From Internet censorship to sex and violence on television and in video games to debates over rock lyrics, the effect of media on children and adolescents is one of the most widely debated issues in our society. The Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media

presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on the media's interaction with children and adolescents. With more than 400 entries, the two volumes of this resource cover the traditional and electronic media and their controversial impact--for good and ill--on children and adolescents.

Spanning the years from the beginning of recorded history to the modern day. "World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary" profiles the influential military leaders whose actions precipitated enormous change in the world around them. From master strategists such as Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, and Napoleon to the great tacticians, including Decatur, Hannibal, and Rommel, this comprehensive A-to-Z biographical dictionary will serve as an indispensable guide to the student and military buff alike. Entries include Alexander III, Napoleon Bonaparte, Oliver Cromwell, Dwight David Eisenhower, Tommy Ray Franks, Genghis Khan, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Robert Edward Lee, Douglas MacArthur, Horatio Nelson, John Joseph Pershing, Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, Saladin, Sir William Wallace, Isoroku, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, and more.

The topic of distance teaching and online learning associated technologies and applications covers a galaxy of ideas, concepts, issues, concerns, and opportunities.

Словарь содержит около 100 тыс. терминов и терминологических словосочетаний, включая производные в гнездах. Широкий синонимический ряд обеспечивает быстрый поиск необходимого переводного эквивалента. В словаре представлена интегративная терминология по основным разделам клинической медицины, смежных наук и отраслей - генетике, иммунологии, фармакологии, психологии, демографии, страхованию, а также проведена перекомпоновка общеупотребительной и традиционной медицинской терминологии. Приложения содержат расщифровки и переводы наиболее часто встречающихся в медицинской литературе аббревиатур, другие справочные сведения. Предназначен для врачей, фармакологов, биологов, преподавателей и студентов медицинских, биологических, журналистких факультетов, институтов иностранных языков, а также переводчиков, работников СМИ и издательств.

Organized by such common subjects as Home, Work, Eating Out, Transportation, Health and Sports, these bilingual visual dictionaries give students and business people quick access to foreign terms in the simplest and most intuitive way.