The 39th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2007 in * Security and conflicts* Military spending and armaments* Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament The SIPRI Yearbook contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of events during the year in the area of security and arms control.

This text offers the basics of news media feature writing and guides motivated beginners down the right path toward success as professional feature writers. It looks at newspaper, magazine, newsletter, and online publications, with emphasis on daily newspapers and consumer magazines.

A History of Communications advances a theory of media that explains the origins and impact of different forms of communication - speech, writing, print, electronic devices and the Internet - on human history in the long term. New media are 'pulled' into widespread use by broad historical trends and these media, once in widespread use, 'push' social institutions and beliefs in predictable directions. This view allows us to see for the first time what is truly new about the Internet, what is not, and where it is taking us.

This annual collector`s item is packed with bold, vivid photographs coupled with lively commentary. Tragedies and triumphs.... heartaches and heart-throbs.... celebrities and sweethearts.... newsmakers and newcomers. Featuring the Best Worst Dressed, Most Beautiful, and Most Intriguing lists of the past year. Go behind the scenes with your favorite celebrities and relive the year`s most extraordinary stories through more than 200 sensational photos!

Shifts in public opinion have had an impact on U.S. foreign policy