Bibliographies & Indexes

Dr. Alan Gribben, a foremost Twain scholar, made waves in 1980 with the publication of Mark Twain's Library, a study that exposed for the first time the breadth of Twain's reading and influences. Prior to Gribben's work, much of Twain's reading history...

This comprehensive literary guide provides more than 1,500 alphabetically arranged entries on Walter M. Miller's life and body of work. It includes summaries of his two novels and all of his shorter works, character descriptions, explanations of the...

Are you researching the history of the Milwaukee area and looking for suggestions about what to read next? If so, this Bibliography of Metropolitan Milwaukee provides an excellent starting point. Organized into 19 thematic chapters that are further...

Designed for both professional and amateur genealogists and other researchers, this index provides a detailed guide to materials available in the extensive Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations microfilm set. By using this index to identify...

This annotated list of more than 550 titles analyses each book's content and accuracy, illustrations, style and any included activities. Highlights include a new section titled ""Series and Other Resources"" to accommodate the large number of books that...

Storytelling, as oral tradition and in writing, has long played a central role in Jewish society. Family, educators, and clergy employ stories to transmit Jewish culture, traditions, and values. This comprehensive bibliography identifies 668 Jewish...

Photoplay editions were usually hardcover reprints of novels that had been made into movies, illustrated with photographs from the film productions. Sometimes, instead, they were "fictionized" versions of film scripts, rewritten in narrative form. ...

First published in 1987 to overwhelming international acclaim, Jeremy Gaige's Chess Personalia has been called "one of the most useful chess books ever published" (Edward Winter in New in Chess). The book is an invaluable resource for researchers and...

African-American writer Richard Wright (1908-1960) was celebrated during the early 1940s for his searing autobiography (Black Boy) and fiction (Native Son). By 1947 he felt so unwelcome in his homeland that he exiled himself and his family in Paris...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789622012110Author Paul Fu-mien YangFormat PaperbackPage Count 189Imprint The Chinese University PressPublisher The Chinese University PressWeight(grams)...

A catalogue of music manuscripts from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries in the Houghton Library and the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library. Includes descriptions of works by Bach, Liszt, Mahler, Mozart, Purcell, Schoenberg, Schubert, Strauss, Wagner,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948170133Author Michael PerkinFormat HardbackPage Count 492Imprint Bibliographical SocietyPublisher Bibliographical SocietyWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm)...

La Bibliotheque universelle des romans, 1775-1789, est une collection periodique de 224 volumes, publiee sur quelque quinze annees, qui, a travers une serie de resumes et de commentaires, entreprend de fournir une vue globale des narrations fictives en...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780729401647Author Douglas MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 701Imprint Voltaire FoundationPublisher Liverpool University Press

Confronted with the formidable and at times daunting mass of materials on Shakespeare, where does the beginning student - or even a seasoned one - turn for guidance? Answering that question remains the central aim of this guide. Revised and updated, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599540573Author Attorney James J PericoniFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)...

A schoolboy time travels in a strange old shop house. A child with Down's Syndrome is run over chasing a balloon seller. An older sister tightly slaps her theatrical younger sister. A soul fatally forgets its wayang performer owner.With his signature...

Marie Tremaine's bibliography was originally published by University of Toronto press in 1952 and has been described as 'the cornerstone of bibliography and book history studeis in Canada.' This supplement corrects the original books and adds...

In 1800 entries this valuable reference work covers texts and records of dramatic activity for about 400 sites in Britain from Roman times to 1558. Grouped in sections - Texts listed chronologically; Records of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and...

Six experts guide the reader through the maze of historical writing about pre-Confederation Canada with a critical assessment of the best and most useful articles, papers, and books that have been published. For students preparing essays and term papers,...

This annotated bibliography introduces the reader to the best recent works of scholarship on each important work of Old English literature including Beowulf, The Wanderer, and The Ruin. It also lists relevant standard editions, literary histories,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594545924Author George H RutlandFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Nova BiomedicalPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 672g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594545764Author Albert A ZinnosFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 514g

Beginning with Number 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and...

As the first of the Canterbury Tales, the Knight's Tale attracts special attention, particularly in relation to the overall structure of the work and to the other tales. It has been the subject of a vast body of comment by scholars and lay readers...

This bibliography on turgrass has been written by Dr James Beard, the world's leading authority on turfgrasses and turfgrass science.About the AuthorDr James B. Beard is the world's leading authority on turfgrasses and turfgrass science. He spent most of...

Native North Americans have rich and diverse cultures and traditions. However, many misconceptions, prejudices, and stereotypes exist due to the lack of understanding and ignorance of these cultures. It is important that children and adolescents learn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763502573Author Gillian Fellows-JensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum PressWeight(grams) 690g

This book is intended as a beginner's guide to the subject of Japanese bibliography. It is designed for three kinds of users: (I) the student in some discipline of the humanities or social sciences who wishes to conduct research on Japan and make use of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870713965Author George A. JobanekFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint Oregon State UniversityPublisher Oregon State UniversityWeight(grams) 825g

The focus of this bibliography is the native literary tradition expressed in Irish and Welsh verse and prose from the earliest time to circa 1450. Priority is given to the most recent critical works and editions, provided that they supersede previous...

Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and...

This companion volume to the Dictionary of European Anglicisms and English in Europe (also edited by Professor Goerlach) provides a critical bibliography of works concerned with the import of English words and phrases into sixteen European languages. The...

This is a compilation of contributions to the study of the Portuguese playwright Gil Vicente (1465-1536) which appeared between 2005 and 2015. Entries are grouped under three main headings: Editions and Adaptations, Translations, and Critical Studies...

The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans' newspaper of the post-Civil War era. Launched in 1877 by a New York veteran to help his comrades and sway Congress to pass better pension laws, a short time later the National Tribune began publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600213069Author Barry V CoyneFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 550g

In 1964 the United States began its War on Poverty with the passing of the Economic Opportunity Act, and in the following year Canada announced a similar attack. Since then much has been published in books, journals, pamphlets, and reports relating to...

An annotated bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic studies for the years 1981-83, offering a quick guide to recent work.About the AuthorHans Bekker-Nielsen (1933-2007) was a professor at the University of Copenhagan, Denmark.Book InformationISBN...

Sinclair Lewis, celebrated author of "Babbitt and Main Street", wrote more than twenty novels in the course of his prolific career, most of which went through several editions over the years. This is the definitive descriptive bibliography of the Lewis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781851240173Author Patricia M. PughFormat PaperbackImprint Bodleian LibraryPublisher Bodleian Library