Includes music.

Profiles one hundred magazines, with an overview of the content and focus of each, a critical appraisal of the contribution, and a capsule publication history.

"Recommended for academic and public reference collections." Choice

Fifty of the best years of American fasions are illustrated - from 1830s through the 1870s. Fifteen hand-colored plates are reproduced along with several hundren black and white line drawings.

"AIDS has made a huge impact on our society medically, socially, politically, legally, and psychologically. Sarah Watstein encapsulates this interdisciplinary issue into approximately 4,000 terms and explains them objectively, clearly, and readably for high school students, adults, and medical professionals. The terms include related diseases such as Kaposi's Sarcoma, treatments such as interleukin, jargon-"no code"- and slang-"bareback sex." The appendixes list statistics, toll-free telephone numbers, Web sites, nonprofit and government organizations, clinical trials, databases, and payment assistance programs. Highly recommended for all libraries."--"Outstanding Reference Sources: the 1999 Selection of New Titles," American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.