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Plagues and pandemics are a part of global history, from the biblical ""plague of locusts"" to today's COVID-19 pandemic. This two-volume set includes content on the Black Death, smallpox, the plague, malaria, typhoid, polio, SARS, AIDS, Covid-19 and others.

Brings together 7,000 listings of Canadian libraries, their branches, resource centres, business information centres, professional associations, regional library systems, archives, library schools and library technical programs.

A master file of contacts and information that serves the needs of the financial services industry in Canada. With over 18,000 organisations, this is the most up-to-date source for names and contact information of industry professionals, senior executives, portfolio managers, financial advisors, agency bureaucrats and elected representatives.

Provides immediate access to current legal books, serials and multimedia publications.

Offers 225 essays covering graphic novels and core comics series, focusing on the independents and underground genre that form today's canon for academic coursework and library collections.

Provides information on both federal and provincial governments, courts, and their elected and appointed members.

Examines the stories associated with gods and goddesses: their relationships with each other and with human beings; their faults, foibles, strengths, and powers. This set offers explanations of how the gods and goddesses gifted humans with life, water, fire, music, and dance. Nearly 220 essays detail gods and goddesses from around the globe.

In print for more than seven decades as Broadcasting Yearbook and more recently, Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, this directory has been the go-to source for station data and industry contacts in the US and Canadian television, radio and cable marketplace.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the support services and information resources available for people diagnosed with a chronic illness. This directory details the wide range of organizations, educational materials, books, newsletters, web sites, periodicals and databases that address 88 specific chronic illnesses.

Contains nearly 800 alphabetically arranged articles. They cover a variety of topics, including endangered animal species, air pollution, national parks, environmental legislation, oil spills, alternative energy sources, and global climate change. Essays also cover such topics as sick building syndrome, noise pollution, smog, and urban planning.

The tension between openness and transparency with the need to keep information secure and out of the hands of an enemy has been at the heart of some of the most riveting episodes in American history. This title provides primary documentation on the secrets, leaks, and scandals throughout all of America's history.

Identifies the best, most current material available to your library. It includes a main, library-bound guide to over 10,000 books plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists.

Combines a full year of the monthly magazine Current Biography into a single, permanent record. It has been delivering up-to-date biographies of men and women of contemporary importance since 1940. Current Biography is renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful selection and the wide scope of influence of its subjects.

Each article in this volume provides a thorough commentary and analysis of documents that explore the legacy of 9/11. The primary source document, often reproduced in its entirety, includes sections that provide Summary Overview, the Defining Moment, Author Biography, Document Analysis, and Essential Themes.

Selected from a diverse field of speakers, 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 new addition to the Defining Documents series offers in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents and historic events that shaped these documents and the authors behind them. This text closely studies more than forty primary source documents to deliver a thorough examination of various peoples and events throughout history.