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White Paper Cm. 6374 (ISBN 010163742X) was published 16th November 2004.

Mass media has become an integral part of the human experience. News travels around the world in a split second affecting people in other countries in untold ways. Although being on top of the news may be good, at least for news junkies, mass media also transmits values or the lack thereof, condenses complex events and thoughts to simplified sound bites and often ignores the essence of an event or story. The selective bibliography gathers the books and magazine literature over the previous ten years while providing access through author, title and subject indexes.

One of the cornerstones of life's wonders is the vast array of species filling the planet. From plants to animals to humans, there is no shortage of beings to provide 'spice of life' variety is said to be. Periodically, scientists announce the discovery of a 'new' form of life, so it seems as if Earth is capable of producing new species just to keep us on our toes. At times, the immense breadth of living things can even feel overwhelming, as one pauses to ponder how numerically insignificant humans are when compared to the insect population. Given the biological diversity of the planet, it is incumbent upon humans to safeguard the natural beauty of the environment. To that end, conservation takes on special importance, necessitating the balancing of industrial expansion with preserving the flora and fauna surrounding us. This book is an important tool in understanding and researching the many different life forms spanning the globe. Collected here is a substantial and carefully selected listing of relevant literature on biological diversity and its conservation. Following this bibliography are author, title, and subject indexes to allow for further access to this information. The sheer bulk of the works about biological diversity can be so intimidating that a book such as this one becomes useful in sorting through the resources about the importance of life's variety.

A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.

Grants are available from thousands of sources, both private and public. To the grantseeker, however, this wealth of sources appears like an impenetrable jungle. "Where are the grants I need and what do I need to do to submit my ideas and proposals?" This book is designed to answer these questions by aiming the grantseeker to both the grant givers and by providing a bibliography of book for further research.

This White Paper sets out the policy for the future of the UK Armed Forces. Building on the Strategic Defence Reviews of 1998 (ISBN 0101399928) and 2002 (ISBN 0101556624), it reflects recent operational experience and the changing security environment, especially the threats posed by international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It concludes that successful management of international security problems will require more integrated planning of military, diplomatic and economic instruments and the breadth of tasks facing the Armed Forces demand that they be flexible, responsive, multi-roled and able to reconfigure. There is a need to move to network enabled capabilities. A separate volume of supporting essays covers the topics of international organisations; military tasks; reserves; defence relations; people; defence management; and industrial policy.