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	Encyclopedia of Appalachia Rudy Abramson 1572334568 March 2006 Hardcover ·



	Encyclopedia Of African American Culture And History: The Black Experience In The Americas (Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History) Colin A. Palmer (Editor) 0028658167 December 15, 2005 Hardcover ·
From Booklist Starred Review The first edition of this work was published in 1996 under the editorship of Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West. A supplement appeared in 2001. Now we have a new edition edited by Palmer, a history professor at Princeton University, and published in association with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. As outlined in the preface, the encyclopedia now contains nearly 1,300 entries, as opposed to 2,500 entries in the first edition and supplement. Original authors (or, in some cases, the publisher) took the opportunity to revise or update around half of the approximately 800 articles that were carried over from the first edition. Examples of the nearly 400 new articles are Anthropology and anthropologists; Astronauts; Berry, Halle; Black-Indian...


	The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia Kingfisher Books 0753457849 September 2004 Hardcover ·
From School Library Journal Grade 5 Up-A broad, illustrated look at the history of humanity. The book is divided into 10 sections, each representing a different time period from 40,000 B.C.E. to the present. All of them begin with a "Glance" at the world for the given dates. Following these brief overviews, double and single-page spreads subdivide the eras into smaller time segments covering topics such as "The Gupta Dynasty A.D. 321-510," "East India Companies 1600-1700," and "Benin and Zimbabwe 1100-1480." The spreads contain a few bite-sized paragraphs of facts, informative captions, and, often, an inset of "Key Dates." They are profusely illustrated with quality black-and-white and full-color photographs, drawings, reproductions, and maps, and feature a helpful time line running across the tops of the pages. Information on art,...


	Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History Jane Bingham 0746041683 Mar 2001 Hardcover ·



	The Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail Stephen Calloway (Editor), et al 1554070791 September 8, 2005 Hardcover ·
Peggy Mackenzie, Toronto Star 12/01/2005 A necessary reference work for those interested in residential architectural history. It's pleasurable eye candy for everyone else. Jenn Houlihan, Style at Home 01/2006 A perfect gift for the architecture junkie in your life... quick reference to 500 years of architectural details and styles. See all Editorial Reviews


	DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe Phil Jimenez 075660592X October 2004 Hardcover ·
From Booklist This copiously illustrated encyclopedia chronicles more than 1,000 DC Comics characters from the 1930s to the present. Arranged alphabetically, each entry gives the first appearance, status (hero, villain, etc.), real name, occupation, height, weight, and eye and hair color of the superheroes or supervillains. Special abilities and superpowers are also listed along with ample cross-references to other comic characters or superleague affiliations, such as the L.E.G.I.O.N. cosmic peacekeeping force. The biographical entries make fascinating reading in alternative history. For example, the Crimson Avenger served in a league called the Seven Soldiers of Victory during World War II. Afterward, he was sent backward in time. He came forward in time and discovered that he was struck with a terminal disease. After his death, an...


	The 2005 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Peter Palmer (Editor) 140272568X February 2005 Paperback ·
From Booklist Numbers, names, facts. What good would a baseball encyclopedia be without them? In his foreword, ESPN baseball correspondent Peter Gammons says, "In baseball, statistics and numbers matter. They really matter." This is why The 2005 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia contains more than 1,700 pages of statistics and numbers covering 16,213 major league baseball players from 134 years of baseball. There are 16 sections of the encyclopedia covering the batter register, the pitcher register, the managers, team rosters, the historical record from 1871 to 2004, the All-Star games, big league ballparks, and other topics. Most sections are arranged alphabetically by player or team name or chronologically by date, and most begin with a two- to four-page section description complete with the historical significance of the topic,...


	Children's Encyclopedia of American History David C. King 0789483300 Apr 2003 Hardcover ·
From Publishers Weekly Produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution, DK's Children's Encyclopedia of American History by David King is a comprehensive overview lavishly illustrated with period photographs, paintings and drawings of people, objects and events, as well as maps and charts. Separate topics-from "The Constitution" to "Terrorism Strikes Home"-unfold in double-page spreads throughout 18 chronologically organized chapters. An appendix includes a list of the U.S. presidents, a chart of key facts about the 50 states, and the texts of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and its Amendments, plus the Gettysburg Address. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal Grade 5-9-A visually enticing and textually fascinating survey. Grouped...


