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Chronology of the Evolution-Creationism Controversy

It didn't start with recent battles over biology textbooks or the Scopes “Monkey Trial” or even the outcry over Darwin's On the Origins of Species. No, the historic record shows that the sometimes violent conflict between science-based and faith-based views of life dates back nearly 3,000 years—with seemingly no reconciliation of those views in sight.

America's Natural Places

From purple mountains to amber waves of grain, America is a land of incredible variety and extraordinary beauty, graced with places of great ecological significance. But our natural wonders are fragile, threatened by encroaching civilization and environmental ills. Awareness is a first step to ensuring that these wonders will exist to enchant generations to come.

America's Natural Places: East and Northeast

Although Maine's Acadia National Park appears immutable, it is in a constantly shifting, dynamic state. The park provides a living laboratory that helps us better understand how environmental factors can shaped landscapes and ecosystems. Only through knowledge of what exists can we identify threats to such resources in time to preserve them.

America's Natural Places: The Midwest

Ohio's Kitty Todd Preserve has the highest concentrations of rare species of any nature preserve in the state. Notable species include the lark sparrow, Karner blue butterfly, and wild lupine. Today, the 750-acre preserve is a model of land management practices—and an example of the vanishing splendor of America.

America's Natural Places: Pacific and West

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge helps sustain local Eskimo and Indian cultures and serves as a symbol of America's vast and remote wilderness—a place of inspiration and beauty. Faced with demands that oil exploration be allowed within its borders, it also represents the endangered future shared by many of America's natural splendors.

America's Natural Places: Rocky Mountains and Great Plains

A horseback trek through Rocky Mountain National Park, with its abundant wildlife and magnificent vistas, helps one appreciate both the hardships and the wonders that met America's pioneers. And it underscores why it is worth working to preserve America's natural splendors.

America's Natural Places: South and Southeast

Once home to tall grass and bison herds, Texas's Blackland Prairie is now a habitat for more than 500 native fauna. This includes 327 species of birds, 15 of which are considered imperiled. Like many other natural sites, the prairie's existence is threatened by the advances of man.

Beatniks

Born in the wake of World War II, and reaching expressive peaks during the otherwise staid 1950s, the Beat Generation was the first in American history to defiantly break from the past and point the way forward for young Americans. Every subculture to emerge since owes a debt to the beats, who left an indelible mark on American history.

A Call for Character Education and Prayer in the Schools

In 1962 and 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court made rulings that removed prayer and Bible reading from public schools. The constitutional separation of church and state was satisfied. But in the aftermath of the rulings, the nation endured one of the worst and longest sustained increases in juvenile crime in its history. Is there a connection?

The Choice of War

The Just War Doctrine was first enunciated by St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) and has come down through history. Conditions for a Just War are generally agreed to include these: it can be waged only when non-violent options are exhausted; it can be fought only to redress a wrong; it must not produce evils graver than the evil to be eliminated.

Clausewitz Reconsidered

In 1832, renowned German philosopher Clausewitz issued the famous dictum that war is policy conducted by other means, implying that states could assert control over that "policy." In an era when armed conflict is no longer the sole province of states, do Clausewitz's theories still hold lessons for modern statesmen and military strategists?

Clausewitz Reconsidered

Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities make up the largest minority group in the United States, and with the aging of the Baby Boomers their numbers will continue to grow. It is an audience that will rely on services like the public library, and libraries that do not reach out to disabled persons are missing an important opportunity.

Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Messages of Children's Films

Does Disney's Aladdin promote prejudice against Arabs? Is The Lion King fascist? Is Wall-E's critique of consumer culture anticapitalist, and thus anti-American? We know the overt messages of most children's films: listen to your parents, be yourself, work together. But are there subtler political messages being transmitted—deliberately or inadvertently—to young viewers?

Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare

Animals are more than we ever imagined them to be—they're smart, emotional, and according to research, know right from wrong. People all over the globe are voting for legislation that increases the protection of animals in venues ranging from farms and laboratories to zoos, circuses, and rodeos. Yet the human relationship with animals is complex and rife with contradiction. What are the differing philosophies and how can they be resolved?

Enterprise Security for the Executive

Firewalls breached. Websites hacked. Confidential files pilfered. Trucks hijacked. Financials manipulated. Today's security teams routinely face nightmare scenarios of malicious, criminal breaches. Executives may not want to get involved in the nuts and bolts of this crucial work, but there is something essential they can do: set the tone for a serious security culture from the top.

