This compendium of facts, maps, and statistics on subjects ranging from geography and science to politics and popular culture has been published since 1868. In addition to historical information, list
The Facts On File Companion to Shakespeare is the largest and most comprehensive student's guide to Shakespeare ever published. The primary goal of this new five-volume set is to make Shakespeare's po
Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource.Praise for the previous editions:"The World Almanac is the most useful reference book known to modern man." Los Angeles Time
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Each volume of the Facts On File Library in a Book series is carefully designed to be a first-stop research source on important current issues. Written clearly and carefully so that even the most com
The most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind, The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Fourth Edition has been completely updated and expanded and now contains definit
The Facts On File Dictionary of Environmental Science, Third Edition contains more than 5,000 cross-referenced entries, reflecting the breadth of the field, which includes agriculture, biology, chemi
The Facts On File Companion to the British Short Story, a comprehensive reference to short fiction from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Commonwealth, features some of the most popular writers
The Facts On File Companion to the French Novel provides comprehensive coverage of such works as Madame Bovary, The Stranger, and other staples of high school and college literature courses. Written
The Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy, Fifth Edition contains more than 3,700 cross-referenced entries that explain, clearly and concisely, the most frequently used terms in astronomy. This revis
The Facts On File Dictionary of Computer Science, Revised Edition contains more than 2,400 cross-referenced entries that explain the most frequently used terms in computer science. This revised and e
The Facts On File Student's Thesaurus, Third Edition includes listings for more than 9,000 of the most commonly used words in the English language. Arranged in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format, this inva
The Facts On File Dictionary of Biology, Fourth Edition contains approximately 3,700 cross-referenced entries that explain, clearly and concisely, the most frequently used terms in modern biological
The great era of classical drama continues to be widely studied today. One of the most extensive works of its kind, The Facts On File Companion to Classical Drama examines the history and development
Praise for the previous edition:"...offer[s] detail-rich discussions..."—School Library Journal "...a wealth of specific facts and detailed explanations...Teachers and students alike will
Filled with thousands of fascinating facts and an essential homework resource offering help on a wide range of subjects, this annual, full-color almanac has been completely updated and fully redesigne
The first purpose of any student's dictionary is to provide the basic information necessary to be able to understand a meaning, decipher a pronunciation, make a correct syllable break, and employ voc
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The 1960s, a new addition to Facts On File's critically acclaimed Eyewitness History series, provides hundreds of firsthand accounts of the period - from letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts - t
Praise for the previous edition:"...provides students with a fun and hands-on way to explore their interests and options for a future career." Tech DirectionsThe current generation is the first one bo
When Columbus arrived in 1492, the first free black person a sailor set foot in the Americas. Over the next 400 years, as slavery spread and became entrenched in the Western Hemisphere, free blacks bu
In 1933, in his first inaugural address, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared, "... the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." Yet, Roosevelt knew that the fear he spoke of was grounded
When Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata was banned from distribution through the mail (except for first class) in 1890, New York street vendors began selling it from pushcarts carrying large signs reading
The scientific study of fluids concentrated first on the behavior of gases and then, as thermodynamics matured in the 19th century, incorporated the behavior of liquids under a variety of important p
From the first incident of petty theft to modern media piracy, crime and punishment have been a part of every society. However, the structure and values of a particular society shape both the inciden
Every human being carries, within each of his or her cells, a long history of the species. The human genome is a record of evolution that stretches back to the first Homo sapiens and to the orig
Since George Washington delivered the first inaugural speech in 1789, every elected president has addressed the nation after taking the oath of office. These inspiring, uplifting, and informative ina
From the Publisher: "A Brief History of Brazil, Second Edition comes at a crucial time in Brazil's history. In the past seven years since the first edition of this book was published, the country has
Praise for the previous editions:"...well researched...concise...interesting..."—American Reference Books AnnualFrom the rise of the first civilizations of North America, continuing throug
Vivid characters and first-rate storytelling are the hallmarks of great popular fiction. The new Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction is an A-to-Z guide to those authors and works that have enjoy
Zora Neale Hurston, one the first great African-American novelists, was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance and an inspiration for future generations of writers. Widely studied in high school li
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A first-stop resource on the expansion of global trade.Praise for the hardcover edition:"Highly recommended." Choice"...jam-packed with detailed information...valuable..." Library JournalGlobalization
The history of Russia, the world's largest nation from its early beginnings in the ninth century when Rurik, a Varangian king, established the first Russian state near Kiev, to the current presidency
Human Spaceflight explores the epoch journeys of human beings as they first ventured beyond Earth's atmosphere, starting in the early 1960s, and traveled into outer space. One of the most memorable of
The Korean War was the first "hot war" of the Cold War, the first "police action" undertaken by the United States under the aegis of the United Nations, and the first war to be overshadowed by the me
A comprehensive resource for those interested in learning about this era, The 1990s chronicles the first decade since the end of World War II to be dominated by a single superpower—the United Sta
The first decade of the 20th century has been called the Age of Innocence, the Age of Optimism, and the Age of Confidence. America saw the peace and prosperity it expected. In the second decade, Worl
The struggle for voting rights began with the Revolutionary War and American independence from Great Britain. The first United States voters were adult, white, male, property-owning citizens. After t
The very first words of the Bill of Rights protect the freedom of religion and prohibit the government from establishing any official religion. Freedom of Religion discusses those first 16 words, whi
