traces the evolution of social networking, considering both its usefulness and potential dangers.

This volume continues the series coverage of the National Debate Topic for the National Forensic League, the largest debate honor society in the country. Following the topic set by the league, the volume reveals the diversity of United States economic relations in Latin America, particularly given the different political conditions of many countries. Topics begin with a survey of perspectives on Latin American political, social, and economic life. Another chapter reviews the debates on the North...

Covering the beginnings of the 20th century up to the present day with great detail and depth, more than 8,000 entries contain comprehensive information unavailable in any other similar volume. This highly detailed encyclopedia spans the full extent of world history since 1900, including world leaders, diplomacy, conflicts, government, explorers, inventions, music, literature, film, athletes, and more. Originally compiled from numerous Facts On File publications, this new edition has been comple...

The Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions. Edited by a distinguished team of evolutionary biologists, with contributions from leading researchers, the guide contains some 100 clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics in seven major areas: phylogenetics and the history of life; selection and adaptation; evolutionary processes; g...

This seven-volume reference work, designed for children age 8 to 13, features an informal text, extensive cross-referencing, diagrams and captions which enhance the text, and separate biography and index volumes which contain much useful information, including articles on 500 famous people.

This twelfth volume in the SAGE Series on Green Society explores the multitude of threats to sustainable life on earth and the myriad of controversies surrounding potential solutions. The grayer shades of green are deeply examined, including such heady questions as: Is ethanol production from corn a recipe for famine? Does offshore drilling pose more of a risk to the environment than the problem it solves? Is 'clean coal' a viable option or is it simply polluting the energy dilemma? Are genetica...