Global Security Watch—Russia

The Russian Federation may have become separated from significant human power and natural resources in its transition from the old Soviet empire, but with a permanent United Nations Security Council seat, enviable oil and natural gas reserves, one of the world's largest conventional armies, and enough nuclear weapons to destroy any country, Russia remains the most important global security actor besides the United States.

Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide

In the three decades since its beginnings on the streets of the Bronx, hip hop has become a signature genre of American music—a genuine cultural phenomenon. Although hip hop was once defined by its legendary East Coast/West Coast rivalries, New York and LA aren't the whole story. Around the nation, places as unlikely as Honolulu and Louisville have put their own distinctive spin on the music.

International Law and the Use of Force

Was the U.S. invasion of Iraq illegal? It is a question that has sparked widespread public scrutiny, as well as the interest of legal scholars. And while the vast majority of international lawyers consider the Iraq War a violation of the law, their opinions diverge as to whether the invasion has weakened or strengthened international law and the role of the U.N. Security Council.

Israel in the Second Iraq War

Did Donald Rumsfeld model the Second Iraq War on Israel’s 1996 invasion of southern Lebanon? The similarities are striking: the overwhelming air power, limited ground forces, targeted attacks on infrastructure and few safeguards against civilian casualties mirror the war strategy of Israel’s Lukidist Party, which has played on increasing role in shaping Middle East policy in the United States since the Reagan era.

Japanese War Brides in America

Reveals the stories of nineteen Japanese war brides whose assimilation into American culture forever influenced future generations.

Mass Trauma and Emotional Healing around the World

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that a total of 2,500 million people were affected by disasters from 1995 to 2004, with the loss of 89,000 lives and at a cost of around $570 billion. What enables trauma victims to survive—and continue to flourish in the wake of disasters, whether natural or man-made?

Moving Library Collections

Sooner or later, almost every librarian is faced with the task of moving a collection. It is a daunting challenge, mammoth in scope. Yet missing the slightest detail can be devastating—in one instance, a measurement error of only a half-inch threw off two entire sections of shelving.

Political Islam from Muhammad to Ahmadinejad

From the conquest of the Byzantines in the 7th century to anti-colonial jihad in British Somaliland from 1899-1920 to the current climate of global terrorism, political Islam has continuously shaped nations, impacted policy, and radically changed the world.

The Praeger Handbook of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Environmental medicine traces its roots all the way back to Hippocrates, where occupational medicine dates its origins to a landmark 1700 textbook. Now these increasingly important areas are becoming one vital, multifaceted field, adding to their legacies with a surge of breakthroughs in combating air- and water-born health threats in the workplace and in the environment at large.

Recessions and Depressions

The worldwide financial crisis of 2008 was an all-too-real reminder that there is no such thing as a “recession-proof” economy, and that severe economic downturns can have devastating human consequences. It is also a reminder that, despite over two centuries of debate, there is still no universally accepted explanation for what makes business cycles turn the way they do.

Religion, Death, and Dying

What to say in the face of death? Religions have offered hopes, consolations, and systems of meaning. They have provided spiritual guidance and ethical insight for the dying, their families, and those who care and mourn for them. Here in North America, they continue to do so, even as the conditions and situations for dying, death, and bereavement change dramatically from the traditions of the past.

Reporters Who Made History

Former Washington Post publisher Phil Graham once called journalism “the first rough draft of history.” At a time when newspapers seem on the brink of collapse and many reporters seem to value access to the powerful over their intended role as skeptics and watchdogs, it is important to remember how essential an unbiased, critical Fourth Estate is to the nation and to history.

Rewiring Your Self to Break Addictions and Habits

The text includes psychological techniques and technologies to help us break free of behaviors that are harmful but have become ingrained in our biology.

Swinging in America

Is the monogamous ideal of romantic love—that one person can meet all of our needs forever—a realistic standard or an unrealistic fantasy? In fact, significant social science research suggests that the standard of monogamy has become a destructive force both on marriages and parenting, and that nonmonogamous relationships actually provide a more viable blueprint for relationships today.

Term Paper Resource Guide to Medieval History

The thousand years of the medieval period offer some fascinating facts—for example, that approximately 80 percent of the population was directly involved in food production. As illustrated by Eleanor of Aquitaine, the individuals of the period are no less intriguing: she accompanied her first husband on crusade and later ransomed her son Richard the Lionhearted and personally escorted him home.