	Waffen-SS Encyclopedia Marc J. Rikmenspoel 0971765081 November 5, 2004 Paperback ·
Stone & Stone Second World War Books (December 2004) "For a single volume reference work on the SS, this is probably the best book to put on your shelf." Broadsword Military Magazine, March-April 2005 "[Not another book] about the "SS cult fetish"...[this is] a one-stop reference worth its spot on the bookshelf." See all Editorial Reviews


	The Encyclopedia of Professional Wrestling Kristian Pope 0873496256 Nov 2003 Paperback ·
Book Description One-hundred years of professional wrestling: From "shoots" to "works," carneys to cage matches, heroes to villains, it is all here in a bold and colorful manner. Featuring nearly 500 incredible photos, this color book takes a look at the most notable events in the fascinating history of professional wrestling and highlight its greatest stars, from legends like Frank Gotch, William Muldoon, Lou Thesz and the Fabulous Moolah, to today's superstars like The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chyna, Triple H, and Lita. In these pages, you'll find tough guys and heroes, the managers fans love to hate, ring beauties, oddballs, freaks and monsters, tag teams, famous feuds, finishing holds and moves, and everything in between. A "slamography" of more than 500 wrestlers, including their career highlights, is also featured, as...


	ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of College Football from 1869 to the Present Michael McCambridge (Editor) 1401337031 October 2005 Hardcover ·
Book Description The most comprehensive reference book ever assembled on the history of college football From South Bend, Indiana, to Lincoln, Nebraska, Palo Alto, California, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Tallahassee, Florida, college football attracts the most dedicated fans in all of sports. This book is their Bible -- a rich and exhaustive reference guide to the game’s history, tradition, and lore. Based on three years of research by the nation’s foremost college football experts, the book features: -Capsule histories for each of the Division 1-A programs, the Ivy League schools, and the historically black colleges -Year-by-year schedules and scores for each school -Statistical leaders from each school -Fight-song lyrics -Box scores for every bowl game ever played -Weekly AP and UPI polls dating back to 1936 -A...


	The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers Lucia Del Sol Knight (Editor), Daniel Bruce MacNaughton (Editor) 0393048764 October 31, 2005 Hardcover ·
Book Description A complete, international reference book of yacht designers from the early 1800s to the present day.This long-awaited volume is a majestic guide and a tribute to the world's great yacht designers. Ten years in preparation, and with an expert editorial board giving it direction, The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers defines the field with fascinating entries by eighty experts and over 800 photographs and drawings. In these pages such legendary figures from the past as William Fife, L. Francis Herreshoff, and John Alden share space with contemporary designers such as Jon Bannenberg, Germán Frers, and Ron Holland. They are joined by over five hundred others who have contributed to the colorful history of yachting, producing some of the most beautiful and swift vessels, whether sail or power. 800 duotone photographs. ...


	Official Military Atlas of the Civil War George B. Davis 0760750440 November 2003 Hardcover ·



	The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aztec & Maya Charles Phillips 0754814890 Feb 2005 Hardcover ·
Book Description This book offers enthralling insights into the history, mythology legends of the peoples of Mesoamerica, lavishly illustrated throughout.


	Encyclopedia of the American Civil War David Stephen Heidler 039304758X Sept 2002 Hardcover ·
From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-In his foreword to this set, noted historian James M. McPherson characterizes this well-written encyclopedia as "the best" work of reference currently available on the Civil War. Many readers will concur. The editors and more than 250 distinguished contributors present some 1600 alphabetically arranged, concise articles on every aspect of the period, supplemented by informative battle maps and many of the most famous period black-and-white photographs in crisp, clear reproductions. Ranging from a few paragraphs to several pages, the entries create a comprehensive and compelling picture of the war. They include not only detailed discussions of the major and minor battles and military life in general, but also the war's effects on society, from government, politics, and technology to journalism,...


	The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Daniel Bukszpan 0760742189 October 2003 Paperback ·
Book Description Headbangers rejoice, because this fantastically illustrated encyclopedia includes all things Metal, from influential bands such as Led Zeppelin, Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, Kiss, and Queen, to Mötley Crue, Black Sabbath (before Ozzy became a family sitcom star), Deep Purple, Twisted Sister, and Aerosmith, right up to Jane's Addiction, Las Cruces, Limp Bizkit, and today's most extreme death metal bands. Not a single sub-genre or band goes uncovered. Well-researched and fact-filled, the witty text befits the raucous bands that push musical-and all other-boundaries. From obscure groups like Armored Saint and Norway's Mayhem to pioneers Grand Funk Railroad and Iron Maiden to megastars like Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Van Halen, Joan Jett, and Marilyn Manson, each entry contains vital statistics: a...


	The Encyclopedia of New England David Watters 0300100272 September 2005 Textbook Hardcover ·
From Booklist Starred Review The Encyclopedia of New England follows in the pattern of previously published state, city, and regional encyclopedias. As with several of the others, this title is the product of a university press, in this case Yale University Press, which carries its own level of scholarly authority. Combining the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island is a logical choice. So much of the early history of these states is intertwined, and most would agree that there is a strong regional character that ties them together. As stated in the introduction, the encyclopedia's creation was motivated by "the relation between the perennial idea of New England's fixed regional identity and the fact that life in the six states is constantly changing." Rather than a...


