Articles contained in fifteen volumes describe issues relating to and affecting the Catholic Church, in areas such as history, ethics, spirituality, and social sciences.
The essays of this volume offer helpful introductory and critical discussion of 20 American novels, short stories, and poems deemed classic (though some may find the choice of "Tales of the Grotesque
This impressive reference contains well-researched entries, many written by specialists. The defining subject of food and culture allows a broad selection of topics; readers will delight in the variet
Presents 647 brief biographies of notable figures who were active in the 1960s, summarizing each figure's family history, education, occupation, cause of death, achievements, and legacy.
The Encyclopedia encompasses East Asia and the countries of Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan, but it does not include Siberia
A collection of 750 biographies and portraits of notable historic and current figures in American and world history, literature, science and math, arts and entertainment, and the social sciences.
Presents an overview of the Great Depression through the words and writings of the time: more than twenty-five excerpts from speeches, poems, fiction and non-fiction works.
Provides a look at the personal and professional lives of scientists from the Industrial Revolution to the present, including Charles Babbage, Robert H. Jarvik, Patrick Steptoe, and James Lovelock
Offers an introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and presents thirty-five entries on major authors and their works, including literary criticism and a complete bibliography for each author.
Profiles fifty people who played a significant role during the Renaissance and Reformation periods in Europe, including John Calvin, Peter Paul Rubens, Catherine de Medici, and Johannes Kepler.
After introducing how Allende, who has been called the "Latin Scheherazade," interweaves her fiction and life in exile from Chile, Levine (Spanish, Montclair State U.) devotes a chapter each to readin
Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.
Recounts famous American trials, including those of Aaron Burr, Lizzie Borden, Alger Hiss, Lenny Bruce, Patty Hearst, Jim Bakker, Manuel Noriega, and Rodney King, and describes the background, partici
"Locating information on women is difficult and the editors have done a fine job assembling and publishing information extant on individual women from many nations both living and dead. Because in som
Entries on Spanish and Portuguese literary works describe each works' genre, contents, and reflection of real-life events in history and in the author's life.
Presents biographies of twenty-six men and women who participated in or were affected by the Korean War, including politicians, military leaders, journalists, and nurses.
Offers biographies of sixty-two North American and European artists from the Renaissance to the present, discussing each artist's life, technique, and historical or cultural background
Explores the similarities and differences of over two hundred different cultures, explains how geographic borders define and separate nations, and describes cultural variations in foods, rituals, past
This two-volume reference for late middle school and high school students covers the changes that took place in the 19th century and the influence that mathematics, physical science, and technology an
"This series discusses how the major fields of science developed during specific time periods. Each volume focuses on a range of years and includes developments in exploration, life sciences, mathemat
"This series discusses how the major fields of science developed during specific time periods. Each volume focuses on a range of years and includes developments in exploration, life sciences, mathemat
Presents over 1,000 entries covering theories, discoveries, concepts, and definitions, and includes biographical entries on prominent mathematicians from antiquity to the present.
Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.
Surveys the rise of the movements in Europe and Japan that led to World War II, recounts the course of the war and the main features of the Holocaust, offers selections from primary sources, and profi
"This series discusses how the major fields of science developed during specific time periods. Each volume focuses on a range of years and includes developments in exploration, life sciences, mathemat
The Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History set and its Supplement are the basis for this new student set. Designed as a curriculum-related reference source, the 4-vol. set covers the Afr
Presents the life stories of twenty-eight individuals who helped the United States expand to the Pacific Ocean, including pioneers, politicians, entrepreneurs, explorers, Native American leaders, and
Pratt (English, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln) views this Victorian English poet and literary and social critic, who pursued a society's "best self" via the power of language, as relevant to postmodern cultu
This four-volume set explores the Holocaust as symptomatic of modern society itself and not of some earlier, uncivilized world. It is based in part on an Encyclopedia of the Holocaust published more
Offers a sweeping survey of the men and women who made important discoveries in a variety of fields, including anthropology, bacteriology, immunology, organic chemistry, and crystallography. Profiles
Presents nineteen documents written during the Middle Ages, including excerpts from Augustine's "Confessions," Dante's "Inferno," and Marco Polo's travel writings, and includes background information
This updated second edition of Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists provides biographies of approximately 1,600 scientist in the natural, physical, and applied sciences, including astronomy, biology
"This series discusses how the major fields of science developed during specific time periods. Each volume focuses on a range of years and includes developments in exploration, life sciences, mathemat
Offers a comprehensive overview of the Middle Ages from the fall of the Roman Empire through the 14th century, covering the Carolingian Age, the Crusades, and developments in Eastern Europe, the Islam
Documents from the Code of Hammurabi to the All Africa News Agency provide commentary and insight into the ancient institution of slavery, the rise of child laborers, and the modern occurance of sex s
Ford (1944-) published his first novel, A Piece of My Heart in 1976, and since then has written several short-story collections and novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Independence Day . W
Gladstein, a Rand and Steinbeck scholar, as well as an associate dean of liberal arts at the University of Texas, El Paso, links the biography of the high-priestess of individualism to the development
Early reviews and later literary criticism, some reprinted and some commissioned, explore the work of the contemporary American writer. Among the books reviewed are Welcome to Hard Times , Big as Li
