Find biographical information on more than 130,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Sketches typically include personal information, contact inf
The Children's Book Review Index contains review citations to give your students and researchers access to reviewers' comments and opinions on thousands of books, periodicals, books on tape and electr
In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary AuthorsR New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the world's most-popular authors. These e
Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959.Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets,
This series is designed specifically to meet the curricular needs of high school and undergraduate college students studying poetry. A quick but information-rich reference source, each volume of Poetr
Find biographical information on more than 130,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Sketches typically include personal information, contact inf
In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary AuthorsR New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the world's most-popular authors. These e
Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Illustrated, Short Stories for Students contains con
Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately four to eight literary figures who died between 1800 and 1899 by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, maga
Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magaz
An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This cri
Provides market sizes for hundreds of consumer products in 18 Arab nations. Includes both forecast and historical data for products ranging from clothing and footwear to pet food and tobacco.
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Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 dramatists by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholar
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With this color-illustrated, six-volume reference, general readers and students will experience the fashions of the ancient world through the 21st century. Material is organized by region during vario
The last volume in the eight-volume set reprints excerpts of essays, speeches, newspaper articles, catalogs, book reviews, legislation, letters, and fictional books that illuminate a particular trend,
Part of a series that presents primary sources from different periods of pre-twentieth century American history, this volume contains classic and lesser-known primary sources from the Civil War and Re
This three-volume reference provides a critical introduction to 300 political, artistic, literary, philosophical, technological, and cultural manifestoes from around the world, from the Magna Carta to
Nearly everyone has written a few words on how they lived life. Here the editors have wisely divided the massive corpus into autobiography and memoir, diaries and letters, and oral history. Entries in
Following the first two volumes in the series, Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns (1999, 2007), this volume profiles 100 advertising and marketing initiatives of 2010-2013 notable for their inn
Each volume of Poetry for Students provides analysis of approximately 20 poems that teachers and librarians have identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses.
Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Illustrated, Short Stories for Students contains con
This handbook details topics related to global marketing for professionals and undergraduate and graduate students in business. Both theoretical information and practical applications are presented fo
This handbook for undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners in business contains thirty 10-page entries on topics such as product lifecycle management, types of innovation, portfolio manag
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism of different plays.
"The Encyclopedia, written for the layperson, is arranged alphabetically by broad subject categories and presents in-depth treatments of topics such as consumer issues, education, family, immigration,
This handbook for those in business and communication draws on government sources, professional associations, academic periodicals, and publicly accessible print and online sources. Opening chapters o
The Biography and Genealogy Master Index is designed to help you easily determine which publication to consult for biographical information. Indexed sources cover both living and deceased persons from
This two-volume set acts as both a reference and an introduction to human geography, offering dozens of short essays that collectively survey how the environment influences the cultural, political, an
Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 dramatists by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholar
As a convenient source of wide-ranging critical opinion on early literature, this series contains excerpts from criticism through the ages on the works of philosophers, poets and playwrights, politica
An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This cri
By identifying similarities in various books, this annual selection guide helps readers to independently choose titles of interest published in the last year. Each entry describes a separate book, lis
This encyclopedia provides several dozen accessible articles on anthropological, historical, political and scientific perspectives on race and racism. Several entries are also about individuals. Half
When your high school students need understandable explanations of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Color Purple and other novels frequently studied in literature courses, direct them to t
An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This cri