Using Poetry Across the Curriculum

Poetry is a natural favorite of children and a wonderful way to enhance learning. Poetry can invite discussion of social issues, including war and peace, race and ethnicity, and the environment. There are poems about health, poems that draw on jazz, and poetic retellings in the form of fables, tales, myths, and legends—each with its own story or lesson.

When I Fall in Love Again

An intimate relationship between a man and woman ends—then comes the uncertainty and emotional fallout. But when is the time right to start a new relationship? How do women make good choices about men as they transition between closing out a failed relationship and become open to the possibilities of a new one?

Reading Nora Roberts

She has produced 68 New York Times bestsellers and more titles overall than Judith Krantz, Danielle Steel, Harold Robbins, and Sidney Sheldon combined. She is one of only two authors on Time's 2007 list of the 100 Most Influential People. She is Nora Roberts, and if you think she is merely another romance novelist, you are about to learn there is more to her story.

The Boomers' Career Survival Guide

From V-J Day to JFK, nearly 79 million babies were born in the United States. The arrival of the Baby Boom Generation was by far the largest demographic shift in our nation's history. Now the leading edge of the Woodstock-Watergate-"Me Decade" generation is at or near retirement. Millions of boomers are at mid-career and are hearing the clock ticking on their dreams and schemes.

Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today

Asian Americans are often considered a “model minority,” steadily striving for the American dream with an exemplary focus on education and enterprise. But in reality, along with notable successes, Asian Americans face a number of challenging issues; the Asian American community is far more complex and diverse than most people realize.

The Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia

Sometime around 1830, while enslaved to a Maryland ship carpenter, a 12-year-old boy learns to read with the help of his master's wife and neighborhood white children. Over the next 15 years, the man who became Frederick Douglass would stage a dramatic escape, speak at the country's first abolitionist meeting, write an autobiography that astonished the world, and become a compelling advocate for freedom.

Encyclopedia of Adaptations in the Natural World

Why is a snake's tongue forked? How did certain deep sea creatures come up with headlights? How did parasites learn the "mind control" abilities that let them manipulate hosts? What inspired the invention of velcro and numerous other everyday materials? For all of the above: Adaptation.

Finding Our Place

This fascinating compendium offers biographies on the lives and accomplishments of 100 well-known adoptees, foster children, and orphanage alumni, including actors and actresses, scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, and politicians throughout time.

100 Media Moments That Changed America

An exciting and innovative look at how the American media has truly shaped the public's reaction to important events in world history.

100 Most Popular Science Fiction Authors

Which 20th-century science fiction writer published under a man's name, her gender never revealed until after her death? Which was the godson of Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen? Which was described by Lenin as "What a little bourgeois! What a philistine!" because he asked too many awkward questions? Answers await in this guide to the best and brightest authors in speculative fiction.

The Agile Librarian's Guide to Thriving in Any Institution

Beyond the Browser

Broadway

It is a small piece of a small island, just a few city blocks dissected by a diagonal avenue. Yet for nearly a century and a half, productions at theaters clustered in this crowded section of midtown Manhattan have enthralled audiences, continually redefined excellence, and left an indelible mark on American culture.

Currents of Archival Thinking

Fellowship in a Ring

What is it about science faction and fantasy that so fascinates readers? To boldly go where no one has gone before? The genre's popularity is unquestionable, and book clubs devoted to them are forming at a rapid pace. But fantasy and science fiction are wide-ranging genres and fans have very different tastes. How do you build a group that will satisfy them all?

George Clooney

He is not your run of the mill "Sexiest Man Alive," despite winning that designation from People magazine in 2006. Actor/activist George Clooney is one of the most respected celebrities of our time, both for his interest in and work for the larger world, and for his talents in acting, directing, and writing topical, relevant motion pictures.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of LGBT Issues Worldwide

This set is the definitive source for current information on crucial topics for emerging high-interest groups around the world.

Greenwood Guides to the Universe

Astronomical discoveries are frequently in the science news, with the discovery of new moons, new planets, or, as in the case of Pluto, the demotion of planets to "dwarf planet" status. With untold mysteries still to be discovered, it is no wonder that space has been deemed—with justice—“the final frontier.”

Guide to the Universe: Inner Planets

Is there life on Mars? Questions such as this have fascinated us since we first stared into the heavens and became aware of the planets that are Earth's nearest neighbors. Happily, advances in technology are now allowing us to know these neighbors—and our own planet—more intimately than ever before.