Author: Harry Henderson
Publisher: Facts on File
Keywords: book, library, media, news, power
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 2004-05
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0816047685
ISBN-13: 9780816047680

The news media is a 24-hour presence, endlessly pumping images and information through the air, beaming it down from space, transmitting it through cables and phone lines across the Internet. Out of this torrent of information, all delivered in about the same tone of importance, it is sometimes difficult to sift through and determine what really is significant. From newspapers and magazines to radios, televisions, and the Internet, today’s consumers often rely on the news media for unbiased, reliable information on current events. However, the news media is an industry that does much mor

Authors:Robert S. Ellwood, Gregory D. Alles,
Publisher: Facts on File
Keywords: library, religion, mythology, file, facts, world, religions, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2007-01-30
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0816061416
ISBN-13: 9780816061419

"The Encyclopedia of World Religions, Revised Edition" provides young adults with reliable, unbiased information on the world’s religions, from ancient times to the present day. In about 600 entries - with 115 new to this edition - this revised edition covers all the major and minor religions of the world, including the religions of the ancient world; the major religions practiced around the world today; religions of contemporary indigenous peoples; definitions of religious symbols and ideas; key leaders and thinkers; and terms and definitions. The new entries and photographs broaden the

Author: Kyle, Ph.d. Kirkland
Publisher: Facts on File
Keywords: world, physics, universe, particles
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2007-05-30
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0816061165
ISBN-13: 9780816061167

Nuclear physics investigates the properties and behavior of the central portion, or nucleus, of the atom. This branch of physics had perhaps the biggest impact on the world in the 20th century because it evolved into the knowledge used to build the most destructive weapons people have ever known. The atomic bombs that ended World War II, and the weapons race that followed, changed the course of history. But applications of nuclear physics have also provided enormous energy for useful purposes, generating about 16 percent of the world’s electricity. "Particles and the Universe" documents

Author: Linda Elkins-Tanton
Publisher: Facts on File
Keywords: system, solar, comets, meteorites, asteroids
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-03-28
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 081605195X
ISBN-13: 9780816051953

In the 19th century when asteroids were first discovered, the continuum of sizes in the solar system was not understood, because many people thought of the solar system as a Sun orbited by nine planets. However, as observers’ abilities to see smaller and smaller bodies in the solar system improves because of better instrumentation, and as scientists continue trying to catalog the number of large asteroidal bodies that someday might collide with the Earth, the solar system is viewed as a collection of objects with a whole continuum of sizes. The Sun is orbited by material that ranges in s

Author: Dianna Booher
Publisher: Facts on File
Keywords: grammar, grief
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1988-02
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0816013446
ISBN-13: 9780816013449

An effective writing style is one of the most important tools a business person can possess, and good grammar is the foundation of clear writing. In this book, Booher has welcome news for all business writers afflicted by bad grammar.

Author: Facts on File
Publisher: Facts on File
Keywords: skills, library, career, communication
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2004-05
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0816055173
ISBN-13: 9780816055173

Knowing how to communicate clearly and effectively in the workplace is a key to success. "Communication Skills

Author: Edward D. Johnson
Publisher: Facts on File
Keywords: english, handbook
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1991-09
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0816027110
ISBN-13: 9780816027118

Now substantially revised and updated, this essential guide is arranged in an easy-to-follow, topical style that takes readers from the rules governing basic sentence structure to methods of achieving effective expression.