The Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice lived up to its promise. Whether one measures success by the number of citations to the Encyclopedia’s essays in published journals, the many reports by librarians of the Encyclopedia’s heavy usage, or the frequent calls to Macmillan for an updated edition, there is no question of the Encyclopedia’s success in providing access to the world’s knowledge of criminal behavior, its causes, and societies’ responses to it.

The Encyclopedia of Communication and Information brings together an assemblage of international experts in order to summarize what we know about communication and information in all of their manifestations. The entries in the Encyclopedia are written by specialists who are themselves active researchers in the study of communication, information, or both.

The history of children and childhood is a new and energetic field of inquiry that provides critical insights into the human past and contemporary social experience. By gathering articles by the best investigators and by approaching the subject both with a global focus and from an interdisciplinary perspective, the Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society provides the interested reader with a necessary introduction to the wide range of issues that define the field.

This second edition differs markedly from other works of reference dealing with the history of American foreign policy. Instead of bringing together small batches of information on many topics, it offers in-depth, original, interpretive essays commissioned from distinguished scholars who are experts in their field. Using both narrative and topical structure, the authors explain concepts, themes, large ideas, significant movements, and distinctive policies in the history of American foreign relations.

The result is Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior, a collection of over 190 alphabetically arranged articles intended to reach out to an audience of children and teenagers with information that can help them understand issues surrounding addictive behavior on both an academic and a personal level.

Crime, and the issues that relate to it, arouse compelling curiosity and fervent debate. In the human psyche, crimes and their underlying motives often capture equal measures of fascination and revulsion. In the media, criminals are both condemned and granted celebrity. Accordingly, the readings and resources offered in Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources are designed to demonstrate the development, diversity, and duality of attitudes and arguments related to crime and punishment.

Ну и ну! Как такое могло случиться? Барон Седжуик, живущий в своём поместье, вдруг начинает получать из Лондона огромные счета, подписанные Эммелин Седжуик, его… женой. Но этого не может быть. Он придумал себе жену, чтобы избавиться от бесконечных преследований мамаш с дочерьми на выданье, никакой Эммелин не существует! Надо срочно ехать в Лондон и там разобраться в этой странной истории. Кто же всё-таки она, эта Эммелин? И что сулит встреча с ней?

Отважный капитан Колин Данверс привык к сюрпризам судьбы — но то, что прелестная незнакомка Джорджиана, столь изящно обольстившая его на балу, оказалась невинной девушкой, потрясло даже его. И совсем уж странным было ее загадочное исчезновение наутро. Забыть о пикантном приключении? Возможно ли это для мужчины, впервые в жизни попавшего в водоворот истинной страсти? Для мужчины, готового на все, лишь бы отыскать женщину, с которой его навеки связала одна волшебная ночь…