Encyclopedias

The original volume in our best-selling Children's Miscellany series. Packed full of fascinating facts that will astound and amaze, this irreverent but intelligent guide to the weird, wild and wonderful explores the bizarre truth about history, the...

When it comes to matters of the occult, Lexa Rosean is in a league of her own. Named a 'psychic of the moment' by the New York Post, Lexa will work her magic in two upcoming documentaries on the subject of Wicca. Now, with this extraordinary new book,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600572302Author Sarah JanssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 1008Imprint World Almanac Books,USPublisher World Almanac Books,US

Written by leading scholars in the field, this comprehensive and readable resource gives anthropology students a unique guide to the ideas, arguments and history of the discipline. Combining anthropological theory and ethnography, it includes 275...

A newly updated, expanded edition of the most comprehensive one-volume reference work on New York City ever compiled Covering an exhaustive range of information about Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, the first edition of The...

In 1995, a secret society was formed comprising Britain's foremost thinkers, writers and artists, to explore the world's most bizarre nooks and crannies, to trade and share in useless information. In this book, they reveal their findings to the public...

"Every entry opens a window onto a different story of creativity and resistance and I couldn't stop hopscotching around from page to page, each one sparking off vectors for further thought and exploration. A totally mind-blowing accomplishment."-Guy...

"A model of excellence in the art of reference volume publishing... Every public and school library... should acquire this treasure. It will remain the standard for many years to come." - Dr. James A. Clifton, Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345468901Author Judy JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 720Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1276gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

Hidden History, Strange Stories, and Hard-to-Believe Headlines What if there was a flip side to the history channel? What would you do with all the historical facts and tales left out of history textbooks? From the host of the popular Useless Information...

Scholars at dinner.In The Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century AD) is amusing reading and of ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611801859Author Georg Feuerstein, PhDFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

In its expanded second edition, this chronology examines the effects of epidemic illness and death on human culture from 2700 bce to 2017. Entries summarize incidents of contagion across the globe, including symptoms, treatment, prevention and...

With more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture offers extensive coverage of Japanese culture spanning from the end of the Japanese Imperialist period in 1945, right up to the present day. Entries...

The Yoruba people today number more than 30 million strong, with significant numbers in the United States, Nigeria, Europe, and Brazil. This landmark reference work emphasizes Yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics,...

In this book, Paul A. Thomas-a seasoned Wikipedia contributor who has accrued almost 60,000 edits since he started editing in 2007-breaks down the history of the free encyclopedia and explains the process of becoming an editor. Here's an inside look at...

Body and Voice: Learning to Work Together is an excellent resource for teachers of singing, voice coaches, and speech-language pathologists who work with singers and other voice professionals. It provides a new paradigm for working with singers in a way...

Endymion Wilkinson's bestselling Chinese History: A New Manual has been continuously in print for fifty years. It has achieved this unusual distinction because the author expanded its scope with each new edition. In the process it has grown from a modest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060740924Author David FeldmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 299Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600572012Author Sarah JanssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 1008Imprint World Almanac BooksPublisher World Almanac BooksWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm)...

The Official Useless Information Society returns with the most amazing book of useless information yet. This series has been hugely popular but this edition is not just another essential compendium of everything you never needed but always wanted to...

A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference TitleThe Qur'an is the source of inspiration for one of the world's major religions, followed today by over a billion people. It plays a central role in Islam and ever since it appeared fourteen hundred years ago has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353069Author Sebastien FaureFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press

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The Encyclopedia of Semiotics is the first comprehensive guide to the topics, theories, and thinkers of this rapidly expanding field of knowledge. Drawing on classic and current work in linguistics, philosophy, literary theory, cognitive science,...

Endymion Wilkinson's bestselling Chinese History: A New Manual has been continuously in print for fifty years. It has achieved this unusual distinction because the author expanded its scope with each new edition. In the process it has grown from a modest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783842364226Author Markus SeskoFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645176879Author Sarah HermanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Readerlink Distribution Services, LLCPublisher Readerlink Distribution Services,...

Endymion Wilkinson's bestselling Chinese History: A New Manual has been continuously in print for fifty years. It has achieved this unusual distinction because the author expanded its scope with each new edition. In the process it has grown from a modest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780796152398Author Thomas H BraunFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Digital on DemandPublisher Digital on DemandWeight(grams) 531g

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PREFACE - This comprehensive, modem encyclopedia of surfactant products has been compiled with the cooperation of the major national and international surfactant manufacturers in order to give the user quick and thorough information on each tradename...

PREFACE - This comprehensive, modem encyclopedia of surfactant products has been compiled with the cooperation of the major national and international surfactant manufacturers in order to give the user quick and thorough information on each tradename...

PREFACE - This encyclopedia is an attempt to coordinate and unify practical information on plastic, polymer, and resin trademark products. These categories overlap, i.e., plastics are a subset of polymers, and resins are often, but not always, polymers...