Current Biography Yearbook, H. W. Wilson's Current Biography Yearbook combines a full year of the monthly Current Biography magazine into a single hardcover volume. Current Biography has been delivering up-to-date biographies of men and women of contemporary importance since 1940 and is renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful selection, and the wide scope of influence of its subjects. The Yearbook is an invaluable source for researchers, teachers, students, and librarians. The Reference Shelf®: The Reference Shelf® series offers extensive, comprehensive explorations of timely and significant social issues. Each book in the series compiles notable articles from respected publications with reflective introductions that address the social and cultural implications of the discussions presented, as well as a bibliography directing readers to additional sources in both print and electronic form. Topics for 2012 include The Arab Spring Conspiracy Theories, Faith and Science, the 2012 US. National Debate Topic, and Representative American Speeches 2011-2012. Salem Singles, A new format from Salem Press, Salem Singles are bound trade paperbacks that deliver targeted selections from our traditional multivolume reference sets. These focused works, the result of many requests from educators and librarians, are designed for use in libraries as circulating reference and in classrooms as curriculum material. Currently available are selections from Critical Survey of Poetry (African American Poets, Beat Poets), Critical Survey of Long Fiction (Asian Novelists, Feminist Novelists), and Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues (Policy and Activism, Water and Water Pollution). Book jacket.