Covering the beginnings of the 20th century up to the present day with great detail and depth, more than 8,000 entries contain comprehensive information unavailable in any other similar volume. This highly detailed encyclopedia spans the full extent of world history since 1900, including world leaders, diplomacy, conflicts, government, explorers, inventions, music, literature, film, athletes, and more. Originally compiled from numerous Facts On File publications, this new edition has been completely updated by a senior scholar in world history and now contains hundreds of new entries concerning recent events. To accommodate the new entries, artwork, and recent information, this new edition has been expanded into three easy-to-use volumes. New entries include: Al Qaeda; Madeleine Albright; Kofi Annan; Osama bin Laden; Tony Blair; George W. Bush; William Jefferson Clinton; Clones and cloning; Czech Republic; East Timor; European Union; Bill Gates; Globalization; Human Genome Project; Islamism; Steven Jobs; Hamid Karzai; Microsoft; Napster; NASDAQ; Vladimir Putin; J.K. Rowling; September 11, 2001; and Tiger Woods.

Community service is becoming an integral part of many school programs, and Community Service for Teens is an important resource for students and teachers interested in volunteering. This 8-volume set discusses a wide variety of community service options in eight different fields.

Community Service for Teens includes:
-- The educational and career benefits of volunteering
-- Interviews with student volunteers
-- Self-assessment tests
-- Types of work available
-- Directory of organizations with volunteer opportunities

Expanding Education and Literacy -includes volunteering in libraries, tutoring, Head Start programs, and teaching English to non-English speaking students.

Dive into the fascinating undersea world of marine science. Modeled after other volumes in The Facts On File Science Handbooks series and designed to provide students with quick, direct answers to basic science questions, The Facts On File Marine Science Handbook is the ideal primer for middle and high school students on the subject of marine science. In this one-stop resource, almost 1,500 key terms relating to marine science are presented in a glossary, along with approximately 250 biographies of individuals who have made important contributions to marine science. A useful chronology composed of nearly 200 entries describes significant milestones in the development of marine science from antiquity to the present, and a selection of easy-to-read tables and charts adds a visual component that allows students to see concrete representations of selected concepts presented in the work. This volume includes a preface, introduction, index, and bibliography of titles and web-sites to guide further research as well as an appendix, Prefixes and Suffixes of the Marine Environment.

Community service is becoming an integral part of many school programs, and Community Service for Teens is an important resource for students and teachers interested in volunteering. This 8-volume set discusses a wide variety of community service options in eight different fields.

Community Service for Teens includes:
-- The educational and career benefits of volunteering
-- Interviews with student volunteers
-- Self-assessment tests
-- Types of work available
-- Directory of organizations with volunteer opportunities

Promoting the Arts and Sciences -includes volunteering in museums, galleries, orchestras, theaters, and historic sites.