	The Encyclopedia of World History with CDROM Peter N. Stearns 0395652375 Sept 2001 (Hardcover) - Revised Ed. ·
Book Review The "Langer Encyclopedia," as the professional academics call The Encyclopedia of World History originally edited by the late William L. Langer, is basically a history of everything--and an outstanding reference volume. Want to know why the English called their 10th-century king Ethelred "the Unready"? See page 181. Or what the Ottoman Empire's constitution of 1876 said? See page 531. Or when women in Honduras got the vote? See page 955. This sixth edition, completely updated and revised by a team of scholars led by George Mason University's Peter N. Stearns, packs all it can into a year-by-year and region-by-region chronicle of human life on planet Earth. The book is big, the type is small, and the maps and genealogical tables are excellent. Stearns has added more material on women, leisure activities, and...


	The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know E. D. Hirsch, et al 0618226478 October 3, 2002 Hardcover ·
From Publishers Weekly This third edition of the 1988 reference, full of the same back-to-basics philosophy of the earlier volumes, promises to once again serve as a lightning rod for lively discussion. Divided into chapters such as "The Bible" (the editors point out that, regardless of one's religion, it is impossible to be culturally literate without some Biblical knowledge, just as one needs to know the Koran to be literate in Arab culture), "Technology," "Idioms," "World Geography," "Mythology and Folklore" (which includes everything from Medusa to Mickey Mouse) and "Literature in English," the book is a compendium of thumbnail definitions of the bedrock items that make up society. This latest volume includes about 500 (out of nearly 7,000) new entries, 200 of which are in the science and technology chapters. Other entries have...


	The Encyclopedia of Chicago James R. Grossman (Editor) 0226310159 October 2004 Hardcover ·
From Booklist Starred Review Developed over the last 10 years by the Newberry Library with the cooperation of the Chicago Historical Society, the monumental Encyclopedia of Chicago will be the definitive historical reference source on Chicago for years to come. Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John D and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the City of Chicago, the state of Illinois, and three major Chicago corporations helped ensure a very reasonable price. Some 633 experts from across the U.S. wrote the more than 1,400 entries. The encyclopedia is enhanced with numerous photos, engravings, and maps.Entries treat such topics as Acting, ensemble; Agrarian movements; Annexation; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Literary images of Chicago; Machine politics; and much, much more. Besides encompassing...


	The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World A. J. Jacobs 0743250621 October 4, 2005 Paperback ·
From Publishers Weekly Imagine, the original Berserkers were "savage Norse soldiers" of the Middle Ages who went into battle stark naked! Or consider the Etruscan habit of writing in "boustrophedon style." Intrigued? Well, either hunker down with your own Encyclopædia Britannica, or buy Esquire editor Jacobs's memoir of the year he spent reading all 32 volumes of the 2002 edition—that's 33,000 pages with some 44 million words. Jacobs set out on this delightfully eccentric endeavor attempting to become the "smartest person in the world," although he agrees smart doesn't mean wise. Apart from the sheer pleasure of scaling a major intellectual mountain, Jacobs figured reading the encyclopedia from beginning to end would fill some gaps in his formal education and greatly increase his "quirkiness factor." Reading alphabetically...


	The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture Tennessee Historical Society 1558535993 July 1998 Hardcover ·
Book Description This definitive encyclopedia offers 1,534 entries on Tennessee by 514 authors. With thirty-two essays on topics from agriculture to World War II, this major reference work includes maps, photos, extensive cross-referencing, bibliographical information, and a detailed index.


	The Encyclopedia of Ships Roy Clare (Foreword), Tony Gibbons (Editor) 1571452966 September 1, 2001 Hardcover ·
Book Description From the dawn of civilization man has had a fascination with the sea, and over the centuries has built a myriad of ships and sailing craft for an equally diverse range of purposes. This book is the definitive guide to over 1,500 of the most important ships from the earliest times to the present day.


	A-To-Z of African-American History Michael R. Strickland 0756761824 Nov 2000 Hardcover ·



	The Encyclopedia of New York City Kenneth T. Jackson (Editor) 0300055366 October 1995 Hardcover ·
Book Review McSorley's Old Ale House? Park Slope? Madame Restell? Pfaff's Cellar? CBGB? Look 'em up... Just about anyplace or anyone notable in New York is contained in this huge book, which is roughly the size of the Manhattan white pages. The Encyclopedia of New York City is a fitting tribute to the city it both documents and celebrates: it's a sprawling and endlessly interesting read. This unique project was supervised by the New York Historical Society, and boasts more than 4300 alphabetical entries (with hundreds of illustrations) spanning 1300 pages--a feast of facts. You're not sure when New York's first subway opened? Don't know the capacity of Ebbett's Field? Can't place "Dead Man's Curve?" Puh-leeeze... just look it up! From Library Journal How can you review a book when all...